Treatment of forest infested with mountain pine beetle, at risk of infestation, or with high fire hazard.
Location
Black Buttes, south of Sundance, Wyoming
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
03/08/2012
2
Objection Period Start
01/19/2013
3
Decision
03/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2013 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Hfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface; Hfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics) |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 |
| Project Activity | Road Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Buttes Forest Health Project | Decision Signed Date: 03/22/2013 |
| Forests | Black Hills National Forest |
| Districts | Bearlodge Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Township 50 North, Range 61-62 West, 6th PM |