Categorical Exclusion Developing Proposal

Pisgah Ranger District Fuels Breaks 2026

National Forests in North Carolina Buncombe; Haywood; Henderson; Jackson; Oconee; Pickens; Transylvania, North Carolina; South Carolina Pisgah Ranger District

Create and maintain approximately 50 miles of fuel breaks by improving fuels conditions along a combination of existing NFS system roads and trails that would increase protection of critical infrastructure and private property during wildfires.

Location

Pisgah Ranger District

Project timeline

1
NEPA Start Date
10/1/2025
2
Finding/Decision Date

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical ExclusionPub. L. 117-58, Sec. 40806
Fuels management