Environmental Assessment Completed

Pine Bear Supplemental Environmental Assessment

Allegheny National Forest Elk, Pennsylvania Marienville Ranger District

The Forest Service is proposing to change the previous thinning prescriptions of the 62 stands listed to shelterwood regeneration or overstory removal harvests, with associated reforestation activities, and regenerate several wind damaged stands.

Location

Warrants 1464, 1465, 1776, 1778, 1783, 1799, 1831, 1858, 1863, 2032, 2033, 2034, 3655, 3656, 3657, 3776, Highland Twnshp; Warrants 3252, 4846, Jones Twnshp; and Warrant 4846, Ridgway Twnshp

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/22/2016
2
Comment Period
06/08/2018
3
Objection Period Start
12/03/2018
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; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green)
Pine Bear Supplemental Environmental AssessmentDecision Signed Date: 02/05/2019
ForestsAllegheny National Forest
DistrictsMarienville Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Road managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Forest products