Environmental Assessment Completed

Porcupine Vegetation and Road Management Project

Shasta-Trinity National Forest Siskiyou, California McCloud Ranger District

Reduction of fuels, improvement of forest health on the east side of the McCloud Flats. Includes estimated 3760 acres of thinning, 83 acres regeneration, 48 acres meadow restoration, 21 acres aspen release. Application of Borax to cut stumps.

Location

East side of the McCloud Flats on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, approximately 30 air miles northeast of the community of McCloud, California

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/25/2007
2
Comment Period
05/08/2014
3
Objection Period Start
05/28/2014
4
Decision
08/2014 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Green)
Porcupine Vegetation and Road Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/15/2009 (Reversed in Appeal (215)) Legal Notice Date: 09/24/2009
Porcupine Vegetation and Road Management DecisionDecision Signed Date: 10/09/2012 (FS Withdrawn, Constrained Due to Litigation) Legal Notice Date: 10/10/2012
Porcupine Vegetation and Road ManagementDecision Signed Date: 08/27/2014
ForestsShasta Trinity National Forest
DistrictsMcCloud Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT41N, R3E & T42N, R3E, various sections
Forest productsFuels management