Environmental Impact Statement, Port Houghton/Cape Fanshaw Timber Sale(s), Tongass National Forest, Stikine and Chatham Areas, Petersburg and Sitka, AK

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The Stikine and Chatham Areas of the USDA Forest Service propose to harvest 123 million board feet (MMBF) of timber volume (net sawlog) from the Port Houghton/Cape Fanshaw area of the Tongass National Forest, and to construct 84.2 miles of road and one log transfer facility (LTF). The timber would be harvested from 94 units covering 5,860 acres. The harvest units were selected from a unit pool of 186 units containing a total of 225 MMBF of timber volume (net sawlog) over 10,904 acres. The roads associated with the proposed action were selected from a road pool of 174 miles for the entire project area. The proposed action would offer timber in one or more sales. (A map of the unit pool, the proposed action, and roads is available from the address provided.) The project area includes Value Comparison Units (VCUs) 79 through 89 on the Mainland in southeast Alaska, encompassing approximately 193,000 acres. VCUs 80-89 have been allocated by the Tongass Land Management Plan to Land Use Designation (LUD) IV, emphasizing primarily commodity or market resources. VCU 79 has been allocated to LUD III, emphasizing a variety of uses, both commodity and amenity, to provide the greatest combinati