The proposal is to burn six separate areas in Burke and Caldwell counties to reduce fuel loads, improve wildlife habitat, and promote fire dependent and fire adapted species. Individual burns would be implemented over multiple years.
Location
Burke and Caldwell Counties, NC
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
08/31/2012
2
Comment Period
01/20/2015
3
Objection Period Start
04/12/2015
4
Decision
06/2015 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2015 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Species Habitat Improvements |
| Grandfather Restoration Burns | Decision Signed Date: 06/03/2015 Legal Notice Date: 06/03/2015 |
| Forests | National Forests In North Carolina |
| Districts | Grandfather Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |