Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 30.12.2002

Payette National Forest, Idaho, Upper West Fork Weiser Vegetation Project

The USDA Forest Service published a Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the West Fork Weiser Watershed Projects in the Federal Register on March 11, 1999 (Vol. 64, No 47, pages 12150-12151). A revised Notice of Intent is being issued due to two major changes (Forest Service Handbook 1909.15 part 21.2): 1. It has been more than six months since filing the original Notice of Intent; and 2. There has been a change in the proposed action and project area. The USDA Forest Service will prepare the Upper West Fork Weiser Vegetation Management Project EIS. The proposed action in the EIS is to manage timber stands to improve their health, species diversity and productivity. Additionally, the proposed action is to obliterate roads and landings to meet the 1988 Payette National Forest Land and Resource management Plan standard for Total Soil Resource Commitment (TSRC). The Payette National Forest invites written comments and suggestions on the scope of the analysis and the issues to address. The agency gives notice of the full National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis and decision-making process so that interested and affected people know how they m