Environmental Assessment Cancelled

Red Spruce Restoration Project

National Forests in North Carolina Buncombe; Graham; Haywood; Jackson; Macon; Mitchell; Transylvania; Yancey, North Carolina National Forests In North Carolina All Units

The Cherokee National Forest, George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Monongahela National Forest, and the National Forests in North Carolina seek to implement large landscape red spruce - fir ecosystem restoration.

Location

High elevation red spruce-fir systems on the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests of the National Forests of North Carolina.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/06/2024
2
Comment Period
01/2025 (Estimated)
3
Objection Period Start
04/2025 (Estimated)
4
Decision
07/2025 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2025 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Species Population Enhancements; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
ForestsNational Forests In North Carolina
DistrictsCheoah Ranger District; Grandfather Ranger District; Pisgah Ranger District; Appalachian Ranger District; Tusquittee Ranger District; Nantahala Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed managementRoad managementClimate change adaptationCarbon stewardship