Environmental Assessment Completed

Four Ponds Management Project

White Mountain National Forest Oxford, Maine Androscoggin Ranger District

Proposed timber harvest, wildlife opening expansion, prescribed fire, watershed and stream improvements, and changes to trails, roads, gravel pits, and campsites.

Location

Albany Township and Mason Township, Oxford County, Maine

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/24/2008
2
Comment Period
04/16/2009
3
Decision
03/2010 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
09/2010 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityStewardship Contract, Consolidated Appropriations Resolution Of 2003
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityDeveloped Site Management; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Species Habitat Improvements; Trail Management; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Four Ponds Integrated Resource Management Project Decision Notice and FONSIDecision Signed Date: 03/12/2010 Legal Notice Date: 03/17/2010
ForestsWhite Mountain National Forest
DistrictsAndroscoggin Ranger District
Forest productsWildlife, fish, rare plantsRecreation managementRoad managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed managementFuels management