Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Idaho; Big Bend Ridge Vegetation Management Project and Timber Sale Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Targhee Forest Plan Amendment, 10741 [08-862]
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Dated: February 22, 2008.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Caribou-Targhee National Forest,
Idaho; Big Bend Ridge Vegetation
Management Project and Timber Sale
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement and Proposed Targhee
Forest Plan Amendment
AGENCY:
Forest Service, USDA.
Cancellation of notice of intent
to prepare a supplemental
environmental impact statement that
was published on May 30, 2007, on page
29948 of the Federal Register.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: After review of the proposal
and public comments on the project the
Caribou-Targhee National Forest has
decided not to prepare a Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement for the
Big Bend Ridge Vegetation Management
Project and Timber Sale and the
associated Targhee Forest Plan
amendment at this time. The Forest will
propose to amend the Targhee Revised
Forest Plan under a separate proposal in
the near future.
Effective cancellation of this
project upon the date of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robbin Redman at the Caribou-Targhee
National Forest at 1405 Hollipark Drive,
Idaho Falls, ID 83401 or via telephone
at (208) 557–5821.
Dated: February 20, 2008.
Larry Timchak,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Sierra National Forest; California;
Kings River Project
AGENCY:
Forest Service, USDA.
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Notice of intent to prepare a
supplement to the Kings River
Environmental Impact Statement.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Forest Service will
prepare a supplement to the 2006 Kings
River Project Final Environmental
Impact Statement (FEIS). The
supplement will be focused on new
information and clarification,
particularly related to Pacific fisher; a
new multi-forest Land Management
Plan Amendment regarding
management indicator species;
applicable suggestions in a new paper
titled An Ecosystem Management
Strategy for Southern Sierra MixedConifer Forests by North, M., P. Stine,
K. O’Hara, W. Zielinski and S. Stephens;
and collaboration that may result in a
change in the timing, description, and
location of activities within the project
area.
DATES: Scoping is not required for
supplements to environmental impact
statements (40 CFR 1502.9(c)4(4)). The
draft supplement to the FEIS is expected
to be issued in April 2008 and the final
supplement to the FEIS is expected in
July 2008. Comments on the draft
supplement to the FEIS must be
received by 45 days after publication.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Ray Porter, District Ranger, High Sierra
Ranger District, PO Box 559, Prather, CA
93651, Attn: Kings River Project
Supplement.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross
Peckinpah, Kings River Project
Coordinator, at the High Sierra Ranger
District. Telephone number is (559)
855–5355 x3350. Information regarding
the Kings River Project can be found on
the Sierra National Forest Web site
located at: https://www.fs.fed.us/sierra/
projects/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Kings River planning area
encompasses approximately 131,500
acres of public lands in two watersheds
of the Kings River drainage. The
northern edge of the project is located
about two miles southeast of Shaver
Lake, CA.
One hundred years of fire suppression
in the Sierra Nevada has resulted in
forests full of dead wood and thickly
clustered trees. This situation, plus
continued urbanization of lands
adjacent to national forest lands, has put
the forests and homes at risk of
catastrophic fire. A FEIS was released in
October of 2006 addressing the situation
in the Kings River Project area that
applied an uneven aged silvicultural
system and prescribed fire upon eight
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units totaling 13,700 acres. On
December 20, 2006 the Record of
Decision (ROD) for the Kings River
Project was signed. The decision was
appealed and upheld by the Regional
Forester. In May of 2007 a lawsuit was
filed against the Forest Service that
alleged the analysis conducted for the
Kings River Project FEIS and ROD was
inadequate. Since that time additional
information has developed to help
analyze effects of restoration projects on
sensitive wildlife species like Pacific
fisher. A new multi-forest Land
Management Plan Amendment has also
been issued regarding management
indicator species. A new paper
suggesting An Ecosystem Management
Strategy for Southern Sierra MixedConifer Forests by North, M., P. Stine,
K. O’Hara, W. Zielinski and S. Stephens
is about to be peer reviewed and
published. Collaborative efforts with
those who opposed this project and/or
new information could change the
timing, description, and location of
activities within the project area that
would require supplementing the FEIS
and publishing a new ROD. As a result
of this, the December 20, 2006 ROD was
withdrawn.
Purpose and Need for Action
This supplement is focused on new
information and clarification,
particularly related to Pacific fisher; a
new multi-forest Land Management
Plan Amendment regarding
management indicator species;
applicable suggestions in a new paper
titled An Ecosystem Management
Strategy for Southern Sierra MixedConifer Forests by North, M., P. Stine,
K. O’Hara, W. Zielinski and S. Stephens;
and ongoing collaboration so the
purpose and need for action remain the
same as was described in the 2007 Kings
River Project FEIS. ‘‘The underlying
need for the proposed action is to
restore historical pre-1850 forest
conditions across a large landscape’’
(Kings River Project FEIS pg. 1–4).
Proposed Action
The proposed action and all
alternatives are expected to remain the
same as was described in the 2007 Kings
River Project FEIS. Three alternatives
were analyzed in the FEIS to address the
Purpose and Need: (1) The Proposed
Action—including commercial tree
harvest & thinning, underburning,
reforestation, plantation maintenance,
fuels treatments, watershed restoration
projects, and herbicide treatments to
plantations and noxious weeds, (2) No
Action and (3) Reduction in Harvest
Tree Size—limiting the vegetation
treatments to trees 30″ diameter and
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Idaho; Big Bend Ridge Vegetation
Management Project and Timber Sale Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement and Proposed Targhee Forest Plan Amendment
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Cancellation of notice of intent to prepare a supplemental
environmental impact statement that was published on May 30, 2007, on
page 29948 of the Federal Register.
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SUMMARY: After review of the proposal and public comments on the
project the Caribou-Targhee National Forest has decided not to prepare
a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Big Bend Ridge
Vegetation Management Project and Timber Sale and the associated
Targhee Forest Plan amendment at this time. The Forest will propose to
amend the Targhee Revised Forest Plan under a separate proposal in the
near future.
DATES: Effective cancellation of this project upon the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robbin Redman at the Caribou-Targhee
National Forest at 1405 Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83401 or via
telephone at (208) 557-5821.
Dated: February 20, 2008.
Larry Timchak,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 08-862 Filed 2-27-08; 8:45 am]
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