US Forest Service to Develop Environmental Impact Statement for Gotchen Risk Reduction and Late-Successional Health Restoration Project in Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Summary

The US Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement to determine the best combination and placement of actions to reduce the risk of losing late-successional habitat to fire, insects, and disease, while maintaining or restoring late-successional vigor and resiliency in the Gotchen landscape, which includes the Late Successional Reserve and the Matrix.