Environmental Assessment Completed

Non-Native Invasive Plant Species and Roadside Vegetation Management Control Project.

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

Control NNIPS anywhere they occur and control woody species within corridors such as along roads, overhead transmission lines, pipe lines. Maintain infrastructure by controlling all vegetation in pavement and two feet either side of pavement.

Location

Big Piney Ranger District, Pleasant Hill Ranger District and Boston Mountain Ranger District of the Ozark-St. Francis NFs

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/29/2018
2
Comment Period
06/22/2018
3
Objection Period Start
08/22/2018
4
Decision
02/2019 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2019 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements
Non-Native Invasive Plant Species and Roadside Veg Mgmt Control DN/FONSIDecision Signed Date: 02/15/2019
ForestsOzark-St. Francis National Forests
DistrictsBuffalo Ranger District; Bayou Ranger District; Pleasant Hill Ranger District; Boston Mountain Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)