Decision Memo Completed

Spit Point Wildlife Restoration

Tongass National Forest Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska Ketchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District

Wildlife habitat improvement in 40-70 year old young growth stands within the beach buffer. Seventy acres would be thinned to re-initiate forage understory, enhance structural diversity, encourage large tree growth. FAA-3

Location

Spit Point /Gnat Cove vicinity of Carroll Inlet (stands 72&110), south central Revillagigedo Island, southeast Island.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/11/2009
2
Decision
02/2010 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
04/2010 (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 ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Species Population Enhancements
Spit Point Wildlife RestorationDecision Signed Date: 02/02/2010
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsKetchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT75S, R94E, sec 5, T75S, R93E, sec 12
Vegetation management (other than forest products)