Environmental Assessment Completed

Francis Marion Prescribed Burning Adaptive Management Strategy

Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests Berkeley; Charleston, South Carolina Francis Marion and Sumter National Forest All Units

The proposed action describes an adaptive management strategy to manage prescribed fire on approximately 262,000 acres of national forest lands and nearby tracts of state and private lands covered in a Wyden agreement.

Location

The Francis Marion National Forest

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/29/2018
2
Comment Period
08/26/2019
3
Objection Period Start
01/16/2020
4
Decision
03/2020 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
03/2020 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Wilderness Management
Francis Marion Prescribed Burning Adaptive Management StrategyDecision Signed Date: 03/17/2020
ForestsFrancis Marion and Sumter National Forests
DistrictsFrancis Marion Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsFuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)