Decision Memo Completed

Southside Road

Lolo National Forest Missoula, Montana Ninemile Ranger District

Reduce understory ladder fuels, which would reduce the threat of crown fire in the overstory and reduce ground fire intensity, by thinning 84 acres, hand-piling 25 acres, and underburning

Location

Clark Fork River Drainage, east of Petty Creek along the Southside Road

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/10/2010
2
Comment Period
04/10/2010
3
Decision
05/2010 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2010 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Southside Road Fuels Reduction ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/20/2010 Legal Notice Date: 05/24/2010
ForestsLolo National Forest
DistrictsNinemile Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT14N, R21W, Section 10
Watershed managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management