Use prescribed fire to treat 1533 acres to improve the declining aspen population and decadent brush species to create a diversity of age classes for wildlife and critical summer range for big game species as well as for public safety.
Location
Unit- Palisades Ranger District. State- Idaho. County-Bonneville. Legal- Township 1N, Range 44E, Sections 19, 20, 28-30. The project area is located 5 miles south of Swan Valley, Idaho.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
08/15/2011
2
Comment Period
09/14/2011
3
Decision
04/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
05/2013 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Species Habitat Improvements |
| Flatiron Decision Memo | Decision Signed Date: 04/26/2013 (FS Withdrawn) |
| Forests | Caribou-Targhee National Forest |
| Districts | Palisades Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |