Evaluate the effects of aerial application of soil inoculant and herbicide to control cheatgrass spread in the wake of the 2012 Brown’s Gulch wildfire
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
April 5, 2019
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Post-Fire Cheatgrass Control Project; Nevada
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has prepared the final environmental assessment (EA) for the Post-Fire Cheatgrass Control using Aerial Spraying Project. Based on the final EA, BPA is issuing a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) and has made a decision to fund the project. BPA will fund the Shoshone Paiute Indian Tribe to aerially apply herbicide (Imazapic) and soil inoculant (MB-906) to control cheatgrass on a 139-acre hillside south of Mountain City, Nevada that has become dominated by this invasive species following the 2012 Brown’s Gulch fire. The cheatgrass is hindering this area’s post-fire recovery to its native sagebrush-steppe plant community.
For more information, see Post-Fire Cheatgrass Control Project.