Decision Memo Completed

REVISED SHIRLEY FIRE SALVAGE AND FOREST RESTORATION PROJECT

Sequoia National Forest Kern, California Sequoia National Forest All Units

Salvage fire killed timber on 142 acres within the 2545 acre Shirley Fire area to reduce future fuel loading and provide for reforestation.

Location

One mile southeast of Alta Sierra, 45 miles east of Bakersfield, CA. It is within the lower Kern 5th order watershed, Tillie Creek watershed, and East Kern Air Pollution Control District

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/01/2014
2
Decision
08/2015 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (5), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(5); 32.2 (13), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(13)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Salvage)
Revised Shirley Fire Salvage and Forest Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/12/2015
ForestsSequoia National Forest
DistrictsKern River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 25 South, Range 32 East, sections 33 and 34; Township 26 South, Range 32 East, Section 4, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian
Forest productsFuels management