Environmental Assessment Cancelled

Hoffman Area Mountain Pine Beetle Infested Tree Removal Project

Caribou-Targhee National Forest Bonneville, Idaho Palisades Ranger District

Remove lodgepole pine trees infested with Mountain Pine Beetles in the area around Hoffman Summer Home and McCoy Creek Campgrounds, which are dead, dying, and hazard trees.

Location

The area surrounding of the Hoffman Summer Home and McCoy Creek Campgrounds, near the Southwest shore of Palisades Reservoir

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
11/30/2010
2
Comment Period
01/2011 (Estimated)
3
Objection Period Start
03/2011 (Estimated)
4
Decision
05/2011 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2011 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics)
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Special Use Authorizations; Timber Sales (Salvage)
ForestsCaribou-Targhee National Forest
DistrictsPalisades Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT3S, R46E, Sec.5, and 8
Facility managementRecreation managementFuels management