About 200 acres of fuels reduction and forest health improvement protecting the Tuolumne Main Canal from wildfire and ongoing drought and insect mortality; includes commercial and non-commercial thinning, mastication, chipping, piling and burning.
Location
Along 5.4 miles of the Tuolumne Main Canal from Lyons Reservoir southwest toward the community of Sugar Pine
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
08/15/2016
2
Decision
09/2016 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
01/2017 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6); 32.2 (14), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(14) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements |
| Tuolumne Main Canal Fuels Reduction | Decision Signed Date: 09/20/2016 |
| Forests | Stanislaus National Forest |
| Districts | Mi-Wok Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Sec 24-27, 34-35 T3N R16E; Sec 3, T2N R16E |