This project seeks to reduce timber cover along the NE side of the of the Dry Pole drainage by hand slashing and lopping small conifers (<5" dbh) to reduce competition for moisture and to increase the availabity of browse and forb species.
Location
Dry Pole drainage
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
08/11/2014
2
Comment Period
11/23/2015
3
Decision
02/2016 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
02/2016 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Species Habitat Improvements |
| Dry Pole Mule Deer Winter Range Enhancement | Decision Signed Date: 02/29/2016 |
| Forests | Lewis And Clark National Forest |
| Districts | Judith Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T12N, R11E, S 25, 36; T11N, R11E, S 1, 12, 13 |