Environmental Assessment Completed

Restoration of Fire Adapted Ecosystems

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Douglas; Carson City (city); El Dorado; Placer, California; Nevada Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Unit

Project intends to use hand thinning and prescribed fire to restore priority meadows to reduce conifer encroachment, improve native riparian/wetland plant abundance and vigor, and improve habitat for native riparian dependant species.

Location

Multiple locations throughout El Dorado and Placer Counties, California; and Carson City and Douglas,

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/12/2012
2
Comment Period
01/07/2015
3
Objection Period Start
01/27/2016
4
Decision
04/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Roadless Area Management
Restoration of Fire Adapted EcosystemsDecision Signed Date: 04/25/2016
Restoration Fire Adapted EcosystemsDecision Signed Date: 04/25/2016
ForestsLake Tahoe Basin Mgt Unit
DistrictsLake Tahoe Basin Mgt Unit
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management