Environmental Assessment Completed

Buckskin Saddle Integrated Restoration Project

Idaho Panhandle National Forests Bonner, Idaho Sandpoint Ranger District

Vegetation management activities including timber harvest, fuel reduction, road construction, improvement, storage & decommissioning, prescribed burning, trail mtce and improvement, tree planting, and potential travel management for elk security

Location

The following tributaries to the Clark Fork River: Dry Cr., Twin Cr., Derr Cr. and Johnson Creek. The Green Monarch Mountain area and the Granite Creek drainage.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/05/2019
2
Comment Period
01/08/2020
3
Objection Period Start
07/13/2020
4
Decision
04/2021 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2022 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Improvements/Construction
Buckskin Saddle Integrated Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 04/23/2021
ForestsIdaho Panhandle National Forest
DistrictsSandpoint Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT54N R3E Sec: 3-6, 7-10 and 16-18. T55N R3E Sec: 31-32. T54N R2E Sec: 1-4 and 9-14. T55N R2E Sec: 6-8, 15-23 and 25-36. T55N R1E Sec: 1 and 7-36. T54N R1E Sec: 1-11 and 15-16. T55N R1W Sec: 13, 23-26 and 34-36. T54N R1W Sec: 1-3.
Recreation managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed managementRoad management