Environmental Assessment Completed

French Hazard WUI

Boise National Forest Valley, Idaho Cascade Ranger District

Project objectives are to create or enhance defensible space for suppression resources, restore vegetative conditions more reflective of fire-adapted ecosystems, reduce hazardous fuels, and minimizing risks to public health and safety.

Location

The Project covers approx.6,230 acres in Management Area 18,(Cascade Reservoir) within the Duck Creek-Cascade Reservoir subwatershed 6th HUC within the Cascade Reservoir watershed 5th HUC (17050123).

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/19/2017
2
Objection Period Start
06/18/2018
3
Decision
10/2018 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2019 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
French Hazard WUIDecision Signed Date: 10/15/2018
ForestsBoise National Forest
DistrictsCascade Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSections 4, 5, 9, 15, 16 of T13N, R3E; Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24 of T14N, R2E; and Sections 6, 7, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 32, 33 of T14N, R3E, Boise Meridian.
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management