Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Big Thorne EIS

Tongass National Forest Prince of Wales-Outer, Alaska Thorne Bay Ranger District

The Big Thorne EIS is a multi-year timber sale component of a larger stewardship effort which will include restoration and enhancement stewardship activities that will be identified through other environmental analyses.

Location

NE POW Island, from Thorne Bay to Luck Lake.

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
02/11/2011
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
10/26/2012
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
06/28/2013
4
Decision
06/2013 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Green)
Big Thorne EISDecision Signed Date: 06/28/2013 Legal Notice Date: 07/01/2013
Big Thorne Project Record of DecisionDecision Signed Date: 06/28/2013
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsThorne Bay Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Forest products