Environmental Assessment Completed

Whitefish Municipal Watershed Fuels Reduction Project

Flathead National Forest Flathead, Montana Tally Lake Ranger District

A project to manage fuels within the Whitefish Municipal Watershed.

Location

Approximately four miles north and east of Whitefish, Montana.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/16/2016
2
Objection Period Start
12/07/2016
3
Decision
01/2017 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
05/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title Vi: Insect And Disease Projects
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Whitefish Municipal Watershed Fuels Reduction ProjectDecision Signed Date: 01/17/2017
ForestsFlathead National Forest
DistrictsTally Lake Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT31N, R21W, Sec. 3 to 9; T31N, R22W, Sec. 1 and 12; T32N, R21W, Sec. 31 to 33
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed managementForest products