Environmental Assessment Completed

Piedmont Prescribed Fire

Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests Chester; Edgefield; Fairfield; Laurens; McCormick; Newberry; Union, South Carolina Enoree Ranger District

The Enoree and Long Cane Ranger Districts are proposing to use landscape-level prescribed fire on approximately 300,000 acres to reduce woody fuel levels and to improve habitat.

Location

Across the Long Cane and Enoree Ranger District

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/02/2024
2
Comment Period
08/07/2024
3
Decision
09/2024 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2024 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements
Piedmont Prescribed FireDecision Signed Date: 09/24/2024
ForestsFrancis Marion and Sumter National Forests
DistrictsEnoree Ranger District; Long Cane Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management