Fuels reduction in the wildland urban interface (directly adjacent to private property) through noncommercial thinning to reduce ladder fuels and heavy fuel loadings on 10 acres. All activities will be accomplished by hand. No mechanized equipment.
Location
Adjacent to Quartz Creek, west of the Great Burn Proposed Wilderness
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
11/25/2009
2
Comment Period
11/25/2009
3
Decision
01/2010 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2010 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels) |
| Little Quartz Fuels Reduction Project | Decision Signed Date: 01/29/2010 |
| Forests | Lolo National Forest |
| Districts | Ninemile Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Upper Quartz Creek drainage in Section 2, T14N, R26W, PMM, Mineral County, Montana |