Environmental Assessment Completed

BRECKENRIDGE PLANTATION THINNING PROJECT

Sequoia National Forest Kern, California Kern River Ranger District

Variably thin 998 acres of plantations using hand thinning methods. Excess surface fuels will be treated by chipping and/or lop & scatter (with broadcast burning), hand piling & burning, or made available for personal use firewood.

Location

Approximately 11 miles southwest of Lake Isabella in the Breckenridge Mountains.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/09/2009
2
Objection Period Start
05/04/2011
3
Decision
07/2011 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2011 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements
Breckenridge Plantation ThinningDecision Signed Date: 07/18/2011
ForestsSequoia National Forest
DistrictsKern River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT28S, R31-32E, MDB&M
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)