The Forest Service plans to use mechanical equipment, hand thinning, prescribed fire, prescriptive and targeted grazing to implement up to approximately 20,000 acres per year across the approximate 245,500-acre project area.
Location
Ruby Mountains and southern end of East Humboldt Range
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
01/24/2024
2
Comment Period
10/31/2024
3
Objection Period Start
12/02/2025
4
Decision
02/2026 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2026 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments |
| East Humboldt and Ruby Mountains Fuels Reduction and Landscape Resilience Project | Decision Signed Date: 02/04/2026 |
| Forests | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest |
| Districts | Mountain City Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |