Decision Memo Completed

Quartz Beetle

Idaho Panhandle National Forests Shoshone, Idaho Avery Ranger District

The Quartz Beetle project is 19 miles East of Avery in the Quartz Creek drainage of the St Joe River. The Project will consist of commercial thinning on approzimately 65 acres.

Location

Project #5 - 19 miles east of Avery in the Quarz Creek area

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/26/2012
2
Comment Period
10/26/2012
3
Decision
04/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
09/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (12), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(12)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Green)
Quartz Beetle Decision MemoDecision Signed Date: 04/23/2013 Legal Notice Date: 04/29/2013
ForestsIdaho Panhandle National Forest
DistrictsAvery Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT45N, R8E, Sec: 14, 15, B.M.
Vegetation management (other than forest products)