Opportunity to Object
North Fork Forest Recovery Project
USDA Forest Service Plumas National Forest
Plumas County, California
As the Responsible Official, Acting Forest Supervisor Rick Hopson has prepared a draft Decision Notice/Finding of No Significant Impact (DN/FONSI) selecting the Proposed Action Alternative from the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the North Fork Forest Recovery Project. The Proposed Action Alternative includes project-specific plan amendments to the Forest Plan. This alternative will reduce wildfire threats around communities and infrastructure; protect, manage, and interpret cultural resources; improve safety for the public and forest workers; restore, improve, and maintain forest resource conditions; control non-native invasive species and re-establish native plant species; restore the landscape around recreational features to improve forest and watershed resources; improve and maintain National Forest System roads to protect and restore watershed health; restore and protect habitat for wildlife and plant species; and improve meadows and streams to protect and restore watershed health. Proposed treatment methods include manual and mechanical vegetation removal, prescribed fire, herbicide application, and reforestation.
The North Fork Forest Recovery Project is located on the Plumas National Forest, within portions of the Mt. Hough Ranger District.
The draft DN/FONSI, EA, and other supporting documents are available for review on the project website at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/plumas/?project=64028.
How to Object
This proposed decision is subject to objection pursuant to 36 CFR 218, Subparts A and B. Objections will only be accepted from those who submitted project-specific written comments during scoping or other designated comment period. Issues raised in objections must be based on previously submitted comments unless based on new information arising after the designated comment opportunities [36 CFR 218.8(c)]. Objections must be submitted within 45 days following the publication of this legal notice in The Mountain Messenger newspaper. The date of this legal notice is the exclusive means for calculating the time to file an objection. Those wishing to object should not rely upon dates or timeframes provided by any other source. It is the objector’s responsibility to ensure evidence of timely receipt (36 CFR 218.9). Objections must be submitted to the Reviewing Officer: Jennifer Eberlien, Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service. Objections may be submitted online at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/plumas/?project=64028. From this location, click on the “Comment/Object on Project” link on the right-hand side under the “Get Connected” box. Alternatively, you can use the following link to submit objections: https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public//CommentInput?Project=64028. If you are unable to access the online form, written objections may be submitted by postal mail to: USDA Forest Service, Regional Forester, 1323 Club Drive, Vallejo, CA 94592, Attn: North Fork Forest Recovery Project. Electronic submissions must be in common formats (.doc, .pdf, .rtf, .txt).
Objections must include (36 CFR 218.8(d)): 1) Objector’s name and address, with a telephone number, if available; 2) Signature or other verification of authorship upon request; 3) When multiple names are listed on an objection, identification of the lead objector; 4) The name of the proposed project, name and title of the Responsible Official, and name of the affected National Forest and/or Ranger District(s); 5) A description of those aspects of the proposed project addressed by the objection, including specific issues related to the proposed project; if applicable, how the objector believes the environmental analysis or draft decision specifically violates law, regulation, or policy; suggested remedies that would resolve the objection; supporting reasons for the reviewing officer to consider; and 6) A statement that demonstrates the connection between prior specific written comments and the content of the objection. Incorporation of documents by reference is permitted only as provided in 36 CFR 218.8(b).
For additional information, contact: Elizabeth Ballou, NEPA Planner, Plumas National Forest at Elizabeth.ballou@usda.gov.
Elizabeth Ballou
