Environmental Assessment Completed

Supplemental EA for Elk Smith

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest Lewis and Clark, Montana Rocky Mountain Ranger District

The purpose of the Elk Smith Project is to address fuel accumulation and continuity in the project area. The original EA for this project is project number 42680, which this analysis is supplementing.

Location

Located in the Elk and Smith Creek drainages on the southern end of the Rocky Mountain Ranger District.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/14/2013
2
Comment Period
04/12/2019
3
Objection Period Start
09/18/2020
4
Decision
01/2021 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
02/2021 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Elk Smith Project Decision NoticeDecision Signed Date: 01/26/2021
ForestsLewis And Clark National Forest
DistrictsRocky Mountain Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)