Environmental Assessment Completed

Horseshoe West Fuels Reduction and Restoration

Lolo National Forest Missoula, Montana Seeley Lake Ranger District

Integrated landscape management including hazardous fuels reduction, vegetation restoration, soils rehabilitation, and wildlife habitat improvement.

Location

Approximately 3 miles southeast of Seeley Lake, Montana near the Double Arrow and Big Sky Lake subdivisions.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/16/2010
2
Comment Period
01/16/2013
3
Decision
08/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2014 (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; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Horseshoe West Fuels Reduction and Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/07/2013 Legal Notice Date: 08/12/2013
ForestsLolo National Forest
DistrictsSeeley Lake Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSections 8, 9, 17-21, and 30, T16N, R14W and Sections 13, 24, and 25, T16N, R15W.
Fuels managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)