Decision Memo Completed

Short Mountain Restoration Project

Cherokee National Forest Greene, Tennessee Unaka Ranger District

The purpose of this project is to restore the Blue Ridge Table Mountain Pine-Pitch Pine Woodland ecosystem (9F), a designated rare community in the Cherokee National Forest Revised Land and Resource Management Plan (CNFRLMP)

Location

Short Mountain

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/29/2019
2
Decision
02/2020 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
03/2020 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Special Area Management
Short Mountain Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 02/18/2020
ForestsCherokee National Forest
DistrictsUnaka Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)