Environmental Assessment Completed

Salvage EA, Jessieville-Winona-Fourche Ranger District and Crossett Experimental Forest

Ouachita National Forest Ashley; Garland; Montgomery; Perry; Saline; Scott; Yell, Arkansas Jessieville Ranger District

District-wide Environmental Assessment for handling salvage of downed, dead, damaged, or hazard timber resoures of the Jessieville-Winona-Fourche Ranger District of the Ouachita National Forest; including Crossett Experimental Forest.

Location

Entirety (400,000+ acres) of Jessieville-Winona-Fourche Ranger District, Ouachita NF and Crossett Experimental Forest (1,680 acres) of the Southern Research Station Southern Pine Ecology Unit

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/22/2008
2
Comment Period
10/24/2008
3
Decision
12/2008 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
01/2009 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage)
Program and Procedure for Salvage of Dead, Down, Damaged, or Hazard TreesDecision Signed Date: 12/01/2008 Legal Notice Date: 12/04/2008
ForestsOuachita National Forest
DistrictsFourche Ranger District; Jessieville Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionAshley, Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Saline, Scott, and Yell Counties, AR
Forest productsFuels management