Environmental Assessment Completed

Westside Restoration Project

Idaho Panhandle National Forests Boundary, Idaho Bonners Ferry Ranger District

Vegetation management activities including timber harvest, road construction, prescribed burning, tree planting and recreation improvements.

Location

Includes the Cascade, Myrtle, Snow, and Caribou Creek drainages from Burton Peak to Roman Nose, as well as lands in the vicinity of Dodge Peak and White Mountain.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/20/2019
2
Comment Period
12/04/2020
3
Objection Period Start
06/11/2021
4
Decision
10/2021 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
11/2021 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Timber Sales (Green)
Westside Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 10/28/2021
ForestsIdaho Panhandle National Forest
DistrictsBonners Ferry Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNumerous Sections in T62N, R1W and T62N, R2W; also T61N, R1W Sections 2-11, 14 and 15; T61N, R2W Sections 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 12, 14-16 and 22; and T60N, R2W Sections 2, 11, 12, 13 and 24 B.M.
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Wildlife, fish, rare plantsFuels management