Environmental Assessment Completed

Rattail - Trinity Forest Health and Fire-Resilient Rural Communities Project

Six Rivers National Forest Humboldt; Trinity, California Mad River Ranger District

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.

Location

Just North of Highway 36, within WCS landscape, straddling Humboldt and Trinity counties.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/12/2023
2
Comment Period
08/13/2024
3
Objection Period Start
02/18/2025
4
Decision
06/2025 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2025 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation219 (2012)
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Timber Sales (Green)
Rattail - Trinity Forest Health and Fire-Resilient Rural Communities ProjectDecision Signed Date: 06/10/2025
ForestsSix Rivers National Forest
DistrictsMad River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT1N, R5E, Sec 1, 2, and 12; T1N, R6E, Sec 5, 6, 7, 8, and 17
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementClimate change adaptation