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PLANNING - PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT: FS seeks public input on Rim Country Proposed Action
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Four Forest Restoration Initiative Stakeholders Group hosts two public meetings
The Forest Service has released the Proposed Action (PA) for the Rim Country Project and the public is encouraged to provide comments. These comments will help the Interdisciplinary Team as they conduct a comprehensive analysis of the environmental impacts of the proposed restoration treatments.
The Rim Country Project is the second landscape scale, multi forest analysis within the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI). The Forest Service is proposing restoration activities on nearly 1.24 million acres along the Mogollon Rim near the communities of Happy Jack, Payson, Young, Heber-Overgaard, Show Low, and Pinetop-Lakeside. The objective is to re-establish forest ecosystems that support natural fire regimes, promote functioning populations of native plants and animals, and reduce the threat of destructive wildfire. Proposed treatments include thinning, prescribed fire, reforestation, spring and stream restoration, and decommissioning and improving roads.
The following two public meetings have been scheduled by the 4FRI Stakeholder Group. These meetings are open to all members of the public.
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Thursday, July 14 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Frontier Conference Room in Show Low.
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Thursday, July 21 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Julia Randall Elementary School gymnasium in Payson.
The next step in the planning process will be to review and respond to comments and develop alternatives to be described and analyzed in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Draft EIS is expected in July 2017 and the Final EIS is expected in September 2018.
To be most helpful, comments on the PA should be submitted by August 11. Send written comments to the Four Forest Restoration Initiative at 1824 S. Thompson St, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, by fax to 928-527-3620, or by email to 4FRI_comments@fs.fed.us. The public can review the Proposed Action and follow the project as the planning process continues by visiting www.fs.usda.gov/goto/4FRIRimCountry.
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