Environmental Assessment Completed

Double Nickel Project

Huron-Manistee National Forests Manistee; Mason, Michigan Cadillac/Manistee Ranger District

Red and jack pine, aspen, and hardwood harvesting; wildlife habitat improvements, including upland opening maintenance and creation; savanna creation, prescribed burns, and NNIP control; aquatic habitat improvement; and, road system improvements.

Location

Brown Township, Dickson Township, Manistee Township, Norman Township, Stronach Township, Manistee County, Michigan. Meade Township, Mason County, Michigan.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/23/2015
2
Comment Period
06/02/2017
3
Objection Period Start
10/13/2017
4
Decision
01/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
02/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Double Nickel ProjectDecision Signed Date: 01/29/2018
ForestsHuron-Manistee National Forest
DistrictsCadillac/Manistee Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT22N, R15W, S 19-36; T22N, R14W, S 28-33; T21N, R16W, S 1, 9-12; T21N, R14W, S 4-9; T21N, R15W, S 1-12, 17-22, 27-34, and T21N, R16W, S 13-16, 21-28, 33-36; T20N, R15W, S 4-5.
Fuels managementWatershed managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Road managementForest productsWildlife, fish, rare plants