North Valley Classifieds, Forbestown Community Protection and Fuels Reduction Project input wanted The Feather River Ranger District, Plumas National Forest, is asking for public input on a plan to reduce the risk of wildfire and enhance firefighting safety on National Forest System (NFS) lands in the Forbestown area. The public is encouraged to provide written comments on the proposed project during this scoping phase of the environmental assessment process. A community open house will be held on Thursday, August 6, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. at the Forest Service Challenge Work Center. U.S. Forest Service personnel will make a presentation about the project, be available to answer questions of how the project might affect local landowners, and assist citizens in making their written comments. The foothill areas of the Feather River Ranger District are dotted with communities, many dating back to early mining and logging days of the mid to late 1800s. Land ownership is a complex mosaic of checkerboard private ownership, community areas and privately held mining claims with NFS lands intermixed. Forested areas are often densely vegetated mixed conifer forests with a high probability of burning hot and fast in the event of a wildfire. The project focuses on removing hazard trees along roads and thinning trees and other vegetation in strategic locations within the 700-acre project area. A summary of the proposed action is available online at http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47250 or by contacting the Feather River Ranger District at 530-534-6500. Specific, solution-oriented comments that focus on the proposed actions or identify issues with the proposal would be most useful in the planning efforts. Although written or verbal comments are welcome at any time, they will be most helpful if submitted in writing by August 21, 2015 to: Randy Gould, Feather River District Ranger, 875 Mitchell Ave., Oroville, CA, 95965 or email: comments-pacificsouthwest-plumas-featherrvr@fs.fed.us If you have questions or wish to discuss the proposed project in more detail, please contact Clay Davis at clayrdavis@fs.fed.us or 530-532-8940. Publish: July 24, 2015
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