Environmental Assessment Completed

Chilly James Restoration Project

Flathead National Forest Lake; Missoula, Montana Swan Lake Ranger District

Watershed restortion project to improve fish habitat in the Jim and Cold Creek Watersheds. These two watersheds contain important bull trout spawning habitat. Jim Creek is considered "impaired" by the MT DEQ.

Location

This project is located within the Jim and Cold Creek watersheds of the Swan River valley, including smaller, unnamed watersheds between them.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/14/2014
2
Comment Period
05/19/2015
3
Objection Period Start
02/19/2016
4
Decision
04/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Watershed Improvements
Chilly James Restoration Project DN/FONSIDecision Signed Date: 04/15/2016
ForestsFlathead National Forest
DistrictsSwan Lake Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSecs 4-9, 16-18 T20N R17W; Secs 1-5, 8-12, 14-16 T20N R18W; Secs 3-10, 15-22, 27-34 T21N R17W; Secs 1-4, 8-17, 20-29, 32-36 T21N R18W; Secs 20-21, 28-34 T22N R17W; Sections 34-36 T22N R18W
Wildlife, fish, rare plants