Environmental Assessment Completed

Mower Tract Restoration

Monongahela National Forest Pocahontas; Randolph, West Virginia Greenbrier Ranger District

Prep sites; plant natives; create wetlands; create/maintain linear wildlife openings; (re)construct trails; develop trailheads; decommission roads; place large woody material in streams; restore spruce by thinning and crop tree release.

Location

Approximately 5 miles NE of Durbin. The project area encompasses the tract bought by the USFS in the late 1980s on Shavers and Cheat Mountain. In Forest Plan Management Prescription Area 4.1.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/09/2016
2
Comment Period
05/26/2016
3
Objection Period Start
07/14/2016
4
Decision
09/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Abandoned Mine Land Clean-Up; Trail Management; Watershed Improvements
Mower Tract RestorationDecision Signed Date: 09/28/2016
ForestsMonongahela National Forest
DistrictsGreenbrier Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsRecreation management