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Project provides units for small timber sales, a one-time predominantly helicopter-based offering with a limited number of ground-based harvest units requiring road construction, and supports a programmatic microsale program on Mitkof Island.

Location Summary

Mitkof Island road system.

District: Petersburg Ranger District

Project Documents

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Date Uploaded
Pre-Scoping
- Mitkof Island Small Sales Pre-scoping Letter - Feb 2013 (PDF 2029kb)

Date Uploaded
Scoping
- Mitkof Island EA Scoping Cover Letter - Aug 2013 (PDF 40kb)
- Mitkof Island EA Scoping Comment Form - Aug 2013 (PDF 10kb)
- Mitkof Island EA Scoping Report - Aug 2013 (PDF 2730kb)
- Legal notices
  - Mitkof Island Draft DN Legal Notice - Aug 2014 (PDF 7217kb)
  - Mitkof Island EA Scoping Legal Notice - Sept 2013 (PDF 1851kb)

Date Uploaded
Analysis
- Mitkof Island Draft DN, FONSI and EA (PDF 8837kb)
- Mitkof Island EA Unit and Road Cards (PDF 13261kb)
- Objections
  - Letters
    12-15-2014
    Objection Letter - David Beebe, City of Kupreanof (PDF 205kb)
    12-15-2014
    Objection Letter - Greenpeace, Greater Southeast Alaska Conservation Community, Cascadia Wildlands, Center for Biological Diversity, Alaska Wildlife Alliance (PDF 562kb)
  - Responses
    11-12-2015
    Objection Not Considered - SEACC (PDF 27kb)
    12-15-2014
    Administrative Review Response - David Beebe, City of Kupreanof (PDF 200kb)
    12-15-2014
    Administrative Review Response - Greenpeace, Greater Southeast Alaska Conservation Community, Cascadia Wildlands, Center for Biological Diversity, Alaska Wildlife Alliance (PDF 393kb)

Date Uploaded
Decision
- 03-09-2015
  Mitkof Island Decision Notice and FONSI - March 9, 2015 (PDF 2357kb)
  Decision was withdrawn on November 13, 2015.

Date Uploaded
Supporting
- Public involvement
  - Response to Comments
    Mitkof Island EA Response to Comments (PDF 288kb)
- Maps
  - Figure 9. Average Snow Habitat on Mitkof Island (PDF 6893kb)
  - Figure10. Map of VCUs and WAA in relation to the Mitkof Island project (PDF 7657kb)
  - Figure11. Alternative 2 - Map of Landing Locations (PDF 5323kb)
- Reasons for Scheduling the Environmental Analysis of the Mitkof Island EA (PDF 216kb)

Date Uploaded
Post-Decision
- 11-13-2015
  Direction to Withdraw Mitkof Island Decision Notice and FONSI - Nov 6, 2015 (PDF 23kb)
  Direction and rationale from Tongass Forest Supervisor to the Petersburg District Ranger to withdraw the project's decision.
- 11-13-2015
  Mitkof Island Decision Notice and FONSI Withdrawn - Nov 13, 2015 (PDF 135kb)
  The Petersburg Ranger District has withdrawn the project's decision.

Mitkof Island

Location Summary

Project Documents

Pre-Scoping

Scoping

Analysis

Decision

Supporting

Post-Decision