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Scoping Notice Upper Cheat River Project

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Scoping Notice for the Upper Cheat River Project
USDA Forest Service
Monongahela National Forest
Cheat-Potomac Ranger District
The Forest Service is interested in receiving your input on the Upper Cheat River Project, a 86,138-acre project area, north of Parsons, WV, in Tucker, Barbour, and Preston Counties. This proposal seeks to improve forest health and age class diversity, improve wildlife and fish habitat, restore soils and riparian corridors, and provide a network of sustainable roads. Proposed activities include a variety of timber management, prescribed burning, wildlife habitat enhancements, soil restoration, stream and riparian restoration, and road maintenance and management. A detailed proposal and interactive web map are available on the project webpage: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=58364. Hard copies are available for review at the Ranger District offices in Parsons and Petersburg or can be provided upon request. If you have questions or would like more information, contact Amy Albright, NEPA Planner, at [email protected] or 304-257-4488.
This opportunity to comment ends 30 days following the publication of a legal notice in the Grant County Press. The publication date of the legal notice in the newspaper of record is the exclusive means for calculating the time to submit written comments on a proposed project or activity. It is the responsibility of all individuals and organizations to ensure that their comments are received in a timely manner. This project is subject to pre-decisional administrative review, also referred to as the objection process (36 CFR 218 Subparts A and B). Only those who submit timely and specific written comments (§218.2) regarding the proposed project or activity during a public comment period established by the responsible official are eligible to file an objection. (§218.24(b)(6)). For issues to be raised in objections, they must be based on previously submitted specific written comments regarding the proposed project or activity and attributed to the objector. Communications from the public regarding this project, including commenter’s names and contact information, will become part of the public record.
Written comments must be submitted to: Jon Morgan, District Ranger, 2499 North Fork Highway, Petersburg, WV, 26847, or fax 304-257-2482. Comments can be hand-delivered to the Petersburg office from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Electronic comments can be submitted via the Forest Service online comment system at: https://cara.ecosystemmanagement.org/Public//CommentInput?Project=58364. Please state “Upper Cheat River Project” in the subject line when providing electronic comments, or on the envelope when replying by mail.
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