Environmental Assessment Completed

Deer Creek Integrated Resource Project

Monongahela National Forest Pocahontas, West Virginia Greenbrier Ranger District

This project seeks to improve stream habitat, riparian corridors, and hydrologic connectivity, improve public recreation and interpretive opportunities, reduce fuel loads, encourage oak regeneration, and improve forest diversity and wildlife habitat.

Location

The 89,050-acre project area is centered on the town of Green Bank, WV & contains Deer Creek, Greenbrier River, and a portion of Sitlington Creek headwaters. Approx 39% is National Forest System land

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/27/2022
2
Comment Period
05/16/2024
3
Objection Period Start
08/07/2025
4
Decision
12/2025 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
01/2026 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Developed Site Management; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Species Habitat Improvements; Trail Management; Roadless Area Management; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements; Scenery Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Deer Creek Integrated Resource Project - December 2025Decision Signed Date: 12/12/2025
ForestsMonongahela National Forest
DistrictsGreenbrier Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Recreation managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsFuels managementWatershed managementRoad managementClimate change adaptation