Environmental Assessment Completed

Butterfly Twain Fuels Reduction and Landscape Restoration Project

Plumas National Forest Plumas, California Mt. Hough Ranger District

Reduce hazardous fuels; improve forest health; restore plant and wildlife habitat; improve transportation system and soil and water quality; and reduce invasive plants.

Location

Approximately 4 miles northwest of Quincy, California, between the communities of Butterfly Valley and Twain in Plumas County, California.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/16/2015
2
Comment Period
02/08/2017
3
Objection Period Start
06/14/2017
4
Decision
09/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Butterfly Twain Fuels Reduction and Landscape Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/26/2017
ForestsPlumas National Forest
DistrictsMt. Hough Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Watershed managementForest productsRoad managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management