Environmental Assessment Completed

BMU 4 Access Project

Kootenai National Forest Sanders, Montana Cabinet Ranger District

The Cabinet Ranger District is proposing access changes in the Bull Bear Management Unit (BMU4) that reduce the total and open road density and increase the core habitat available to grizzly bears as required by the 2015 Land Management Plan.

Location

The BMU 4 Access Project is located northeast of the Clark Fork River on the Cabinet District of the Kootenai National Forest in Sanders County, Montana.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/22/2022
2
Comment Period
10/28/2022
3
Objection Period Start
02/27/2023
4
Decision
08/2023 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
08/2023 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityTravel Management
BMU 4 Access ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/09/2023
ForestsKootenai National Forest
DistrictsCabinet Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT26N, R32W; T26N, R33W; T27N, R32W; T27N, R33W; T27N, R34W; T28N, R32W; T28N, R33W; and T28N, R34W; Montana PMM.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsRoad management