Environmental Assessment Completed

Pleasant Run Habitat Improvement

Hoosier National Forest Brown; Jackson, Indiana Brownstown Ranger District

Mow, use chainsaws, prescribed burning, and NNIS treatments to maintain 5 forest openings and 4 ROW segments in early successional habitat.Treatments in selected openings include construction of a small wetland, planting shrubs, and removing redcedar

Location

Pleasant Run area. East and northeast of Lake Monroe. Approx. 260 scattered openings

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/10/2007
2
Comment Period
09/16/2007
3
Decision
01/2008 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
01/2008 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Species Habitat Improvements; Special Products Sales; Noxious Weed Treatments; Watershed Improvements
Pleasant Run Habitat ImprovementDecision Signed Date: 01/18/2008
ForestsHoosier National Forest
DistrictsBrownstown Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT 6,7,8 N, R1,2,3,4 E
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Wildlife, fish, rare plants