Continue two on-going research timber management projects and initiate one new 5-acre commercial thinning research study in a young white pine stand. Activities include limited timber harvest, timber stand improvement, and biomass thinning.
Location
Immediately adjacent to PREF headquarters administrative site, near Benton Creek. Map #25
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
06/17/2010
2
Comment Period
06/17/2010
3
Decision
05/2011 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2011 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6); 32.2 (12), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(12) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Timber Sales (Green) |
| Priest River Experimental Forest (PREF) TSI Continuing Research Project | Decision Signed Date: 05/23/2011 Legal Notice Date: 05/26/2011 |
| Forests | Idaho Panhandle National Forest |
| Districts | Priest Lake Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Sections 26 and 27, T58N, R4W, B.M. |