Environmental Assessment Completed

Colt Summit Restoration/Fuels Project

Lolo National Forest Missoula, Montana Seeley Lake Ranger District

Integrated ecosystem management under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Protection Act (CFLRP) including vegetation and watershed restoration, fuels reduction, and management for wildlife habitat.

Location

10 miles north of Seeley Lake, straddling Highway 83

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/06/2010
2
Comment Period
02/06/2010
3
Decision
09/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
09/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Trail Management; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Colt Summit Restoration and Fuel Reduction ProjectDecision Signed Date: 03/25/2011 (Reversed in Appeal (215)) Legal Notice Date: 03/30/2011
Colt Summit Restoration and Fuels Reduction DN Affirmation Prior DecisionDecision Signed Date: 09/27/2013
Colt Summit Restoration and Fuels Reduction Project DN - Affirmation of DNDecision Signed Date: 09/27/2013 Legal Notice Date: 09/30/2013
Colt Summit Restoration and Fuels Reduction Affirmation of Prior DecisionDecision Signed Date: 09/27/2013
Colt Summit Restoration and Fuels Reduction Affirmation of DecisionDecision Signed Date: 09/27/2013
ForestsLolo National Forest
DistrictsSeeley Lake Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT18N, R16W, Sect. 2,3,10,11; T19N, R16W, Sect. 23.25-28,33,34, and 36
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed managementWildlife, fish, rare plants