Decision Memo Completed

Sneed Restoration Maintenance

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Okanogan, Washington Tonasket Ranger District

Ladder fuel reduction, precommercial thinning, and landscape burning are proposed in a block of land surrounding Sneed Mountain.

Location

The project surrounds Sneed Mountain, which is up the Aeneas Valley outside of Tonasket. Washington. Project boundaries are Forest Roads 3000400 and 3010000.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/09/2017
2
Decision
11/2017 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
05/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Sneed Restoration Maintenance ProjectDecision Signed Date: 11/06/2017
ForestsOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
DistrictsTonasket Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 36 North, Range 29 East, Sections 25, 26, 35, & 36 and Township 35 North, Range 29 East, Sections 1, 2, 11, & 12, W.M.
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Wildlife, fish, rare plants