Decision Memo Completed

Naukati Music Wood and Green Tree Small Sales

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

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 Exclusion32.2 (12), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(12)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Products Sales; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green)
Naukati Music Wood and Green Tree Small SalesDecision Signed Date: 07/10/2024
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsThorne Bay Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT68S, 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
Forest products