Wildlife habitat enhancement activities on up to 500 acres. Includes removal of small trees (<18" dbh) and shrubs using hand tools to expand existing openings or create new openings (less than 5 acres; generally <1 acre) in densely stocked stands.
Location
Low to mid elevation openings located throughout the Forest. Areas include natural balds, meadows, and early-seral forests in the Dungeness, Skokomish, Upper Wynoochee, and Calawah River Watersheds.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
07/01/2014
2
Decision
02/2015 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
04/2015 (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; Species Habitat Improvements |
| Early-Seral Open Wildlife Enhancements | Decision Signed Date: 02/18/2015 |
| Forests | Olympic National Forest |
| Districts | Olympic National Forest All Units |
| Legal Land Description | Various |