Environmental Assessment Completed

Watershed Health, Restoration, and Maintenance in the Little Tiger Creek Analysis Unit

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

Longleaf restoration, commercial thinning, midstory reduction, red cockaded woodpecker management, and prescribed burning for the recovery of theatened and endangered species in the little Tiger Creek Analysis Unit.

Location

Nine miles southeast of Laurel, Mississippi

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/09/2016
2
Comment Period
09/09/2016
3
Objection Period Start
01/26/2017
4
Decision
03/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Timber Sales (Green)
Watershed Health, Restoration, and Maintenance in the Little Tiger Creek Analysis UnitDecision Signed Date: 03/01/2017
watershed health, Restoration, and Maintenance Little Tiger Creek AnalysisDecision Signed Date: 03/01/2017
ForestsNational Forests In Mississippi
DistrictsChickasawhay Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSections 1,2,3,10,11,12,13,14,15,21,22,23, T7N, R10W and Sections 6,7 T7N, R9W
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)