Environmental Assessment Completed

Rich Fire Recovery Project

Plumas National Forest Plumas, California Mt. Hough Ranger District

Allow for economic recovery of fire-killed timber (Rich Fire), reduce hazardous fuels within the Twain Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) over the long term, and plant native seedlings to re-establish forested conditions

Location

Rich Fire Recovery Project is located in Rich Gulch along Highway 70 and Plumas County Road 317, Plumas National Forest, Mt. Hough Ranger District, Plumas County, California.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/21/2009
2
Comment Period
03/10/2010
3
Decision
07/2010 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2010 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityStewardship Contract, Consolidated Appropriations Resolution Of 2003
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Timber Sales (Salvage)
Rich Fire Recovery ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/01/2010 Legal Notice Date: 07/07/2010
ForestsPlumas National Forest
DistrictsMt. Hough Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT25N, R7E, Sections 1, 2, and 12; T25N, R8E, Sections 5, 6, 7, and 18; T26N, R8E, Section 31; and T26N, R7E, Section 35 and 36, Mount Diablo Meridian
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Forest productsFuels management