Environmental Assessment Completed

Pintler Face

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Beaverhead; Deer Lodge, Montana Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest All Units

Purpose is to achieve Forest Plan Goals including timber management, aquatic improvement, wildlife habitat improvement. Proposed activities include commercial timber harvest, travel management, and reduction of conifer encroachment in sagebrush.

Location

Fishtrap-Mt. Haggin and Pintler Face Management Areas within the Big Hole Landscape.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/15/2016
2
Comment Period
07/07/2016
3
Objection Period Start
04/25/2021
4
Decision
09/2021 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2021 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Pintler FaceDecision Signed Date: 09/09/2021
ForestsBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
DistrictsWise River Ranger District; Wisdom Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed managementRoad management