Decision Memo Completed

Clark Creek Blow Down

Idaho Panhandle National Forests Boundary, Idaho Bonners Ferry Ranger District

Salvage dead trees that were blown down in a 2005 wind event. The salvaged trees will be used by the Kootenai River Restoration Project to provide woody debris structure to improve fisheries habitat and stabilize the river banks that are eroding.

Location

Northwest of Bonners Ferry in the Clark Creek Drainage.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/30/2010
2
Comment Period
08/30/2010
3
Decision
07/2011 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2011 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (13), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(13)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Salvage)
Clark Creek Blowdown ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/07/2011 Legal Notice Date: 07/11/2011
ForestsIdaho Panhandle National Forest
DistrictsBonners Ferry Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSection 34, T63N, R1W, B.M. Map #3
Vegetation management (other than forest products)