Environmental Assessment Completed

Cane Ridge Small Tree Project

Mark Twain National Forest Butler; Carter, Missouri Poplar Bluff Ranger District

Natural community restoration via midstory control - 2,591 ac.; pre-commercial thin 290 ac. of young stands; & commercial harvest - 1,259 ac. of <11" DBH and red oak salvage.

Location

West of US HWY 67 & North of US HWY 60

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/03/2016
2
Comment Period
11/10/2016
3
Objection Period Start
02/03/2017
4
Decision
04/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityStewardship Contract, Consolidated Appropriations Resolution Of 2003
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements
Final DN & FONSI for the Cane Ridge Small Tree Project #49851Decision Signed Date: 04/06/2017
ForestsMark Twain National Forest
DistrictsPoplar Bluff Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT 26 N, R 3 E, Sec. 1-3, 12; T 26 N, R 4 E, Sec. 1-9, 13-15; T. 26 N, R 5 E, Sec. 6-9, 12-22, 27-30, 32-33; T 27 N, R 3 E, Sec. 25-26, 35-36; T 27 N, R 4 E, Sec. 26-36; T 27 N, R 5 E, Sec. 31.
Vegetation management (other than forest products)