This project proposes reduction of hazardous fuels, removal of hazardous trees along roads and within recreation sites, road treatments to improve watershed condition, and thinning to improve forest health.
Location
About 10 miles west of Quincy, CA. Includes NFS Roads 24N24,24N29Y,24N33,24N33A,24N34, 24N35X, and 24N36; Plumas County roads 414,423, and 433; and 0.2 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
05/04/2011
2
Objection Period Start
02/15/2012
3
Decision
05/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
09/2012 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.12 (4), 36 Cfr 220.6(D)(4); 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Hfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface; Stewardship Contract, Consolidated Appropriations Resolution Of 2003 |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Bucks Lake Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project | Decision Signed Date: 05/24/2012 |
| Forests | Plumas National Forest |
| Districts | Mt. Hough Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T23N, R7E, Sections 1,3,4,9,11,12. T23N, R8E, Sections 5,6,7,18. T24N, R7E, Sections 27, 28, 29, 32, 36. T24N, R8E, Sections 18 and 32. |