Environmental Assessment Completed

Smokey Vegetation Treatments (EA Supplement)

Mendocino National Forest Glenn, California Grindstone Ranger District

Commercial thinning and fuel treatments in forest vegetation; fuel treatments in hardwood and chaparral vegetation. Treatment areas strategically placed to reduce severity and spread of wildfire in southwest part of Late Successional Reserve RC309.

Location

Located in Glenn County, approximately 10 miles west of Elk Creek, California.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/21/2017
2
Objection Period Start
09/27/2017
3
Decision
11/2017 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics); Hfra Title I: Threatened And Endangered Species Habitat
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Roadless Area Management; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Green)
Smokey Vegetation Treatments (EA Supplement)Decision Signed Date: 11/27/2017
ForestsMendocino National Forest
DistrictsGrindstone Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT22N, R8W, Sections 6-8, 17-19; T22N, R9W, Sections l-5, 8-17, 21-27; and T22N, Rl0W, Sections 1-2, 12 (Glenn County); and T23N, R9W, Section 31, 32; T23N, RIOW, Sections 35-36 (Tehama County).
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsFuels management