Decision Memo Completed

Ross Fork/Bitterroot Divide Trails (Ross Fork II)

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Granite, Montana Pintler Ranger District

The proposal would rehabilitate or relocate the Ross Fork Trail from aboutl 1 mi east of Fox Creek to Abundance Saddle. It would also relocate the Bitterroot Divide trail from Abunance Saddle to the Rooster Comb Saddle.

Location

Ross Fork Tributary of Rock Creek in Ross Fork and Sapphire Wilderness Study Managment Areas in the Upper Rock Creek Landscape

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/09/2009
2
Decision
11/2010 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
06/2011 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (1), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(1)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityTrail Management
Ross Fork / Bitterroot Divide Trails Rehabilitation and RelocationDecision Signed Date: 11/21/2010
ForestsBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
DistrictsPintler Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT4N, R17W, Sections 20, 29, 30 & 31 and T3N, R18W, Sections 1 & 2
Recreation management