Environmental Assessment Completed

Red Spruce Restoration Project (Farm Bill)

Monongahela National Forest Greenbrier; Nicholas; Pocahontas; Webster, West Virginia Gauley Ranger District

Herbicide treatment of diseased American Beech is proposed on approximately 3000 acres on the Gauley Ranger District of the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. The project will help reestablish red spruce in its historic range.

Location

Cranberry Addition and Falls of Hills Creek

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/28/2016
2
Comment Period
07/20/2017
3
Objection Period Start
10/01/2017
4
Decision
01/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
03/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title Vi: Insect And Disease Projects
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements
Red Spruce Restoration Project (Farm Bill)Decision Signed Date: 01/11/2018
ForestsMonongahela National Forest
DistrictsGauley Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)