Decision Signed for DeYoung Project
Marienville, Pa. – Marienville Ranger District Robert T. Fallon signed a decision on January 28, 2011, to implement Alternative 3 of the De Young Project covering 16,672 acres in Highland Township, Elk County and Howe and Jenks Townships in Forest County. Activities planned for this area include:
Regeneration of a new forest on 542 acres to create early-structural habitat;
Intermediate thinning on 769 acres;
Reforestation treatments on 552 acres;
Wildlife habitat enhancement activities on 76 acres;
Non-native invasive plant species treatments on 50 acres;
Large wood introductions into streams along 38 miles of streams; and
Restoring forest cover on six plugged well sites and their access roads.
Maps and complete project descriptions are available from the Marienville Ranger District, or at http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/allegheny/projects/vegetative_management.
This decision is subject to appeal pursuant to 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 215. Appeals must meet content and requirements of 36 CFR 215.14. An appeal, including attachments, must be filed (regular mail, fax, hand-delivery, express delivery, or messenger service) with the appropriate Appeal Deciding Officer (36 CFR 215.8) within 45 days following the date of publication of the legal notice in The Kane Republican. The contact for additional information is Kevin Treese at 814-927-5759.
Regeneration of a new forest on 542 acres to create early-structural habitat;
Intermediate thinning on 769 acres;
Reforestation treatments on 552 acres;
Wildlife habitat enhancement activities on 76 acres;
Non-native invasive plant species treatments on 50 acres;
Large wood introductions into streams along 38 miles of streams; and
Restoring forest cover on six plugged well sites and their access roads.
Maps and complete project descriptions are available from the Marienville Ranger District, or at http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/allegheny/projects/vegetative_management.
This decision is subject to appeal pursuant to 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 215. Appeals must meet content and requirements of 36 CFR 215.14. An appeal, including attachments, must be filed (regular mail, fax, hand-delivery, express delivery, or messenger service) with the appropriate Appeal Deciding Officer (36 CFR 215.8) within 45 days following the date of publication of the legal notice in The Kane Republican. The contact for additional information is Kevin Treese at 814-927-5759.
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