Environmental Assessment Completed

Regional Slow the Spread Project

National Forests in North Carolina Habersham; Rabun; Stephens; Towns; Bath; Bell; Breathitt; Carter; Clay; Elliott; Estill; Fleming; Harlan; Jackson; Knox; Laurel; Lee; Leslie; Letcher; Lewis; McCreary; Madison; Menifee; Morgan; Owsley; Perry; Pike; Powell; Pulaski; Rockcastle; Rowan; Wayne; Whitley; Wolfe; Ashe; Avery; Buncombe; Burke; Caldwell; Carteret; Cherokee; Clay; Craven; Davidson; Graham; Haywood; Henderson; Jackson; Jones; McDowell; Macon; Madison; Mitchell; Montgomery; Onslow; Randolph; Stanly; Swain; Transylvania; Watauga; Yancey; Abbeville; Chester; Fairfield; Greenwood; Laurens; Newberry; Oconee; Pickens; Saluda; Union; Blount; Campbell; Carter; Cocke; Greene; Johnson; Monroe; Pickett; Scott; Sullivan; Unicoi; Washington; Bland; Buchanan; Carroll; Dickenson; Grayson; Lee; Russell; Scott; Smyth; Tazewell; Washington; Wise; Wythe, Georgia; Kentucky; North Carolina; South Carolina; Tennessee; Virginia R8 - Southern Region All Units

Aerial treatments of an exotic moth known as Lymantria dispar using mating disruption, Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki, Nucleopolyhedrosis virus, or their combination.

Location

Chattahoochee, Cherokee, Daniel Boone, Sumter, Jefferson, Nantahala, Pisgah, Uwharrie, and Croatan National Forests and private, state, and other federal lands within their adjacent counties.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/01/2021
2
Comment Period
09/01/2021
3
Objection Period Start
01/20/2023
4
Decision
04/2023 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2023 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements
Regional Slow the Spread ProjectDecision Signed Date: 04/07/2023
ForestsDaniel Boone National Forest; Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests; Cherokee National Forest; George Washington and Jefferson National Forest; National Forests In North Carolina; Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
DistrictsDaniel Boone National Forest All Units; Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest All Units; Cherokee National Forest All Units; George Washington and Jefferson National Forest All Units; National Forests In North Carolina All Units; Francis Marion and Sumter National Forest All Units
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)