The Moose Creek District proposes to use a combination of timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning, prescribed fire, reforestation, and road system improvements to achieve desired age class and species distributions and to improve watershed health.
Location
Project activities will occur on NFS lands within the Clear Creek drainage, located approximately 5 air miles southeast from Kooskia, Idaho.
Project timeline
1
NOI in Federal Register
01/06/2012
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
09/28/2018
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
07/09/2021
4
Objection Period Start
07/09/2021
5
Decision
02/2023 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
06/2023 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Road Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Road Maintenance; Watershed Improvements |
| Clear Creek Integrated Restoration Project | Decision Signed Date: 12/17/2015 (FS Withdrawn, Constrained Due to Litigation) |
| Clear Creek Integrated Restoration Project FSEIS ROD | Decision Signed Date: 02/17/2023 |
| Forests | Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest |
| Districts | Moose Creek Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T32N, R6E; T31N, R6E; T31N, R53; BM |