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 Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green) |
| Medicine Lake Caldera Vegetation Treatment Project | Decision Signed Date: 01/29/2019 |
| Forests | Modoc National Forest |
| Districts | Doublehead Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T.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. |