Decision Memo Completed

Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment - Moderate Vulnerability Karst

Tongass National Forest Haines; Juneau; Ketchikan Gateway; Prince of Wales-Outer; Sitka; Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon; Wrangell-Petersburg; Yakutat, Alaska Tongass National Forest All Units

The Tongass National Forest proposes to amend the 2016 Tongass Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan). The amendment will focus on Standard S-YG-KC-02 related to commercial timber harvest on lands identified as moderate vulnerability karst.

Location

Tongass National Forest, Forest-wide

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/22/2019
2
Comment Period
07/25/2019
3
Objection Period Start
06/19/2020
4
Decision
08/2020 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2020 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (16), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(16)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation219 (2012)
Project ActivityPlan Amendment
Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment - Moderate Vulnerability KarstDecision Signed Date: 08/13/2020 Legal Notice Date: 08/14/2020
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsTongass National Forest All Units
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Land management planningMinerals and geology