Environmental Assessment Completed

Sheard Branch Sub-Watershed

Kisatchie National Forest Natchitoches, Louisiana Kisatchie Ranger District

Thin 2945ac, first thin 150ac, clearcut w/reserves 122ac. Install 6 artificial cavity inserts per RCW stand. Restoration work on bogs, praries and sandstone glades. NNIS control. Road maintainance on NFSRs. Install picnic sites. Rehab user trails.

Location

Compartments 36, 37, 38 & 39

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/05/2016
2
Comment Period
05/04/2018
3
Objection Period Start
06/18/2018
4
Decision
08/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green)
Sheard Branch Sub-WatershedDecision Signed Date: 08/15/2018
ForestsKisatchie National Forest
DistrictsKisatchie Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSections 35 & 36 of T6NR8W; Sections 1 & 2 of T5NR8W; Sections 31, 32 & 33 of T6NR8W; Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 of T5NR7W.
Watershed managementForest productsRoad managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsFuels managementRecreation managementVegetation management (other than forest products)