Commercial timber harvest and thinning on about 2,300 acres between Lost Horse and Roaring Lion Creeks. Project includes prescribed burning, forest regeneration, permanent and temporary road construction,and bridge installation.
Location
The project is located on National Forest between Lost Horse and Roaring Lion Creeks and private land and Selway-Bitterroot IRA. The project area includes 927 acres of the Selway-Bitterroot IRA.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
08/28/2015
2
Comment Period
08/28/2015
3
Objection Period Start
03/17/2016
4
Decision
07/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2016 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Hfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface; Hfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics); Hfra Title Vi: Insect And Disease Projects |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green) |
| Westside Collaborative Vegetation Management Project - Decision Notice | Decision Signed Date: 07/05/2016 |
| Forests | Bitterroot National Forest |
| Districts | Darby Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T.5N. R.21W., sections 16, 21, 27, 28, 32-33; T.4N. R.22W. sections 1, 12; and T.4N., R.21W. sections 4-8, 17, 18 PMM |