The Darby Ranger District proposes to exchange approximately 1,935 acres of Federal lands for approximately 1,920 acres of non-Federal lands in scattered parcels within the Rye Creek drainage in the Sapphire Mountains, east of Darby, Montana.
Location
FS would exchange: T3N,R20E - half of Sec. 9,Sec. 4, and either Sec. 10 or Sec. 28 (located in T4N, R20E);T4N,R20E-half of Sec. 33. FS would acquire:T3N,R20E Sec.3, Sec. 11 and in T3N,R19E - Sec. 23
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
11/06/2009
2
Comment Period
10/24/2012
3
Decision
12/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
12/2012 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Land Exchanges |
| Rye Creek Land Exchange DN FONSI | Decision Signed Date: 12/06/2012 Legal Notice Date: 12/08/2012 |
| Forests | Bitterroot National Forest |
| Districts | Darby Ranger District |