Environmental Assessment Completed

Finney AMA Vegetation Management

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Skagit, Washington Mt Baker Ranger District

Vegetation management part of research study on restoration and long-term management of late successio reserve (LSR) and riparian habitat in Finney Adaptive Management Area. Thin LSR forest stands less than 80 years old to develop old growth features

Location

Twenty-two miles east of Sedro-Woolley, WA in the Finney Adaptive Management Area along Forest Road 17 and tributaries in the Finney Creek watershed.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/29/2012
2
Comment Period
01/18/2013
3
Decision
05/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Special Area Management; Timber Sales (Green)
Finney AMA ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/03/2013 Legal Notice Date: 05/06/2013
ForestsMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
DistrictsMt Baker Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionCentered around T34N, R8E
Special area management