Environmental Assessment Completed

Blooming Rose

Mark Twain National Forest Phelps; Pulaski, Missouri Houston/Rolla/Cedar Creek Ranger District

The Blooming Rose project is intended to respond to the goals, objectives and standards outlined in the 2005 Forest Plan and to move the project area towards the desired future conditions for 2.1 and 6.3.

Location

The project area is approximately 6,774 Forest Service owned acres, located between the communities of Duke and Blooming Rose, MO and the Big Piney River and Missouri State Route K. The project would occur solely on federal lands of the Houston/Rolla/Cedar Creek Ranger district in Pulaski and Phelps Counties, Missouri. The legal description is Township 34 N., Range 9 W., Sections 18, 19, 30, & 31, Township 34 N., Range 10 W., Sections 9-17, 20-29, and 32-36; Fifth Principal Meridian.

Project timeline

1
NEPA Start Date
4/24/2026
2
Finding/Decision Date
9/21/2026

NEPA / regulatory detail

Decision Signed Date9/21/2026
Forest productsFuels managementRecreation managementRoad managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Wildlife, fish, rare plants