Environmental Assessment Completed

North Island Park WUI

Caribou-Targhee National Forest Fremont, Idaho Ashton/Island Park

Proposes to reduce hazardous fuels adjacent to private property on approximately 950 acres. A fuel break would be created in three treatment units by thinning, hand-piling, commercial logging, firewood gathering and prescribed burning.

Location

North Island park area near Henry's Lake - Bighorn Hills Estate, Bootjack area, Meadow Creek area, and Moose Creek Summer Homes

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/29/2007
2
Comment Period
06/21/2013
3
Objection Period Start
06/10/2015
4
Decision
07/2015 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green)
North Island Park WUIDecision Signed Date: 07/21/2015
ForestsCaribou-Targhee National Forest
DistrictsAshton/Island Park
Legal Land DescriptionBighorn Hills Estates T.15N., R.44E., Secs 6 & 7; Bootjack T.15N., R.43E., Secs 28-30 & T.15N. R.42E. Sec 25; Meadow Cr. T.14N., R.44E., Secs 3, 4, 10, 15, 21, & 22; Moose Cr. T.13N., R.44E., Sec 4.
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management