Environmental Assessment Cancelled

Red Spruce Restoration Project

Monongahela National Forest Grant; Greenbrier; Nicholas; Pendleton; Pocahontas; Randolph; Tucker; Webster, West Virginia Monongahela National Forest All Units

The Cherokee National Forest, George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Monongahela National Forest, and the National Forests in North Carolina seek to implement large landscape red spruce - fir ecosystem restoration.

Location

Applicable red spruce-fir ecosystem locations on the Monongahela National Forest.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/06/2024
2
Comment Period
06/2025 (Estimated)
3
Objection Period Start
08/2025 (Estimated)
4
Decision
10/2025 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
11/2025 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Species Population Enhancements; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
ForestsMonongahela National Forest
DistrictsMonongahela National Forest All Units
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed managementRoad managementClimate change adaptationCarbon stewardship