Environmental Assessment Completed

Upper Rock Creek Vegetation Management

Daniel Boone National Forest McCreary, Kentucky Stearns Ranger District

Restore and increase forest vigor on National Forest System lands affected by the 1998 storms and 2000 Southern Pine beetle epidemic.

Location

Located between Dolen Mountain, Watts Mountain and Rock Creek Road and Laurel Ridge Road

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/22/2005
2
Comment Period
03/01/2011
3
Decision
06/2011 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2011 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Timber Sales (Green)
Upper Rock Creek Vegetation Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 12/31/2008 (FS Withdrawn) Legal Notice Date: 01/01/2009
Upper Rock Creek Vegetation management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 06/20/2011 Legal Notice Date: 06/28/2011
ForestsDaniel Boone National Forest
DistrictsStearns Ranger District
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed managementForest products