Prescribed burning on portions of a 15,755 acre area to reduce the amount and arrangement of fuels, improve winter range habitat that will affect behavior of future wildland fires at a landscape scale and increase the quantity and quality of forage.
Location
Areas of the Sheepshead, Watchtower and Flat Creek drainages within the Nez Perce Fork of the Bitterroot River drainage.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
02/27/2013
2
Comment Period
02/27/2013
3
Decision
09/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2013 (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); Species Habitat Improvements |
| Upper Nez Perce Landscape Burn Decision Memo | Decision Signed Date: 09/26/2013 Legal Notice Date: 11/02/2013 |
| Forests | Bitterroot National Forest |
| Districts | West Fork Ranger District |