Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Helicopter Access for FIA Inventory in Wilderness

Chugach National Forest Anchorage; Haines; Juneau; Ketchikan Gateway; Prince of Wales-Outer; Sitka; Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon; Wrangell-Petersburg; Yakutat, Alaska Tongass National Forest All Units

PNW Research station is proposing to inventory 913 plots in Wilderness over a 10-year span with 540 plots accessed by helicopter and 373 plots accessed by day hiking. Inventory protocol includes completing 10 percent of the plots each year.CZMA-FAA1

Location

19 Wilderness Areas on the Tongass National Forest & one wilderness study area on the CNF

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
02/03/2006
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
06/23/2006
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
11/30/2007
4
Decision
05/2008 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2008 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityWilderness Management
Helicopter Access to Conduct Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) in WildernDecision Signed Date: 05/09/2008 Legal Notice Date: 06/04/2008
ForestsChugach National Forest; Tongass National Forest
DistrictsChugach National Forest All Units; Tongass National Forest All Units
Research