Eastern Washington Cascades Provincial Advisory Committee and the Yakima Provincial Advisory Committee, 16423 [2010-7351]
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Purpose and Need for Action
This project is proposed to modify fire
behavior, improve forest and watershed
health, protect and enhance habitat for
Region 5 Forest Service sensitive plant
and wildlife species, and reduce
noxious weed infestations in the project
area. Fire behavior needs to be modified
in specific stands in order to reduce
high fuel loading and resulting
increased risks to people, structures,
and resources. Forest health needs to be
improved because current high stand
densities in the Keddie area are leading
to mortality from drought, insects and
fire. Region 5 Forest Service sensitive
plant and wildlife species (clustered
lady’s-slipper orchid, Constance’s rock
cress, and bald eagle) habitat needs
enhancement and protection from the
risk of high severity, stand-replacing
wildfire due to dense stands and high
fuel loads. The location and number of
poorly maintained roads in the project
area are currently contributing to poor
watershed health, and should be
reduced. Noxious weeds, including
Canada thistle, Scotch broom, medusa
head, yellow star thistle, and hoary
cress need to be controlled in order to
lessen risk of weed introduction,
establishment, and spread to adjacent
areas.
Proposed Action
The USDA Forest Service, Plumas
National Forest, Mt. Hough Ranger
District will prepare and environmental
impact statement (EIS) for the Keddie
Ridge Hazardous Fuels Reduction
Project. The proposed action would
construct 5,456 acres of fuelbreaks
known as Defensible Fuel Profile Zones
(DFPZs). DFPZs would be constructed
using a combination of mechanical
harvest, mastication, hand thin, pile,
and burn, and prescribed underburn.
The proposed action would also include
741 acres of mechanized thinning (area
thinning) outside of DFPZs. Group
selection is proposed in mechanical
thinning units within DFPZs and area
thinning units (330 acres) using
mechanical equipment. Group selection
involves harvest of trees less than 30
inches in diameter in small (0.5 to 2
acres) patches. Hand thinning, piling,
chipping and/or burning of conifers (3–
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10 inches dbh) is proposed within
approximately 45 acres of the primary
nesting zone of the Round Valley bald
eagle territory. Hand thinning to a
spacing of 20 feet, piling, and burning
of saplings and small diameter trees (8
inches or less dbh), is proposed within
the fourteen clustered lady’s slipper
sites and approximately 72 acres of
Constance’s rock cress.
Manipulation of surface fuels within
clustered lady’s slipper occurrences
would also occur. If consistent with the
Plumas National Forest Travel
Management decision, improperly
constructed or unmaintained roads that
are causing resource damage would be
decommissioned or closed by various
methods, such as ripping and seeding,
recontouring, or installing barriers. For
more information about the travel
management process, visit the Plumas
National Forest Web site at: https://bit.ly/
bTJZER. Treatments proposed to contain
and control the known weed
infestations within the project area
include the following or a combination
thereof: herbicide applications of
chlorsulfuron, aminopyralid, or
glyphosate; hand-pulling; late spring
underburning and direct flaming with a
back-pack propane torch; and
revegetation in selected areas using
native seed.
A decision is expected in April 2011
and implementation may begin as early
as summer of 2011.
Possible Alternatives
In addition to the proposed action, a
no action alternative will be analyzed.
Additional alternatives may be
developed and analyzed during the
environmental analysis process.
Responsible Official
The Plumas National Forest
Supervisor is the Responsible Official.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
The decision to be made is whether
to: (1) Implement the proposed action;
(2) meet the purpose and need for action
through some other combination of
activities; or, (3) take no action at this
time.
Permits or Licenses Required
An Air Pollution Permit, Smoke
Management Plan, and California Water
Quality Board timber harvest waiver for
waste discharge are required by local
agencies.
Scoping Process
This notice of intent initiates the
scoping process, which guides the
development of the environmental
impact statement, The Keddie Ridge
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Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project will
initiate and request comments at: An
open house in Greenville, CA in June
2010, an official 45 day comment period
once a Notice of Availability is
published in the Federal Register, a 30
day objection period, and an objection
resolution period.
It is important that reviewers provide
their comments at such times and in
such manner that they are useful to the
agency’s preparation of the
environmental impact statement.
Therefore, comments should be
provided prior to the close of the
comment period and should clearly
articulate the reviewer’s concerns and
contentions.
Dated: March 25, 2010.
Maria T. Garcia,
Deputy Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Eastern Washington Cascades
Provincial Advisory Committee and the
Yakima Provincial Advisory Committee
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: The Eastern Washington
Cascades Provincial Advisory
Committee and the Yakima Provincial
Advisory Committee will meet on April
27, 2010 at the Washington State Parks
and Recreation Commission office, 270
9th Street, NE., East Wenatchee, WA.
During this meeting information will be
shared about Okanogan-Wenatchee
National Forest Restoration Strategy and
provide an opportunity for the
Provincial Advisory Committee to
provide feedback. All Eastern
Washington Cascades and Yakima
Province Advisory Committee meetings
are open to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct questions regarding this meeting
to Clint Kyhl, Designated Federal
Official, USDA, Okanogan-Wenatchee
National Forest, 215 Melody Lane,
Wenatchee, Washington 98801, phone
509–664–9200.
Dated: March 23, 2010.
Clinton Kyhl,
Designated Federal Official, OkanoganWenatchee National Forest.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Eastern Washington Cascades Provincial Advisory Committee and the
Yakima Provincial Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Eastern Washington Cascades Provincial Advisory Committee
and the Yakima Provincial Advisory Committee will meet on April 27,
2010 at the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission office,
270 9th Street, NE., East Wenatchee, WA. During this meeting
information will be shared about Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Restoration Strategy and provide an opportunity for the Provincial
Advisory Committee to provide feedback. All Eastern Washington Cascades
and Yakima Province Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct questions regarding this
meeting to Clint Kyhl, Designated Federal Official, USDA, Okanogan-
Wenatchee National Forest, 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee, Washington
98801, phone 509-664-9200.
Dated: March 23, 2010.
Clinton Kyhl,
Designated Federal Official, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
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