Environmental Assessment Completed

Hope Gate 1 Hazardous Fuel Reduction

Chugach National Forest Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Seward Ranger District

Description: Cutting and removal of dead or dying generally small diameter trees on approximately 750 acres and burn residual slash near the communities of Hope and Sunrise in the Kenai Peninsula Borough. FAA(2)

Location

North end of the Kenai Peninsula along the Hope Higway and Palmer Creek Road

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/01/2009
2
Objection Period Start
02/13/2009
3
Decision
06/2009 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
09/2009 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Hope Gate 1 Hazardous Fuel ReductionDecision Signed Date: 06/17/2009
ForestsChugach National Forest
DistrictsSeward Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT10N, R2W, Seward Meridian
Fuels management