Redbird Ranger District is proposing to thin approximately 2,780 acres of forest stands using the crop tree release method, designed to increase growing space to specific trees by thinning competition of adjacent saplings 30 years old or less.
Location
These are scattered stands located on NFS lands in Owsley County generally between Buckhorn, Oneida, and Hyden, Kentucky, as well as non-contiguous stands in Clay, Leslie and Perry Counties.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
01/12/2017
2
Decision
10/2017 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
12/2017 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements |
| Buckhorn Stand Improvement Project | Decision Signed Date: 10/23/2017 |
| Forests | Daniel Boone National Forest |
| Districts | Redbird Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |