Proposal to authorize commercial harvest of approximately 54 music wood-quality live spruce trees, 4 live hemlock trees, 5 dead hemlock trees and 6 dead red cedar trees. Removal to existing roads via helicopter and ground-based logging systems.
Location
Trees are in 6 different locations on Prince of Wales Island in southeast Alaska within 11 miles of the community of Naukati.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
05/02/2024
2
Decision
07/2024 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2024 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (12), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(12) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Products Sales; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green) |
| Naukati Music Wood and Green Tree Small Sales | Decision Signed Date: 07/10/2024 |
| Forests | Tongass National Forest |
| Districts | Thorne Bay Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T68S, R79E, Section 20; T68S, R80E, Section 33; T69S, R80E, Section 34 35; T70S, R80E, Section 20; T71S, R80E, Section 2; T71S, R80E, Section 11 CRM |