Environmental Assessment Completed

Sweet Grass Integrated Resource Resiliency and Restoration

Custer Gallatin National Forest Sweet Grass, Montana Yellowstone Ranger District

Use of mgmt tools:planned fire,wildland fire use,hand/mechanical thinning,pile burning,conifer/shrub planting $ seeding of native grasses and forbs to enhance/maintain resiliency of vegetative /ecological conditions in areas burned by 2006 Derby Fire

Location

10-20 miles Southeast of Big Timber within National Forest lands burned in the 2006 Derby Fire (Deer Creeks, Derby, West Bridger Drainages)

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/14/2013
2
Comment Period
08/26/2014
3
Objection Period Start
01/23/2015
4
Decision
05/2015 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements; Watershed Improvements
Sweetgrass Restoration and Resiliency ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/21/2015
ForestsCuster Gallatin National Forest
DistrictsYellowstone Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)