Environmental Assessment Completed

Sinker Creek - Boise Ridge Forest Health Project

Boise National Forest Boise, Idaho Mountain Home Ranger District

The forest proposes to implement vegetation treatments using timber harvest and prescribed fire to promote forest resiliency and address hazardous fuels within the wildland urban interface while responding to insect and disease outbreaks.

Location

The Sinker Creek area is about 16 miles northeast of Boise via Bogus Basin Road. The Boise Ridge area is about ten miles northeast of Boise, via Eighth Street.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/01/2018
2
Comment Period
08/01/2018
3
Objection Period Start
12/09/2019
4
Decision
05/2021 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2021 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title Vi: Insect And Disease Projects
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green)
Sinker Creek - Boise Ridge Forest Health ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/19/2021
ForestsBoise National Forest
DistrictsMountain Home Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Fuels managementForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)