Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Prince of Wales Landscape Level Analysis Project

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

The POWLLA Project will be an integrated analysis combining timber sale, watershed and stream restoration/improvement, recreation, wildlife habitat, and transportation components into one document, with 10 to 15 years' worth of projects.

Location

Prince of Wales Island and surrounding outer islands

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
11/30/2016
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
05/04/2018
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
10/31/2018
4
Objection Period Start
11/16/2018
5
Decision
03/2019 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
06/2019 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityDispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Noxious Weed Treatments; Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Prince of Wales Landscape Level Analysis Project Final Record of DecisionDecision Signed Date: 03/16/2019
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsCraig Ranger District; Thorne Bay Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Recreation managementForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed management