Environmental Assessment Completed

Rush Skeleton Weed Project

Plumas National Forest Plumas, California Beckwourth Ranger District

Rush skeleton weed would be sprayed with aminocyclopyrachlor chlorsulfuron (e.g. Perspective)or aminopyralid triclopyr (e.g. Capstone or Milestone Plus) or a combination of these herbicides with A surfactant (e.g. methylated seed oil) and dye.

Location

Eureka Creek at Discovery Mine and adjacent to National Forest System road 23N37, approximately 3 air miles northwest of the Beckwourth Ranger Station. T22N, R11E, Sec. 1, SE 1/4 of NE 1/4.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/13/2014
2
Comment Period
04/08/2015
3
Objection Period Start
05/27/2015
4
Decision
06/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
08/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityNoxious Weed Treatments
Rush Skeleton Weed Project Decision NoticeDecision Signed Date: 06/23/2017
ForestsPlumas National Forest
DistrictsBeckwourth Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT22N, R11E, Sec. 1, SE 1/4 of NE 1/4.
Vegetation management (other than forest products)