The project improves motorized and non-motorized recreational opportunity within the Allen Peak Inventoried Roadless Area in the Vermilion River drainage and improves grizzly bear habitat in Bear Management Unit 8.
Location
Project is located in the southeast portion of the Cabinet Ranger District of the Kootenai National Forest, in the Vermillion River drainage, approximately ten miles east of Trout Creek, Montana.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
04/13/2020
2
Comment Period
04/13/2020
3
Objection Period Start
03/20/2021
4
Decision
06/2021 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2021 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Species Habitat Improvements; Trail Management |
| Elk Lake Access Project | Decision Signed Date: 06/11/2021 |
| Forests | Kootenai National Forest |
| Districts | Cabinet Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | sections 25 and 35 in T25N, R30W; sections 26, 34-35 in T25, R29W; and section 4 in T24N, R30W; PMM |