Environmental Assessment Completed

Whittington Forest Health Restoration Project

Lassen National Forest Shasta, California Hat Creek Ranger District

The purpose of this proposed HFRA project is to improve forest health, and to retain and restore ecological resilience thereby ensuring a functioning and sustainable ecosystem.

Location

Whittington Butte, Burney Springs, Burney Mtn.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/04/2011
2
Objection Period Start
08/08/2012
3
Decision
09/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
11/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics)
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green)
Whittington Forest Health Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/26/2012
ForestsLassen National Forest
DistrictsHat Creek Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT34N, R3E, Sect. 19-35; T33N, R3E, Sect 2-4
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management