Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Kelsey Peak Timber Sale and Fuelbreak Project

Six Rivers National Forest Trinity, California Mad River Ranger District

Timber harvesting through commercial thinning on about 2,250 acres and fuelbreak construction of about 2540 acres along strategic roads.

Location

LRMP Management Areas: General Forest, Partial Retention Visual Quality Objective, Retention Visual Quality Objective, and Riparian Reserve. Non-key Watershed: Upper Mad River.

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
09/11/2009
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
04/30/2010
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
12/13/2013
4
Objection Period Start
12/13/2013
5
Decision
04/2014 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
06/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Green)
Kelsey Peak Timber Sale and Fuelbreak ProjectDecision Signed Date: 04/14/2014
ForestsSix Rivers National Forest
DistrictsMad River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT2S, R8E & T3S, R8E Humboldt B&M; T28N, R12W & T27N, R12W Mt. Diablo B&M
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementRoad management