Environmental Assessment Completed

Mass Geis Fuel Reduction

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest Meagher, Montana White Sulphur Springs Ranger District

Reducing hazardous fuels and harvest mountain pine beetle affected trees on about 2124 acres using underburning, mechanical and hand piling of materials, pile burning, and constructing fuel reduction zones, including approx. 0.5 miles of new road

Location

approximately 15 mile NE of White Sulphur Springs, MT, in the Little Belt Mountains

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/15/2006
2
Comment Period
06/09/2009
3
Decision
06/2010 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2010 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Special Products Sales; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green)
Mass Geis ProjectDecision Signed Date: 06/09/2010 Legal Notice Date: 06/14/2010
ForestsLewis And Clark National Forest
DistrictsWhite Sulphur Springs Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT11N, R7E, Sections 13, 14, 23-26, 35, 36, T11N, R8E, Sections 3, 4, 8-32, and T11N, R9E, Sections 7, 8, 17, 18-21, 29, 30,
Fuels managementForest products