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Alaska Forest Association58th Annual Convention
October 22, 2015
Earl Stewart Tongass NF Forest Supervisor
Charley StreuliFire, Aviation and Forest Management
Staff Officer
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Topics• Volume Under Contract, (through August
31), Offer and Harvest• Timber NEPA Litigation Update• Timber NEPA Update• Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Timber Sale Offer• Proposed field prep contract work
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Volume Under Contract, Offer, Harvest• Volume Under Contract: As of the August 31:
106.1 MMBF (not including Juneau Access Road R-O-W volume)
• Offer: 22.3 MMBF
• Harvest: 29.3 MMBF, estimate for the end of the FY. Big Thorne Utility volume (27.5 MMBF) charged upfront per contract provision KC 1.2# Optional Removal NOT included.
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Timber NEPA Litigation Update
Big Thorne FEIS ROD was signed June 28, 2013.Latest update from OGC oral arguments if any will be conducted in February 2016. The court has not scheduled this date yet.
Mitkof EA signed July 2014. The decision has been withdrawn. d
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Timber NEPA UpdateWrangell Island EIS, DEIS scheduled for January 2016. Final FEIS Draft ROD April 2016. Alternatives range from 43 to 73 MMBF.Saddle Lakes FEIS ROD in Objection Period. Sale is planned for about 12 MMBF.Kosciusko EA Final EA and FONSI November Alternatives range from 19 to 30 MMBF.Three Bays, Kuiu Is. Recon on-going.Waterfront-Naukati Recon spring/summer 2016.Zarembo Recon spring/summer 2016.Shrimp Bay recon spring/summer 2016
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Forest Plan Update
Notice of Intent May 28, 2014Public Open House Meetings Jan-Feb, 2015Draft EIS November 20, 2015Public Meetings/Subsistence Hearings Jan 2016Final EIS June 2016Objection Period June 13 to August 11, 2016Approve Plan Amendment December 2016
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Timber Sale, 2016 Plan
Saddle Lakes 12 MMBFKuiu 18Kosciusko 30Navy 10Small Sales 3.0 to 4.0 Total 73 MMBF
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Planned Timber Contract Work for 2016 We will be preparing and Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for field prep work.
Work may include flagging, tagging, traversing painting and cruising timber.
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Questions?