Grandfather Ranger District Current and upcoming projects Controlled

Grandfather Ranger District Current and upcoming projects

Controlled Burns Planned for 2012: 8, 290 acres possible �FY 12 Wilson Creek 1250 acres completed 11/2011 �FY 12 Dobson Knob 1240 acres completed 01/2012 �FY 12 Singecat 2100 acres planned 03/2012 �FY 12 Lost Bear West 3700 acres planned 03 -04/2012, still in NEPA process

Controlled Burns Possible for 2013: 10, 845 acres �Adams Mountain 340 acres burned Spring 2004 �Bee Branch 235 acres burned Spring 2009 �Boyd Gap 160 acres burned Spring 2008 �Wilson Ridge 280 acres burned 4/2001, 4/2008 �Woodruff Ridge 250 acres burned 4/2002, 2/2009 �Spencer Branch 110 acres burned 2/98 �Cary Flat 200 acres never burned �FY 13 Rose Mountain 3070 acres, in NEPA now �FY 13 Old Way Ridge approx 3000 acres, in NEPA now �FY 13 Upper Creek, 500 acres, in NEPA now �FY 13 Mills Creek, 700 acres, in NEPA now �FY 13 Lake James, 2000 acres burned 3/2011

Possible Controlled Burns 20142015 �FY 14 Woods Mountain, 4000 acres, in Armstrong Assessment Area �FY 14 Steels Creek, 4130 acres, not proposed yet �FY 14 North Harper, 3148 acres, not proposed yet �FY 14 Lost Bear East, 1100 acres, burned 4/2010 �FY 15 Lower Wilson Ridge, 1346 acres, not proposed yet �FY 15 Dobson Knob, 2600 acres, burned 4/11 and 1/12 � 12, 324 acres total

Silvicultural Work � 3469 acres of timber stand improvement and other work possible; 1, 200 acres promised. � 247 acres of harvest/restoration in Roses Creek Project/Miller Mountain Stewardship �Another 103 acres of restoration harvests promised over the next 10 years �It should be easy to exceed this goal with Armstrong Creek and another large watershed project

Non-native Invasive Plants �Linville Gorge EA in progress �Forest-wide NNIP EA allows treatment on the rest of the forest. �Treatments on Shortoff and Linville Mountain outside Wilderness can begin immediately �Wilson Creek is a stated priority in the proposal