Opinion ID: 902303
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Mudflow Project

Text: The Mudflow Project is located on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, northeast of McCloud, California. The Project area comprises approximately 13,830 acres of land, 3 The 2008 habitat rule for the Owl designated 29 units as critical habitat for the Owl in W ashington, Oregon, and California, totaling approximately 5.3 million acres. 73 Fed. Reg. 47326, 47352 (Aug. 13, 2008). The 2013 habitat rule increased the designation of the Owl’s critical habit to approximately 9.6 million acres, to be consistent with current conservation needs of the Owl, as described in the 2011 Revised Recovery Plan for the Owl. 77 Fed. Reg. 71876, 71894 (Dec. 4, 2012). CONSERVATION CONGRESS V . U.S. FOREST SERV . 7 and was developed to address several issues: declining forest health due to tree root disease and overstocking, threat of wildfire to nearby communities, and declining wet meadow ecosystems. The Project’s proposed treatments include thinning, sanitation and regeneration, and restoring wet meadow ecosystems, among others. A total of 544 acres of the Owl’s critical habitat are proposed for Project treatment.