Environmental Assessment Completed

Tongass National Forest Sustainable Cabin Management Project

Tongass National Forest Juneau; Ketchikan Gateway; Sitka; Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon; Wrangell-Petersburg, Alaska Tongass National Forest All Units

The Tongass is proposing to remove nine cabins and convert or replace three cabins to survival shelters to help move toward a sustainable recreation cabin program.

Location

Tongass National Forest, Region 10, Alaska

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/15/2012
2
Comment Period
12/02/2013
3
Decision
09/2014 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
09/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityDeveloped Site Management; Facility Improvements/Construction; Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Facility Maintenance; Wilderness Management
Tongass National Forest Sustainable Cabin ManagementDecision Signed Date: 09/08/2014
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsPetersburg Ranger District; Wrangell Ranger District; Sitka Ranger District; Admiralty Island National Monument; Yakutat Ranger District; Ketchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District; Thorne Bay Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTongass National Forest, Region 10, Alaska
Facility managementRecreation management