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
07/02/2019
2
Comment Period
08/09/2019
3
Decision
04/2020 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
05/2020 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.3 (9) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Species Habitat Improvements; Timber Sales (Green) |
| Flatiron Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Reduction Project | Decision Signed Date: 04/24/2020 |
| Forests | Caribou-Targhee National Forest |
| Districts | Palisades Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |