Environmental Assessment Completed

2012 Gypsy Moth Slow the Spread Project

Wayne National Forest Hocking, Ohio Athens Ranger District

The Wayne National Forest proposes to treat approx 459 ac of the Athens Unit with a single aerial application of an insect pheromone mating disruptant in the spring or summer of 2012. Monitoring will follow. The mating disruptant is species specific.

Location

Starr Township, Hocking County, Ohio

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/27/2012
2
Comment Period
03/14/2012
3
Decision
05/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements
2012 Gypsy Moth Slow the Spread ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/01/2012
ForestsWayne National Forest
DistrictsAthens Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT12N, R16W, parts of Sec 32 and 33, FR 31, 33, and 34
Vegetation management (other than forest products)