Environmental Assessment Completed

Lower Skokomish Vegetation Management Project

Olympic National Forest Mason, Washington Hood Canal Ranger District / Hoodsport

Vegetation management (timber harvest) and restoration treatments on about 4,500 acres to improve and restore late successional forest habitat conditions for wildlife and watershed health and to contribute to local economies.

Location

Lower North Fork and Lower South Fork Skokomish River watersheds.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/26/2014
2
Comment Period
12/07/2015
3
Objection Period Start
06/20/2016
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 ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green)
Lower Skokomish Vegetation Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/23/2016
ForestsOlympic National Forest
DistrictsHood Canal Ranger District / Hoodsport
Legal Land DescriptionT22N, R5W, Sec 1-14, 16-22, 24, 26, 28-30, 31-34, 36; T22N, R6W, Sec 13, 23, 22; T23N, R4W, Sec 7-9, Willamette Meridian.
Forest productsWildlife, fish, rare plants