Decision Memo Completed

Cedar Gap Farm Bill Thinning Project

Cherokee National Forest Carter, Tennessee Watauga Ranger District

This project focuses on vegetation management (commercial, non-commercial thinning, and prescribed burning) activities designed to restore forest communities to those vegetation types that would be predicted to occur at each given location.

Location

Dennis Cove area

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/19/2019
2
Decision
03/2020 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
05/2020 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.3 (5)
Special AuthorityHfra Title Vi: Insect And Disease Projects
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements
Cedar Gap Farm Bill Thinning ProjectDecision Signed Date: 03/12/2020
ForestsCherokee National Forest
DistrictsWatauga Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)