Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 9.11.2000

Jasper Fire Value Recovery EIS-Black Hills National Forest

The Black Hills National Forest will prepare an environmental impact statement on a proposal to recover value from fire-killed timber within the Jasper Fire perimeter. The Jasper Fire burned approximately 83,500 acres in August and September 2000. Fire-killed ponderosa pine in the Black Hills is highly susceptible to damage from insects and fungus. Expectations are that wood quality within the fire area will decline at a moderate rate until mid-summer 2001. Wood quality is expected to decline rapidly after that point. The Forest Plan goals and objectives that will be met include minimizing public safety hazards through hazard tree removal, maintaining soil productivity and minimizing soil erosion, managing fuel loading, and capturing economic values associated with restoration treatments. The EIS will be designed to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 4321-4370a, and the National Forest Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1600-1614, and their respective implementing regulations.