Manage roughly 1,500 acres of young-growth for multiple resource objectives and harvest an estimated 75 acres of old-growth, to meet Forest Plan objectives and assist in the transition to a young-growth industry.
Location
SW Kosciusko Island with an eastern boundary from Holbrook Arm NW to a point just east of the Shipley Bay Log Transfer Facility, following the LUD II Boundary.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
10/22/2013
2
Comment Period
08/06/2015
3
Objection Period Start
12/01/2015
4
Decision
09/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2016 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other; Stewardship Contract, Consolidated Appropriations Resolution Of 2003 |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Forest Vegetation Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Kosciusko Vegetation Management and Watershed Improvement Project | Decision Signed Date: 09/12/2016 |
| Forests | Tongass National Forest |
| Districts | Thorne Bay Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |