The Forest Service (FS) is considering a land exchange with Western Pacific Timber. The FS would receive approx. 40,000 acres of WPT land in the upper Lochsa River drainage and WPT would recieve an equal value of Forest Service land in north Idaho.
Location
The lands to acquire are in the upper Lochsa River drainage on the border of ID and MT. The federal lands to exchange out of are scattered on the Idaho Panhandle, Clearwater, and Nez Perce NF's.
Project timeline
1
NOI in Federal Register
09/12/2011
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
11/18/2011
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
05/2014 (Estimated)
4
Decision
05/2014 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
08/2014 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Land Exchanges |
| Forests | Idaho Panhandle National Forest; Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest |
| Districts | Sandpoint Ranger District; Palouse Ranger District; North Fork Ranger District; Powell Ranger District; Clearwater Ranger District; Red River Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |