Environmental Assessment Completed

Eastern Sierra Climate and Communities Resilience Project

Inyo National Forest Mono, California Inyo National Forest All Units

Project collaboration website link: https://www.eswildfirealliance.org/esccrp. Approx. 58,000 acre forest restoration project around the Town of Mammoth Lakes. Activities may include thinning of live and dead trees, pile burning, mechanical and hand.

Location

Roughly 58,000 acres surrounding the Town of Mammoth Lakes. From near Highway 395/158 Junction in the north to Laurel Creek in the south.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/18/2022
2
Comment Period
11/16/2023
3
Objection Period Start
05/30/2024
4
Decision
09/2024 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2025 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Eastern Sierra Climate and Communities Resilience ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/19/2024
ForestsInyo National Forest
DistrictsMono Ranger District; Mammoth Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Fuels managementClimate change adaptation