Project to move conditions toward Forest Plan Timber, Vegetation, and Fuel Management Goals and Objectives using commercial timber harvest, precommercial thinning, and conifer expansion treatments.
Location
The Lima Tendoy Landscape primarily in the Selway-Saginaw and Horse Prairie North management areas (MAs). A smaller portion is planned in the Big Hole Landscape, West Big Hole Flats MA.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
09/09/2020
2
Comment Period
06/23/2023
3
Objection Period Start
06/23/2023
4
Decision
05/2024 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2024 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Ira - Inventoried Roadless Area Activities Requiring Chief's Approval |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Selway Saginaw Vegetation Management Project | Decision Signed Date: 05/14/2024 |
| Forests | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest |
| Districts | Dillon Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Township 7 & 8 South, Range 14, 15 & 16 West |