Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Moonlight and Wheeler Fires Recovery and Restoration Project

Plumas National Forest Plumas, California Mt. Hough Ranger District

1) to remove hazardous trees with structural defects likely to cause failure in all or part of the tree, which may fall and hit the road prism; 2) to recover the value of the fire-killed trees before natural deterioration occurs in the treatment are

Location

The project area is located northeast of Greenville and north of Taylorsville in the Lights Creek and surrounding drainages.

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
12/04/2008
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
02/20/2009
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
06/19/2009
4
Decision
07/2009 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2009 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Salvage)
Moonlight and Wheeler Fires Recovery and Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/20/2009 Legal Notice Date: 07/29/2009
ForestsPlumas National Forest
DistrictsMt. Hough Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionAll or portions of Sections 13, 23-27, 34-35, T28N, R10E; 13-14, 17-19, 23-24, 29-34, T28N, R11E; 19-20, 29-32, T28N, R12E; 1-2, 13-14, 23-25, T27N R10E; 2-11, 13-15, 17, 19-22, 25, 35-36, T27N R11E;
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Forest productsRoad management