Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Strategic Community Fuelbreak Improvement Project

Los Padres National Forest Monterey, California Monterey Ranger District

To re-establish and maintain 24.1 miles of historically used fuelbreaks, all of which originated as firelines within the wildland urban interface threat zones on NFS lands; approximately 7.5 miles in wilderness and 16.6 miles outside of wilderness.

Location

Monterey County, California, on the northern portion of the Monterey Ranger District of the Los Padres National Forest

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
12/28/2012
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
01/27/2017
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
05/23/2018
4
Objection Period Start
05/23/2018
5
Decision
11/2018 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
11/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNational Fire Plan - Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Wilderness Management
Strategic Community Fuelbreak Improvement ProjectDecision Signed Date: 11/13/2018
ForestsLos Padres National Forest
DistrictsMonterey Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionPortions of T18S, R2E, 3E, 4E; T20S, R2E, 3E; Mount Diablo Meridian
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)