Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Telegraph Vegetation Project Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest Powell, Montana Helena Ranger District

This SEIS updates, reviews and corrects the project analysis and make necessary changes to the project including the removal from implementation acres outside the 2005 Powell County CWPP as well as removing additional treatment to help lynx habitat

Location

15 miles southwest of Helena and 5 miles south of Elliston, MT in the Little Blackfoot drainage west of the Continental Divide.

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
05/20/2022
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
05/20/2022
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
07/14/2023
4
Objection Period Start
12/06/2022
5
Decision
07/2023 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
07/2023 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Watershed Improvements
Telegraph Vegetation Project Supplemental Environmental Impact StatementDecision Signed Date: 07/14/2023
ForestsLewis And Clark National Forest
DistrictsHelena Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Forest products