Environmental Assessment Completed

Moonlight Fire Area Restoration Project

Plumas National Forest Plumas, California Mt. Hough Ranger District

The project would restore the 2007 Moonlight Fire burned area by: reducing the post-fire effects to vegetation, watersheds, and recreation and enhancing resiliency to future fires, droughts, insect and disease infestations, and climate change.

Location

National forest system lands on the Plumas National Forest, Mount Hough Ranger District, approximately five to 15 miles north and east of Taylorville, California and 20 to 30 miles northeast of Quincy

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/10/2016
2
Comment Period
10/25/2017
3
Objection Period Start
02/07/2018
4
Decision
05/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Trail Management; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Decision Notice for the Moonlight Fire Area Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/16/2018
ForestsPlumas National Forest
DistrictsMt. Hough Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionPortions of T26N, R10E; T26N, R11E; T26N, R12E; T27N, R10E; T27N, R11E; T27N, R12E; T27N, R13E; T28N, R10E; T28N, R11E; and T28N, R12E, Mount Diablo Base Meridian.
Forest productsWatershed managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Road managementFuels managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsRecreation management