Environmental Assessment Completed

Brushy Flats Project

National Forests in North Carolina Clay, North Carolina Tusquittee Ranger District

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 AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Brushy Flats ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/22/2016
ForestsNational Forests In North Carolina
DistrictsTusquittee Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Fuels managementForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed managementWildlife, fish, rare plants