Project to harvest, thin, and prescribe burn forest stands to improve resilience to insects, disease, and wildfire and restore the fire return intervals. Move trailheads and manage roads to improve stream conditions.
Location
On the east side of the Bitterroot Valley, from Little Three Mile Creek south to Saint Clair Creek and from the Bitterroot Forest boundary east to the boundary with the Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF.
Project timeline
1
NOI in Federal Register
06/09/2017
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
06/16/2018
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
02/03/2023
4
Objection Period Start
12/17/2021
5
Decision
08/2023 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
08/2023 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Hfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface; Hfra Title I: Municipal Watersheds; Hfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics) |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) HFRA |
| Project Activity | Road Decommissioning; Developed Site Management; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Trail Management; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green) |
| Gold Butterfly ROD | Decision Signed Date: 11/15/2019 (FS Withdrawn, Constrained Due to Litigation) |
| Gold Butterfly Project - Record of Decision | Decision Signed Date: 08/08/2023 |
| Gold Butterfly | Decision Signed Date: 08/08/2023 |
| Forests | Bitterroot National Forest |
| Districts | Stevensville Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T.6N.R.18W. sec.1-12, 16-20, 29,30, T.6N.R.19W. sec. 1,2,10-15,22-27, T.7N.R18W.sec. 2-36,T.7N.R.19W. sec. 1,2,11-14,22-27,34-36, T.8N.R.18W.sec. 20,21,28-34 |