Lambert Restoration Project
This mine restoration project emphasizes improving watershed conditions, wildlife habitat, and restoration of native communities, the creation of early successional habitat, and long-term succession towards a spruce-northern hardwood ecosystem.
Project Summary
Location Summary:
The project area is located in Randolph County, an estimated 5 miles northwest of Durbin, West Virginia. The project area is 2,667-acres, and includes the abandoned Lambert Run Strip coal mine.
Project Milestones:
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| Scoping Start | 06/27/2011 |
| Comment Period | 11/17/2011 |
| Decision | 01/2012 (Estimated) |
| Implementation | 06/2012 (Estimated) |
Expected Analysis Type:
Environmental Assessment
Special Authority:
Not Applicable / Other
Lead Management Unit:
Greenbrier Ranger District
Notice and Comment Regulation:
215
Project Purpose:
Watershed Management; Wildlife, Fish, Rare Plants; Minerals And Geology
Project Activity:
Species Habitat Improvements; Abandoned Mine Land Clean-Up; Watershed Improvements
Current Status:
Completed
Project Decision Information
Lambert Restoration Project Decision Notice and FONSI
Decision Signed Date: 01/12/2012
Legal Notice Date: 01/12/2012
Forests:
Monongahela National Forest
Districts:
Greenbrier Ranger District
States:
West Virginia
Counties:
Randolph
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Shane Jones
Box 67
Bartow, WV 24920
304-456-3335, 114
scjones@fs.fed.us
Last Updated: 1/13/2012