Environmental Assessment Completed

Saddle Project

Tahoe National Forest Sierra, California Sierraville Ranger District

Defensible Fuel Profile Zone & concentrated fuel treatments, hand & mechanical thinning & group selection. Localized watershed restoration, meadow, aspen and oak restoration treatments. Project treatment area ~4,500 acs, mainly stewardship contracts.

Location

North and west of Calpine and north of Yuba Pass

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/04/2010
2
Objection Period Start
11/24/2011
3
Decision
01/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other; Hfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface; Hfra Title I: Municipal Watersheds; Hfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics)
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Saddle Project Decision NoticeDecision Signed Date: 01/20/2012
ForestsTahoe National Forest
DistrictsSierraville Ranger District
Legal Land Description20N 13E Secs 1, 2, 11; 21N 13E Secs 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 26, 35, 36; 21N 14E Secs 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18; 22N 13E Secs 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, 36; 22N 14E Secs 17, 19, 20, 21, 29, 30, 31, 32
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementForest products