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National Forests in North Carolina
The Forest Service follows NEPA regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Under this rule, Forest Service officials determine which proposed projects are shared for public input.
The agency no longer issues a schedule of proposed actions (SOPA) report. Below is the current list of proposed projects available for review—your opportunity to learn more, share feedback, and stay engaged in decisions that shape the future of our public lands.
Preferred alternative included approximately 824 acres of silvicultural management activities and approximately 3,600 acres of prescribed burning in Clay County, North Carolina.
The Croatan National Forest (NF) proposes to install twenty new gates to restrict motorized access along a series of unauthorized routes that branch from existing National Forest System roads.
The proposal would authorize approximately 1,911 acres of management activities to improve forest structure, species composition, and age class across the Snowbird Mountains of Graham and Cherokee Counties, North Carolina.
The proposal includes approximately 870 acres of vegetation management actions in western Macon County, NC. Proposed actions are intended to improve forest health and resilience.
The Croatan Ranger District (RD) in North Carolina is conducting an interdisciplinary analysis and preparing an environmental assessment (EA) to determine management options to restore, stabilize, and enhance Fisher’s Landing, Flanners Beach, Pine Cliff, and Siddie Fields Recreation Areas.
The project includes approximately 2,274 acres of vegetation management activities including a variety of silvicultural treatments and prescribed burning in the Cowee and Plott Balsam mountain ranges of North Carolina. Management activities are intended to improve forest health and resilience.
Create and maintain approximately 50 miles of fuel breaks by improving fuels conditions along a combination of existing NFS system roads and trails that would increase protection of critical infrastructure and private property during wildfires.
Approximately 671 acres of vegetation management activities to improve forest health and resilience through a variety of silvicultural treatments and prescribed burning.
Project Archive
Some of our older projects can be accessed in our Project Archive.
Fuels management
Road management
Vegetation management (other than forest products)