Environmental Assessment Completed

JOEY HEALTHY FOREST AND FUELS REDUCTION PROJECT

Sequoia National Forest Tulare, California Kern River Ranger District

Ecological restoration & hazardous fuels treatment on 6153 acres in the wildland urban interface of the Horse Meadow Community. Treatments would employ mechanical and hand thinning, and prescribed fire, with some commercial timber harvest.

Location

Horse Meadow, Kern Plateau, approximately 10 miles north of Lake Isabella, CA, off of Cherry Hill/ Sherman Pass Roads

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/16/2012
2
Comment Period
11/02/2012
3
Objection Period Start
12/13/2013
4
Decision
02/2014 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green)
Decision Notice and FONSI Joey Healthy Forest and Fuels Reduction ProjectDecision Signed Date: 02/24/2014
ForestsSequoia National Forest
DistrictsKern River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT. 23 and 24 S., R. 33 and 34 E., Mount Diablo Base and Meridian (MDB&M).
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementForest products