Decision Memo Completed

Yellow Creek Prescribed Burn

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

The proposed project is to prescribe burn 520 acres of Forest Service land, 196 acres of LTLT and 14 acres of APGI in cooperation with the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee (LTLT) and Alcoa Power Generting (APGI).

Location

Cheoah Ranger District

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
11/20/2009
2
Decision
01/2010 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
12/2010 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Yellow Creek Rx BurnDecision Signed Date: 01/26/2010
ForestsNational Forests In North Carolina
DistrictsCheoah Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionYellow Creek Mountqains, Graham County, NC
Fuels management