Environmental Assessment Completed

Long Buck Project

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

The proposed action is to conduct silvicultural treatments to reestablish shortleaf pine / mixed hardwood vegetation communities on select stands in western Cherokee County, North Carolina, north of Apalachia Lake.

Location

Select stands in western Cherokee County, North Carolina, south of Joe Brown Highway and north of Apalachia Lake.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/17/2016
2
Comment Period
04/12/2017
3
Objection Period Start
05/24/2017
4
Decision
07/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
08/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Timber Sales (Green)
Long Buck ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/17/2017
ForestsNational Forests In North Carolina
DistrictsTusquittee Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Forest productsWatershed managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Wildlife, fish, rare plants