Environmental Assessment Completed

Medicine Lake Caldera Vegetation Treatment Project

Modoc National Forest Siskiyou, California Doublehead Ranger District

Proposed vegetation treatments would reduce density and add diversity to lodgepole pine stands to deter mountain pine beetle infestation and meet forest health and fuels objectives.

Location

Medicine Lake Caldera

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/18/2014
2
Comment Period
06/22/2017
3
Objection Period Start
05/10/2018
4
Decision
01/2019 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2019 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green)
Medicine Lake Caldera Vegetation Treatment ProjectDecision Signed Date: 01/29/2019
ForestsModoc National Forest
DistrictsDoublehead Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT.43N, R.3E, Sections 1 -5, 8-17, 23 and 24; T.43N, R.4E, Sections 3-9, and 17-19; T.44N, R.3E, Sections 26, 25, 25, and 36; and T.44N, R.4E, Sections 30-32.
Forest productsFuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)