Treatment of hazardous fuels reduction and prescribed fire. Proposed activities include non-commercial mechanical and hand treatments to thin continuous fuels, limb ladder fuel vegetation, reduce canopy bulk density and increase canopy base height.
Location
On National Forest System (NFS) lands within the wildland-urban interface of Kootenai County.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
12/18/2017
2
Comment Period
02/06/2018
3
Decision
08/2018 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
09/2018 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels) |
| Kootenai Fuel Reduction | Decision Signed Date: 08/31/2018 |
| Forests | Idaho Panhandle National Forest |
| Districts | Fernan Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | NFS lands in T53N R2W, T52N R3W, T51N R3W, T50N R2 & 3W, T49N R 1, 2 &3 W, T48N R 3 & 4W, BM. |