Environmental Assessment Completed

Wrangell-Petersburg Invasive Plant Management Project

Tongass National Forest Wrangell-Petersburg, Alaska Petersburg Ranger District

Proposal to increase invasive plant management activities within the Wrangell and Petersburg Ranger Districts. Proposal includes no annual treatment limit, treatment of emergent vegetation, and herbicide, manual and mechanical treatment tools.

Location

Wrangell and Petersburg Ranger Districts - 3.7 million acres on both National Forest System lands (including wilderness) and lands of other ownership.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/23/2021
2
Comment Period
09/02/2021
3
Objection Period Start
02/24/2022
4
Decision
06/2022 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2022 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityNoxious Weed Treatments
Wrangell-Petersburg Invasive Plant Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 06/17/2022
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsPetersburg Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Projects that may affect wilderness (for mailing list contacts)