Piute Fire Restoration Project
Printable VersionThe Piute Fire Restoration Project is a proposal to treat fire-killed and damaged trees to increase ground cover, reduce the effects of future fire, provide for public safety, and recover the economic value of the dead and dying trees consistent with other objectives, on approximately 2,260 acres of the area burned in the Piute Fire. This fire occurred in June and July of 2008 in the Piute Mountain area of the Kern River Ranger District of the Sequoia National Forest. It resulted in adverse effects to forest resources such as soil, riparian areas, wildlife habitat and heritage resources, and killed an innumerable number of trees that, if left untreated, will contribute to unsafe conditions and an extremely large fuels buildup over time. Please read the following project documents for more information:
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) Documents -- April 2010
- Record of Decision, April 2010 (680kb pdf)
- FEIS Cover Letter, April 2010 (290kb pdf)
- FEIS, April 2010 (1.7mb pdf)
- FEIS Map Packet, April 2010 (3.0mb pdf)
- FEIS, Appendix E, Wildlife Analysis, April 2010 (2.0mb pdf)
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Documents -- November 2009
- Notice of Availability, November 2009 (50kb pdf)
- DEIS Cover Letter, November 2009 (217kb pdf)
- DEIS, November 2009 (1.9mb pdf)
- DEIS, Appendix D, Wildlife Report, November 2009 (1.2mb pdf)
- DEIS Map Packet, November 2009 (4.2mb pdf)
- Map of Alternative C, Decommissioned Roads, November 2009 (3.5mb pdf)
Scoping Documents -- January 2009
- Scoping Letter, January 2009 (35kb pdf)
- Scoping Summary, January 2009 (50kb pdf)
- Project Area Map, January 2009 (526kb pdf)
- Notice of Intent, January 2009 (26kb pdf)
- Proposed Action Map, January 2009 (3.9mb pdf)
