Environmental Assessment Completed

Packers Bay Invasive Plant Species Removal Project

Shasta-Trinity National Forest Shasta, California Shasta Lake Ranger District

Removal of non-native Scotch, French & Spanish brooms using an integrated approach on about 112 acres of National Forest System lands. A combination of treatments, including herbicide, manual cutting, hand pulling & prescribed fire will be used.

Location

About 13 air miles north of the City of Redding, within the Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area near Packers Bay.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
11/11/2009
2
Comment Period
07/19/2017
3
Objection Period Start
12/26/2017
4
Decision
04/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments
Packers Bay Invasive Plant Species Removal ProjectDecision Signed Date: 04/06/2018
ForestsShasta Trinity National Forest
DistrictsShasta Lake Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 34 North, Range 4 West, Sections 20, 21, 28 and 29, Mt. Diablo base and meridian.
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Wildlife, fish, rare plants