Decision Memo Completed

Ninemile Divide Ecosystem Maintenance Burning

Lolo National Forest Missoula, Montana Ninemile Ranger District

The purpose of this project is to apply prescribed fire to the landscape to address wildfire risk reduction and reduce fuels accumulations within the Lolo NF Community and General Wildfire Protection Zones.

Location

Stark MT Inventoried Roadless Area along the Ninemile Divide

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/08/2019
2
Decision
05/2019 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
04/2020 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Species Habitat Improvements
Ninemile Divide Ecosystem Maintenance BurningDecision Signed Date: 05/31/2019
ForestsLolo National Forest
DistrictsNinemile Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT16N, R24W, Sections 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 35, &36. T16N, R23W, Section 30.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsFuels management