Environmental Assessment Completed

2025 Piney Project

Ozark-St. Francis National Forest Johnson; Pope, Arkansas Bayou Ranger District

The Big Piney Ranger District of the Ozark National Forest is proposing a project involving vegetation treatments on approximately 14,033 total acres of National Forest System (NFS) lands within Johnson and Pope Counties.

Location

Johnson and Pope Counties

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/05/2026
2
Comment Period
03/11/2026
3
Decision
04/2026 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
04/2026 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Trail Management; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Salvage); Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green)
ForestsOzark-St. Francis National Forests
DistrictsBayou Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT10N, R21W, Secs 4-6, T11N, R20W, Sec 6 & 7, T11N, R21W, Secs 1-11, 15-22, 28-33, T11N, R22W, Secs 1-2, 11-13, 23-26, 35-36, T12N, R20W, Secs 30-31, T12N. R21W, Secs 20-36, T12N. R22W, Secs 35-36
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementRoad management