Environmental Assessment Completed

Stream Restoration Using Hand Tools

Tongass National Forest Wrangell-Petersburg, Alaska Petersburg Ranger District

Restoration in previously-harvested floodplain/riparian areas with Class I and II streams on Petersburg and Wrangell Ranger Districts. Implementation would use hand tools including picks, shovels, chainsaws, winches, etc. No heavy equipment proposed.

Location

The project area includes all previously-harvested floodplain/riparian areas with Class I and Class II streams within the Petersburg and Wrangell Ranger Districts.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
11/03/2016
2
Comment Period
02/23/2017
3
Objection Period Start
05/11/2017
4
Decision
07/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Watershed Improvements
Stream Restoration Using Hand ToolsDecision Signed Date: 07/06/2017
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsPetersburg Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Watershed managementWildlife, fish, rare plants