Decision Memo Completed

Trail Habitat Improvement Project

Chugach National Forest Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Seward Ranger District

Improve moose forage through prescribed burning near Grant and Ptarmigan Lakes. Reduce fuel loading from spruce bark beetle mortality, and increase heterogeneity of vegetation.

Location

North shore of Kenai Lake, Trail Creek, Grant and Ptarmigan Lakes

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/25/2014
2
Decision
10/2015 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
04/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Species Habitat Improvements; Watershed Improvements
Trail Wildlife Habitat Improvement and Fuels ProjectDecision Signed Date: 10/05/2015
ForestsChugach National Forest
DistrictsSeward Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed managementForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management