Environmental Assessment Completed

Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek area is about 14 miles northeast of Boise, just west of Highway 21 via Clear Creek Road (NF-261).

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/15/2021
2
Comment Period
03/24/2022
3
Objection Period Start
05/20/2022
4
Decision
08/2022 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
08/2022 (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)
Clear Creek Forest Health ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/12/2022
ForestsBoise National Forest
DistrictsMountain Home Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management