The proposed project involves the widening and upgrading of two U.S. Forest Service service roads within the Oconee National Forest in Greene County (Figure 1). This is being done to provide access for two proposed subdivisions. The present facilities are 20 feet wide and have a dirt bed, but the improvements will requite a right-of-way of 60 feet and a paved surface. Road "A" is approximately .8 mile long and is located west of County Road 33 just south of Oconee Church. Road "B" is located east of the Oconee River and runs from northeast to southwest from County Road 42. It has been labeled #1274 on a USDA modified USGS quadrangle sheet, but this appears to be in error as does its designation in a site report as Copeland Road (Wood 1979). Like Road "A", this road follows a ridge through predominately secondary pine and immature hardwood vegetation. The road appears to have been graded relatively recently expanding the disturbed area from the 20 foot road bed to an area approximately 30 to 40 feet in width. Near the southwestern end of the project, the road forks -- one going straight, the other turning southward. The project follows the southward fork, crossing a small tributary of the Oconee River and terminating on a knoll. The entire project lies within the Wallace Area Archaeological District. The road, which is approximately .8 mile long, is paralleled for about 1/2 its course by an older abandoned dirt road beginning at County Road 42.
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