Environmental Assessment Completed

Southern Pine Beetle Abatement Project

National Forests in Alabama Bibb; Chilton; Dallas; Perry, Alabama Oakmulgee Ranger District

Restoration of loblolly stands to native longleaf; improve resistance of loblolly stands to SPB infestations while providing wildlife habitat; improve resistance to SPB infestations to longleaf while providing habitat to RCW; & SPB suppression.

Location

Eastern portion of the Oakmulgee District in Bibb, Dallas, Chilton, & Perry Counties, south of Centreville, east of Selma & west of Maplesville, AL.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/14/2007
2
Objection Period Start
05/14/2007
3
Decision
08/2007 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2007 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics)
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Species Population Enhancements; Timber Sales (Salvage)
Southern Pine Beetle Abatement ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/20/2007
ForestsNational Forests in Alabama
DistrictsOakmulgee Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionLands on the eastern portion of the Oakmulgee District in Bibb, Dallas, Chilton, & Perry Counties south of Centreville, east of Selma, & west of Maplesville, AL.
Forest productsFuels management