Environmental Assessment Completed

Zone 3 Fuels Reduction and Prescribed Fire Project

Mark Twain National Forest Barry; Christian; Douglas; Howell; Laclede; Ozark; Phelps; Pulaski; Stone; Taney; Texas; Wright, Missouri Ava / Cassville / Willow Springs Ranger District

This project seeks to implement a Zone-wide framework for the Ava/Cassville/Willow Springs and Houston/Rolla/Cedar Creek Ranger Districts to address the need to move existing fire regimes toward an ideal Fire Regime Condition Class.

Location

The Zone 3 Fuels Reduction and Prescribed Fire project is situated throughout Southern Missouri on the Ava/Cassville/Willow Springs and Houston/Rolla/Cedar Creek Ranger Districts.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/27/2022
2
Comment Period
11/17/2022
3
Objection Period Start
12/21/2023
4
Decision
07/2024 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2024 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green); Wilderness Management
Zone 3 Fuels Reduction and Prescribed Fire ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/09/2024
ForestsMark Twain National Forest
DistrictsAva / Cassville / Willow Springs Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management