Townsend Ranger District is proposing to treat 2,977 acres uses various harvest methods in order to be responsive to the increase in insect activity and minimize potential wide-scale mortality.
Location
Big Belt Mountains, east of Townsend, Montana and north of U.S. Highway 12
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
09/06/2022
2
Comment Period
10/07/2022
3
Objection Period Start
04/08/2023
4
Decision
04/2024 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2024 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green) |
| Wood Duck | Decision Signed Date: 04/05/2024 |
| Forests | Lewis And Clark National Forest |
| Districts | Townsend Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |