Update NEPA for prescribed burns that also includes thinning and mechanical treatments. Burning and thinning is proposed to increase and enhance open woodland by increasing the diversity of grasses and forbs, and reducing woody stems and fuel loading
Location
Within Crawford, Dent, Reynolds, Shannon, and Washington Counties, Missouri
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
01/20/2020
2
Decision
06/2020 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
11/2020 (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 | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Special Products Sales; Species Population Enhancements; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Ecosystem Restoration and Hazard Fuels Reduction Project | Decision Signed Date: 06/24/2020 |
| Forests | Mark Twain National Forest |
| Districts | Potosi / Fredericktown Ranger District; Salem Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |