Environmental Assessment Completed

North Big Bear Landscape Restoration Project

San Bernardino National Forest San Bernardino, California Big Bear Ranger District

Landscape scape restoration project on the north side of the Big Bear Valley. Treatments focus on community protection and restoring natural conditions of periodic fire to the landscape using prescribed fire and mechanical treatments.

Location

Big Bear area, Mountaintop Ranger District, San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino County, California.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/16/2020
2
Comment Period
09/06/2020
3
Objection Period Start
06/29/2022
4
Decision
05/2023 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2023 (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; Trail Management; Travel Management; Watershed Improvements
North Big Bear Landscape Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/01/2023
ForestsSan Bernardino National Forest
DistrictsBig Bear Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Recreation managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed management