Environmental Assessment Completed

Big Hill Project

Plumas National Forest Plumas, California Beckwourth Ranger District

Strategically place DFPZ and WUI treatments to modify fire behavior and improve forest resilience. Activities include mechanical thinning, hand thinning, piling, mastication, group selection, prescribed burning, and associated transportation planning

Location

The project area is located northwest of the town of Graeagle in the vicinity of Eureka Ridge and in the vicinity of the Cromberg and Sloat Communities.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/18/2011
2
Decision
06/2012 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
DN and FONSI for Big Hill EADecision Signed Date: 06/26/2012
ForestsPlumas National Forest
DistrictsBeckwourth Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSec 11-15, 22-26,36 T23N R10E; Sec 1-11 T22N R11E; Sec 1-24, 27-34, 36 T23N R11E; Sec 26, 34-36 T24N R11E; Sec 6-7, 18-19, 30-32 T23N R12E; Sec 5-9 T22N R12E
Forest productsWatershed managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementRoad management