This project is proposing to conduct understory maintenance burning to reduce hazardous fuels and improve wildlife habitat. The proposal includes prescribed burning on 33 acres of USFS land, enabling NC burn adjacent private lands.
Location
Clinchfield Prescribed burn unit lies adjacent to the North Fork of the Catawba River and Clinchfield Railroad in the Woodlawn Community
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
08/31/2022
2
Decision
07/2023 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
10/2023 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Species Habitat Improvements |
| Clinchfield Railroad Extension Prescribed Burning Project | Decision Signed Date: 07/10/2023 |
| Forests | National Forests In North Carolina |
| Districts | Grandfather Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |