Decision Memo Completed

Pony Whitebark Pine Planting

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Beaverhead, Montana Jefferson Ranger District

This proposal would authorize planting 250 whitebark pine trees per acre in what was a Whitebark pine dominated site prior to the Pony fire in 2012. Inventories show that regeneration of the Whitebark pine forest-type is not happening as predicted.

Location

Tobacco Root Landscape Brown Back Management Area south east of Whitehall

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/01/2014
2
Decision
06/2014 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
06/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (5), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(5)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements
Pony Whitebark Pine PlantingDecision Signed Date: 06/02/2014
ForestsBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
DistrictsJefferson Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)