Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Trapper Bunkhouse BEMRP Project

Bitterroot National Forest Ravalli, Montana Darby Ranger District

Manipulate forested vegetation to decrease the risk that a future wildland fire would develop into, or be sustained as, a stand-replacement or crown fire; support CWPP; salvage, thin to increase insect disease resistance; research.

Location

All drainages between Trapper and Bunkhouse Creeks

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
09/21/2005
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
04/20/2007
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
04/15/2008
4
Decision
03/2008 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2008 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Noxious Weed Treatments; Research And Development; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Trapper Buckhouse Land Sterwardship ProjectDecision Signed Date: 03/18/2008 Legal Notice Date: 04/15/2008
ForestsBitterroot National Forest
DistrictsDarby Ranger District
Fuels managementResearchVegetation management (other than forest products)Forest productsWildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management