Enhance habitat for snowshoe hare using various management practices including thinning and felling trees create elevated slash piles, increasing coarse woody debris and hiding cover.
Location
Between Cass Lake and Lake Winnibigoshish
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
02/16/2022
2
Decision
07/2022 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2022 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements |
| Sand Plain Snowshoe Hare Habitat Restoration Project | Decision Signed Date: 07/07/2022 |
| Forests | Chippewa National Forest |
| Districts | Blackduck Ranger District; Walker Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T44N, R29W Section 1; T145N, R29W Sections 11 and 14; T145N, R30W Section 1; and T146N R30W Sections 26 and 35 |