Environmental Assessment Completed

Chippy Fire Salvage

Lolo National Forest Sanders, Montana Plains/Thompson Falls Ranger District

The proposed project is salvage of a portion of the timber on National Forest System lands that burned in the Chippy Creek Fire in 2007 on the Plains/Thompson Falls Ranger District

Location

Approx. 20 miles N. of Plains, Mt., portions of the following drainages: Little Thompson River; North Fork; Little Rock Crk, Bear Crk, Chippy Crk, and Big Rock Crk, tributary to the Thompson River

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/21/2007
2
Comment Period
09/24/2008
3
Decision
06/2009 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2009 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Salvage)
Chippy Creek Fire Salvage ProjectDecision Signed Date: 06/17/2009 Legal Notice Date: 06/24/2009
ForestsLolo National Forest
DistrictsPlains/Thompson Falls Ranger District
Forest products