Environmental Assessment Completed

Biggie Vegetation Management and Fuels Reduction Project

Tahoe National Forest Placer, California American River Ranger District

The Forest Service is proposing to take action to manage overcrowded forest stands and reduce hazardous fuels along the Mosquito Ridge Road near the Placer County Big Trees Grove. Approximately 2,500 acres of treatments are planned at this time.

Location

This Project Area is located between 23 and 28 miles east of Foresthill, California. Along the Mosquito Ridge Road near the Placer County Big Trees Grove

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/01/2012
2
Comment Period
12/29/2015
3
Objection Period Start
06/03/2016
4
Decision
08/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Plan Amendment; Timber Sales (Green)
Biggie Vegetation Management and Fuels Reduction ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/24/2016
ForestsTahoe National Forest
DistrictsAmerican River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionThe legal location includes portions of T14N, R12E, Sections 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24 and 25; T14N, R13E, Sections 4,
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementForest products