The proposed action is to conduct shortleaf pine ecosystem restoration treatments, including timber harvest, prescribed burning, wildlife habitat, fisheries habitat, and botanical habitat improvement projects in western Cherokee County, NC.
Location
Western Cherokee County, NC north of Appalachia Lake and Hiwassee Lake.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
09/29/2015
2
Comment Period
02/24/2016
3
Objection Period Start
08/03/2016
4
Decision
09/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2016 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Brushy Flats Project | Decision Signed Date: 09/22/2016 |
| Forests | National Forests In North Carolina |
| Districts | Tusquittee Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |