Environmental Assessment Completed

Buffalo Project

National Forests in North Carolina Graham, North Carolina Cheoah Ranger District

Provide timber products, improve forest health, improve wildlife habitat. Activities include timber harvesting, herbicide use, road construction/reconstruction, invasive plant control, wildlife habitat and timber stand improvement activities.

Location

9,500 acres in fourteen Administrative Compartments on the Cheoah Ranger District

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/26/2007
2
Comment Period
05/21/2009
3
Decision
06/2009 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
09/2009 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Buffalo ProjectDecision Signed Date: 06/24/2009 Legal Notice Date: 06/25/2009
ForestsNational Forests In North Carolina
DistrictsCheoah Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionGraham County, North Carolina
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsRoad managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed management