Use prescribed fire to reduce hazardous fuel accumulations, regenerate brush communities, increase the amount of young aspen and reduce conifer encroachment across the project area. No road construction or reconstruction will be necessary.
Location
15 Miles South of Pocatello Idaho
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
12/21/2007
2
Comment Period
01/02/2008
3
Decision
10/2014 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
03/2015 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels) |
| South Mink Prescribed Burn | Decision Signed Date: 01/07/2010 (FS Withdrawn) Legal Notice Date: 01/14/2010 |
| Forests | Caribou-Targhee National Forest |
| Districts | Westside Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T9S, R35E, Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and a portion of T9S, R34E, Section 1 |