Prescribed burning to create/improve good quality foraging habitat for the red-cockaded woodpecker in Management Area 2. Desired conditions: open, mature pine-dominated forests with diverse grass and forb ground cover, maintained by frequent fire.
Location
Management Area 2 of the Forest Plan.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
09/21/2018
2
Comment Period
11/23/2019
3
Objection Period Start
08/07/2020
4
Decision
04/2021 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2021 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements |
| Sam Houston RD Prescribed Burn Project | Decision Signed Date: 04/14/2021 |
| Forests | National Forests In Texas |
| Districts | Sam Houston Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |