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 Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Travel Management |
| BMU 4 Access Project | Decision Signed Date: 08/09/2023 |
| Forests | Kootenai National Forest |
| Districts | Cabinet Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T26N, R32W; T26N, R33W; T27N, R32W; T27N, R33W; T27N, R34W; T28N, R32W; T28N, R33W; and T28N, R34W; Montana PMM. |