This project will provide defensible space along main roads to expedite safe evacuations and improve wildland firefighter response, safety, and suppression during wildfires.
Six Rivers National Forest
The Trinity Summit Restoration Project is a collaboration between the Six Rivers National Forest and the Hoopa Valley Tribe to reduce the risk of wildland fire to communities, restore ecosystems, and establish resilient landscapes.
Approximately 2 miles of new fiber conduit to be installed
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| Forests | Six Rivers National Forest |
| Districts | Orleans Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
This project will allow the Salyer Heights Water Company to reconstruct critical water supply infrastructure (water tank, raw water lines, and creek diversions) along Shaber Creek that were destroyed in the Campbell Fire.
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Facility Improvements/Construction; Special Use Authorizations |
| Forests | Six Rivers National Forest |
| Districts | Lower Trinity Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T6N R5E Sec 2 & 11 |
Trinity Valley Consulting Engineers has requested to conduct a geo investigation for the OCSD water system upgrade. A soil investigation would be performed to aid in the planning and design of new water treatment, storage, and diversion system.
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Facility Improvements/Construction; Special Use Authorizations; Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations |
| Forests | Six Rivers National Forest |
| Districts | Orleans Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
The 1,500 acre Rattail Project seeks to apply forest health and fuels reduction treatments, address a legacy sediment site, remove invasive species, mitigate hazards to values at risk, and develop 3.41 miles of temp roads.
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 219 (2012) |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Timber Sales (Green) |
| Forests | Six Rivers National Forest |
| Districts | Mad River Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T1N, R5E, Sec 1, 2, and 12; T1N, R6E, Sec 5, 6, 7, 8, and 17 |
Reduce hazardous trees and fuels/slash along moderate to high use roads while revegetating areas within the project footprint to enhance wildfire resiliency, and achieve long-term management goals including the restoration of biodiversity.
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (5), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(5); 32.3 (9) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage) |
| Forests | Six Rivers National Forest |
| Districts | Gasquet Ranger District/Smith River NRA |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Reissuance of two PacifiCorp powerlines authorizations within the Smith River NRA that have expired. No changes are proposed for the new term.
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (15) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| Forests | Six Rivers National Forest |
| Districts | Gasquet Ranger District/Smith River NRA |
| Legal Land Description | T18N R3E HM Sec 1,2,10,11,15,21,22,28, T17N R3E HM Sec 5,7,8,18, T17N R2E HM Sec 12,13,21- 24, T17N R1E HM Sec 21 -24. |
The project is a renewal of the current road maintenance CE currently treating sections of road on the forest to keep them open, safe, and better able to withstand storm events with minimal damage. Project activities listed in the scoping packet.
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.12 (4), 36 Cfr 220.6(D)(4); 32.2 (18), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(18) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Road Maintenance |
| Forest-wide Road Maintenance Project | Decision Signed Date: 06/13/2023 |
| Forests | Six Rivers National Forest |
| Districts | Six Rivers National Forest All Units |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |