To maintain the effectiveness of the Brush Creek DFPZ by re-entering 2,044 acres to treat regenerating vegetation through a combination of under-burning, mastication, hand-cutting and hand or grapple piling, and pile burning throughout the DFPZ
Location
The Brush Creek DFPZ Maintenance project area is located in Butte County, California, south of Highway 162, adjacent to the community of Brush Creek.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
08/01/2016
2
Decision
09/2016 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
10/2016 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels) |
| Brush Creek Defensible Fuel Profile Zone (DFPZ) Maintenance | Decision Signed Date: 09/29/2016 |
| Forests | Plumas National Forest |
| Districts | Feather River Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Mount Diablo Meridian, California, Township 22 N., Range 6 E., sections 32 and 33, T. 21 N., R. 5 E., sections 12, 13, and 24 and T. 21 N., R. 6E., sections 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 16, 18, 19, 20, and 30. |