Environmental Assessment Completed

Bridge Creek Forest Management Project

Caribou-Targhee National Forest Bonneville; Caribou, Idaho Soda Springs Ranger District

Proposing to treat approximately 11,000 acres with a combination of harvest, mechanical and prescribed fire treatments. To facilitate removal of timber existing roads would be improved and temporary roads constructed.

Location

The Bridge Creek Forest Management Project is in Caribou and Bonneville Counties, approximately 3 miles northeast of Wayan, ID in the Grays River and Lower Salt River watersheds.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/11/2019
2
Comment Period
12/26/2019
3
Objection Period Start
06/16/2020
4
Decision
11/2020 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
11/2020 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Roadless Area Management; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green)
Bridge Creek Forest Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 11/09/2020
ForestsCaribou-Targhee National Forest
DistrictsSoda Springs Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSections 9-10, 15-16, 21-29, 32-36, T4S R44E, Sections 5,12 T5S R43E, Sections 1-18, 21-25 T5S R44E, Sections 5-9, 15-22, 28-30, 32 T5S R45E of the Boise Meridian, Caribou County, ID.
Forest productsFuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)