Decision Memo Completed

Upper Madison Fuels Project

Lolo National Forest Missoula, Montana Ninemile Ranger District

Restore stand to a historically ponderosa pine component by thinning under-story Douglas fir. Implement thinning and prescribed under-burning to reduce fuels concentrations. Project will combine fuels efforts with the Petty Rock Timber Sale

Location

Upper reaches of Madison Gulch, Petty Creek Drainage, Clark Fork Watershed

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/21/2011
2
Comment Period
10/21/2011
3
Decision
11/2011 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2013 (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)
Upper Madison Fuels ProjectDecision Signed Date: 11/28/2011 Legal Notice Date: 12/12/2011
ForestsLolo National Forest
DistrictsNinemile Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT14N, R22W, portions of Sections 16, 17, 20, and 21, USGS Quad Name Petty Mountain
Fuels management