Fuels reduction through the use of understory thinning to remove ladder fuels, hand-piling, burning of hand-piles, and prescribed understory burning. The treatments will reduce the density, quantity and arrangement of surface and ladder fuels.
Location
The project lies within the East Fork of the Bitterroot River drainage, on the north side of the Swift Echo Road (Forest Road 5764) between Meadow Creek and the East Fork Trailhead.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
04/12/2010
2
Comment Period
04/12/2010
3
Decision
06/2010 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2010 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels) |
| Echo Gulch Project | Decision Signed Date: 06/07/2010 Legal Notice Date: 06/10/2010 |
| Forests | Bitterroot National Forest |
| Districts | Sula Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T2N, R17W, Sections 16, 19-21, 28-30 and T2N, R18W, Sections 24-25, Ravalli County Montana. |