Environmental Assessment Completed

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Suppression Project

Allegheny National Forest Elk; Forest; McKean; Warren, Pennsylvania Allegheny National Forest All Units

The Forest Service is proposing to use integrated pest management techniques to suppress the non-native (introduced) insect pest hemlock woolly adelgid on the Allegheny National Forest.

Location

Forestwide.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/27/2015
2
Comment Period
01/28/2016
3
Objection Period Start
03/30/2016
4
Decision
05/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Suppression ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/24/2016
ForestsAllegheny National Forest
DistrictsAllegheny National Forest All Units
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)