Environmental Assessment Completed

Pennington North Resource Management Project

Chippewa National Forest Beltrami; Itasca, Minnesota Blackduck Ranger District

Multiple resource management project including forest vegetation, wildlife, and watershed improvements, as well as fuels and travel management activities. Some improvement and management activities will include the sale of forest products.

Location

The project extends from the northwestern corner of the Forest near Hines, MN, east to Moose Creek and south to Kitchi Lake. The project is outside the Leech Lake Band of the Ojibwe reservation.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/02/2021
2
Comment Period
08/13/2022
3
Objection Period Start
07/08/2023
4
Decision
11/2023 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2024 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Pennington North Resource Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 11/07/2023
ForestsChippewa National Forest
DistrictsBlackduck Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT147-149N, R29-31W
Forest productsWildlife, fish, rare plantsFuels managementRoad managementWatershed managementVegetation management (other than forest products)