Environmental Assessment Completed

Elk Rice

Kootenai National Forest Sanders, Montana Cabinet Ranger District

The Elk Rice project would include 93 harvest units, with activities and timber harvest on about 2,500 acres, including: about 1,700 acres of regeneration harvest and 490 acres of intermediate harvest. Eleven regeneration openings exceed 40 acres.

Location

Sanders County, MT: sections(S) 24,25,36 T28N,R35W; S 19,20,28-36 T27N,R34W; S 1-35 T26N,R34W; S 1,12,13,24,25,36 T26N,R35W; S 31 T26N,R33W; S 1-6,8-16,21-24,26-27 T25N,R34W; S 6,7,18,19 T25N,R33W PMM

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/25/2016
2
Comment Period
08/25/2016
3
Objection Period Start
06/06/2017
4
Decision
08/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title Vi: Insect And Disease Projects
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green)
Elk RiceDecision Signed Date: 08/11/2017
ForestsKootenai National Forest
DistrictsCabinet Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Road managementForest productsWatershed managementFuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)