Environmental Assessment Completed

Prescribed Fire Program - Homochitto National Forest

National Forests in Mississippi Adams; Amite; Copiah; Franklin; Jefferson; Lincoln; Wilkinson, Mississippi Homochitto Ranger District

Analysis of the use of prescribed fire as a vegetation management tool on the Homochitto National Forest, including locations, general parameters, and timing/frequency of burns for fuel reduction and wildlife and vegetation management.

Location

Prescribed burn locations are scattered across the 7-county Forest area. See maps.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/18/2018
2
Comment Period
11/23/2018
3
Objection Period Start
01/27/2019
4
Decision
06/2019 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2019 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements
Decision Notice and FONSI for Prescribed Burning ProgramDecision Signed Date: 06/06/2019
ForestsNational Forests In Mississippi
DistrictsHomochitto Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Fuels managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)