This a large landscape scale project (500,000) aimed at mitigating hazardous fuels in high risk wildland urban interface areas and restoring fire adapted communities through the use of prescribed fire.
Location
Overall project encompasses over 500,000 acres on mostly the Eastern Divide Ranger District of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
05/21/2018
2
Comment Period
04/02/2019
3
Decision
09/2019 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2019 (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 | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels) |
| Restoration of Fire-Adapted Forests & Community Protection in the Eastern Divide Highlands w/Rx Fire | Decision Signed Date: 09/19/2019 |
| Forests | George Washington and Jefferson National Forest |
| Districts | Eastern Divide Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |