Decision Memo Completed

Red-cockaded Woodpecker Habitat Improvement

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Jasper; Jones; Putnam, Georgia Oconee Ranger District

Mid-story removal provides necessary foraging and nesting recruitment habitat for the RCW. Site preparation and planting begins the process of re-establishing suitable RCW habitat.

Location

Jasper, Jones and PutnamCounties, Georgia

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/18/2010
2
Comment Period
06/11/2010
3
Decision
06/2010 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
03/2011 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements
Red-cockaded Woodpecker Habitat ImprovementDecision Signed Date: 06/29/2010
ForestsChattahoochee-Oconee National Forests
DistrictsOconee Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Wildlife, fish, rare plants