The Plumas National Forest, in partnership with the Sierra Institute for Community and Environment, announces the start of the public comment period for the North Fork Forest Recovery Project. The project’s draft environmental assessment was published Aug. 9, starting the 30-day public comment period.
A public meeting is planned Wednesday, Aug. 21, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Historic Taylorsville Hall, located at 4322 Main St. in Taylorsville. Community members and the public are invited to ask questions, hear more about the project and learn how to provide comments. “Specific, solution-oriented comments that focus on the proposed actions or identify issues with the proposal would be helpful for planning efforts,” say PNF personnel.
The North Fork Forest Recovery Project is in the National Environmental Policy Act planning process proposing a variety of treatments on the project area’s approximately 166,889 acres. The project is intended to restore and recover national forest system lands heavily impacted by the Dixie Fire in 2021, the Walker Fire in 2019 and the Moonlight Fire in 2007.
The proposed project area is described as extending from the PNF boundary shared with the Lassen National Forest up the Feather River Canyon to the southern tip of Lake Almanor and down to Indian and Genesee valleys.
Electronic comments can be emailed to [email protected], with “North Fork Forest Recovery Project” in the subject line. Comments regarding a specific community area should include the name of the community in the subject line as well. Comments may also be sent to Plumas National Forest Mount Hough Ranger District, 39696 Highway 70, Quincy, CA 95971, Attention: NEPA Planner Liz Ballou.
More information on the North Fork Forest Recovery Project is available by contacting the Sierra Institute office at 530-284-1022 or emailing Vincent Vitale at [email protected].
Information provided by Plumas National Forest, Sierra Institute for Community and Environment
