Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Invasive Plant Management

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest King; Pierce; Skagit; Snohomish; Whatcom, Washington Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest All Units

Treat approximately 4000 acres with herbicide, manual, mechanical, cultural and biological methods. Add aminopyralid. Use boom sprayers. Use Early Detection, Rapid Response for new infestation

Location

Approximately 4000 treatment acres across the entire Forest, including 936 known invasive plant sites, and a total of 43 different invasive plant species.

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
02/28/2012
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
10/03/2014
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
06/05/2015
4
Objection Period Start
04/10/2015
5
Decision
06/2015 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
06/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Invasive Plant Treatment FEISDecision Signed Date: 06/05/2015
ForestsMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
DistrictsMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest All Units
Legal Land Description(Multiple sites having invasive plants now and in the expected future across the Forest.)
Vegetation management (other than forest products)