This project is to maintain, restore and enhance whitebark pine habitat and the Summer Blossom meadow area through treatments including: small tree thinning, pruning, prescribed burning, whitebark pine planting. Total treatment area is ~ 1,576 ac.
Location
The Summer Blossom project lies primarily in the Falls Creek sub-watershed approximately 34 miles northwest of the town of Chelan, Washington on the north shore of Lake Chelan.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
02/02/2017
2
Decision
04/2018 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
05/2018 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Forest Vegetation Improvements |
| Summer Blossom Whitebark Pine Restoration Project | Decision Signed Date: 04/10/2018 |
| Forests | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest |
| Districts | Chelan Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T30N, R20E; 2,3,4,9,10,11,12,14,15,16,23,24 |