Environmental Assessment Completed

Elodea Herbicide Treatment

Chugach National Forest Valdez-Cordova, Alaska Cordova Ranger District

The USDA Forest Service is proposing a project to apply fluridone, an herbicide, to reduce the biomass of or entirely eradicate a non-native invasive plant Elodea (waterweed) from three ponds/areas on the Copper River Delta.

Location

The project is located at the Cannery Ponds approximately 3 miles east of Cordova

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
11/23/2015
2
Comment Period
02/19/2016
3
Objection Period Start
04/22/2016
4
Decision
06/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityNoxious Weed Treatments; Watershed Improvements
Elodea Herbicide TreatmentDecision Signed Date: 06/10/2016
ForestsChugach National Forest
DistrictsCordova Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)