Decision Memo Completed

Red Salmon Fire Recovery

Klamath National Forest & Butte Valley National Grassland Siskiyou, California Salmon River Ranger District

To accelerate the re-establishment of burned forest areas, reduce the amount of future dead and down fuel loading and create a ridgetop fuel break at strategic locations within the Red Salmon Fire footprint. Water Waiver Cat. B.

Location

Located about 2 miles southwest of the community of Forks of Salmon, CA in Siskiyou County.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
11/19/2021
2
Decision
06/2022 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2022 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (5), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(5); 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6); 32.2 (13), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(13)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Timber Sales (Salvage)
Red Salmon Fire Recovery Project Decision MemoDecision Signed Date: 06/29/2022
ForestsKlamath National Forest
DistrictsSalmon River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 10 North, Range 7 East, Sections 34 and 35; Township 9 North, Range 7 East, Sections 2, 3, 9, 10, 15, and 16; Humboldt Meridian.
Forest productsFuels management