Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Buckhorn Project

Kootenai National Forest Boundary; Lincoln, Idaho; Montana Three Rivers Ranger District

Vegetation management, prescribed burning, and watershed restoration work in the Buckhorn Planning Subunit in the Yaak River drainage

Location

The Project Area is located approximately 27 miles north of Troy, Montana, in the Yaak River Valley

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
02/05/2013
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
02/07/2014
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
04/17/2014
4
Objection Period Start
04/18/2014
5
Decision
08/2014 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
09/2014 (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; Roadless Area Management; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Buckhorn Project Final Record of DecisionDecision Signed Date: 08/05/2014
ForestsKootenai National Forest
DistrictsThree Rivers Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownships 35 and 36 North, Ranges 34 and 33 West, Lincoln County, Montana and Township 64 North and Range 3 East, Boundary County, Idaho
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed managementForest products