Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Middle East Fork Hazardous Fuel Reduction

Bitterroot National Forest Ravalli, Montana Bitterroot National Forest All Units

Vegetation and fuels treatments to reduce wildland fire threat to the East Fork community, help restore fire-adapted ecosystems, and restore stands affected by the ongoing Douglas-fir beetle epidemic.

Location

Lands within the middle third of the East Fork Bitterroot River drainage

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
11/03/2004
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
04/22/2005
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
10/14/2005
4
Decision
04/2006 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2006 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
ForestsBitterroot National Forest
DistrictsSula Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionParts of T 1&2 N, R 17, 18, and 19 W, P.M.M
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)