MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. – The Grindstone Ranger District of the Mendocino National Forest has completed a supplemental environmental analysis to the 2012 Smokey Project Environmental Assessment.

The project consists of fuel and vegetation treatments on approximately 6,400 acres of National Forest System lands including 933 acres of commercial thinning, 3,326 acres of fuel reduction treatments, 400 acres of plantation pre-commercial thinning and 1,678 acres of wildlife habitat improvement in Glenn County and a small portion of Tehama County.

The Forest Service will accept public input on the supplemental environmental analysis and associated documents through the agency’s objection process under 36 CFR Part 218, Subparts A and C.

Written, fax, hand-delivered and electronic objections (including attachments), concerning this action will be accepted for 20 calendar days following publication of a notice in the Chico Enterprise Record on Wednesday, Sept. 27. The publication date in the newspaper is the exclusive means for calculating the objection period for this proposal. Those wishing to object should not rely upon dates or timeframe information provided by any other source.

Hard-copy objections must be submitted to Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service, 1323 Club Drive, Vallejo, CA 94592. The office business hours for those submitting hand-delivered objections are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Facsimile copies must be sent to Regional Forester at 707-562-9229.

Electronic objections must be submitted in a format such as an email message, plain text (.txt), rich text format (.rtf), or Word (.doc) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

A copy of the supplemental environmental analysis and associated documents are available for review at the Mendocino National Forest Supervisor’s Office at 825 N. Humboldt Avenue, Willows and on the MNF Web site www.fs.usda.gov/projects/mendocino/landmanagement/projects.  

Additional information can be obtained from Andrew Mishler, 530-934-1257, or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..