Environmental Assessment Completed

PINE RIDGE FUELS REDUCTION PROJECT

Sequoia National Forest Fresno, California Hume Lake Ranger District

Proposal is to reduce fuel buildup around young plantation trees & continue reestablishing a more natural fire return interval through prescribed burning and mastication on portion of Pine Ridge area affected by 2001 Highway Fire.

Location

Pine Ridge east to Davis Road (FR12S01).

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/30/2010
2
Comment Period
04/20/2012
3
Decision
08/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements
Pine Ridge Fuel Reduction ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/03/2012 Legal Notice Date: 08/04/2012
ForestsSequoia National Forest
DistrictsHume Lake Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT13S, R28E, MDB&M
Recreation managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management