Environmental Assessment Completed

Bradford Emerald Ash Borer Remediation Project

Allegheny National Forest Forest; McKean; Warren, Pennsylvania Bradford Ranger District

Maintain or improve ecological conditions that will improve ecosystem resilience and sustain biological diversity in stands to be affected by forest pests and diseases and increase the amount of early structural habitat on the Forest.

Location

Limestone, Mead, and Watson, Warren County; Bradford, Corydon, Foster, Hamilton, Hamlin, and Lafayette, McKean County; and Hickory, Forest County

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/16/2015
2
Comment Period
11/25/2016
3
Objection Period Start
02/03/2017
4
Decision
05/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Forest Vegetation Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Salvage); Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Bradford Emerald Ash Borer Remediation ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/01/2017
ForestsAllegheny National Forest
DistrictsBradford Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Forest productsRoad managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed management