Decision Memo Completed

Rust Resistant Sugar Pine Pheromone Treatment

Lassen National Forest Butte; Lassen; Plumas; Shasta; Tehama, California Lassen National Forest All Units

Treat ~80 rust resistant sugar pine trees to repel mountain pine beetles using an environmentally friendly synthetic anti-aggregation pheromone. Dollups of up to 70 g of SPLAT Verb will be manually applied ~6' up each tree bole.

Location

Dispersed across Hat Creek, Eagle Lake and Almanor Ranger Districts of the Lassen National Forest

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/28/2017
2
Decision
05/2017 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
05/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements
Rust Resistant Sugar Pine Pheromone TreatmentDecision Signed Date: 05/09/2017
ForestsLassen National Forest
DistrictsLassen National Forest All Units
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)