Decision Memo Completed

Red Creek Prescribed Fire

Caribou-Targhee National Forest Teton, Idaho Teton Basin Ranger District

Use prescribed fire to treat a 6,900-acre landscape of mixed aspen, conifer, mountain brush.

Location

Between Pine Creek & Holter Creek drainages in the Big Hole Mountains.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/14/2008
2
Comment Period
04/14/2008
3
Decision
09/2008 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2008 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements
Red Creek Prescribed FireDecision Signed Date: 09/29/2008 Legal Notice Date: 10/03/2008
ForestsCaribou-Targhee National Forest
DistrictsTeton Basin Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT 3N R 44E S 3-5,9-11,14,15 & T 4N R 44E S32-34
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Wildlife, fish, rare plants