Environmental Assessment Completed

Southern Pine Beetle Suppression Project on the Chickasawhay Ranger District

National Forests in Mississippi Greene; Jones; Wayne, Mississippi Chickasawhay Ranger District

Suppress Southern pine Bettle on the Chickasawhay Ranger District using the cut and remove and the cut and leave method.

Location

Six miles southeast of Laurel, Mississippi

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/13/2013
2
Comment Period
08/11/2013
3
Objection Period Start
08/01/2013
4
Decision
10/2013 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics)
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Salvage)
Southern Pine Beetle Suppression and Salvage on the Chickasawhay Ranger DisDecision Signed Date: 10/22/2013
ForestsNational Forests In Mississippi
DistrictsChickasawhay Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Forest productsFuels management