Environmental Impact Statement Completed

South Shore Fuels Reduction and Healthy Forest Restoration Project

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit El Dorado, California Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Unit

Vegetation and fuels treatment in urban defense zones.Treatments may include thinning of live trees and brush, chipping, mastication, pilling and prescribed burning.

Location

Emerald Bay to Stateline Nevada

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
01/16/2008
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
05/10/2009
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
09/27/2011
4
Objection Period Start
09/28/2011
5
Decision
01/2012 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
08/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements
South Shore Fuel Reduction and Healthy Forest Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 01/10/2012
ForestsLake Tahoe Basin Mgt Unit
DistrictsLake Tahoe Basin Mgt Unit
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)