Environmental Assessment Completed

Trapper Creek Vegetation Management

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Beaverhead, Montana Wise River Ranger District

This revised proposal includes removal of colonizing conifers on 3338 acres of riparian vegetation, mountain mahogany, and sagebrush/grass parks using slashing and burning, broadcast burning, or lop and scatter to meet Forest Plan objectives

Location

East Pioneer Mountains about 10 miles southeast of Wise River, MT.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/26/2010
2
Comment Period
04/30/2014
3
Objection Period Start
08/22/2014
4
Decision
12/2014 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
03/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements
Trapper Creek Vegetation ManagementDecision Signed Date: 03/05/2012 (Constrained Due to Litigation) Legal Notice Date: 03/05/2012
Trapper Creek Vegetation Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 12/01/2014
ForestsBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
DistrictsDillon Ranger District; Wise River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT. 1 S., 2 S., 3 S.; R. 10 W., 11 W.
Vegetation management (other than forest products)