Environmental Assessment In Progress

Bear Soup Forest Health Project

Modoc National Forest Modoc, California Warner Mountain Ranger District

Thinning, fuels treatments, reforestation, aspen enhancement, wet meadow restoration, fuel breaks, plantation maintenance, wildlife habitat improvement, and whitebark pine restoration.

Location

The 11,920 acre project area is located on the west slope of the southern Warner Mountains, east of US Highway 395, south of CA Highway 299, east of Likely, north of Jess Valley, and south of Payne Peak, around Bear Flat and Soup Springs. The project area is encompassed by the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) delineated in the 2022 Modoc Community Wildfire Protection Plan (Modoc CWPP).

Project timeline

1
NEPA Start Date
7/3/2025
2
Finding/Decision Date
7/2/2026

NEPA / regulatory detail

Decision Signed Date7/2/2026
Forest productsFuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed management