Environmental Assessment Completed

Gateway Maintenance Burning

Kootenai National Forest Lincoln, Montana Rexford Ranger District

Utilize prescribed fire along with minor amounts of slashing, hand piling, and machine piling to treat fuels in the urban interface. The area experienced fire on a 10-25 year interval historically. Treatments are designed to mimic this pattern.

Location

Tobacco Plains, north of Eureka MT, approx 2200 acres

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/28/2009
2
Comment Period
12/22/2011
3
Decision
02/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
02/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Species Habitat Improvements
Gateway Maintenance BurningDecision Signed Date: 02/07/2012
ForestsKootenai National Forest
DistrictsRexford Ranger District
Legal Land Descriptionall or parts of T37N, R27W
Facility managementFuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Wildlife, fish, rare plants