Environmental Assessment Completed

Big Piney Fuels Management Project

Ozark-St. Francis National Forest Conway; Johnson; Madison; Newton; Pope; Searcy; Van Buren, Arkansas Bayou Ranger District

A project proposed to reduce fuels, improve forest health and restore ecosystems. This project includes activities such as prescribed burning, commercial and noncommercial thinning, herbicide use to control NNIS and to control understory species..etc

Location

The location is the district's current RX burns with some additional burns and proposed activities.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/08/2014
2
Comment Period
10/01/2016
3
Objection Period Start
05/21/2017
4
Decision
08/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityBiomass; Road Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Roadless Area Management; Road Maintenance; Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Big Piney Fuels Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/18/2017
ForestsOzark-St. Francis National Forests
DistrictsBuffalo Ranger District; Bayou Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionVarious locations across the district
Heritage resource managementSpecial area managementForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed managementRoad management