Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Rim Lakes Forest Restoration Project

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests Coconino, Arizona Black Mesa Ranger District

Project along Mogollon Rim approx. 33,510 acres. Need to thin forest to reduce fuels and promote forest health, and reduce the threat of extreme fire. Broadcast burning proposed of 32, 532 acres and thinning of approximately 24,655 acres.

Location

Forest Lakes west to Forest Road92 and the Dude Fire along the Mogollon Rim

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
03/29/2012
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
09/28/2012
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
05/03/2013
4
Objection Period Start
05/07/2013
5
Decision
07/2013 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
08/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface; Hfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics)
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Rim Lakes Forest Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/23/2013
ForestsApache-Sitgreaves National Forests
DistrictsBlack Mesa Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT11N, R13E, T11N, R13 1/2 E, T11E, R14E, T11N, R15E, T12N, R12E, T12N, R13E, T10 1/2 N, R14E, T10 1/2N, R15E
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Wildlife, fish, rare plantsFuels management