Environmental Assessment Completed

Bear Tornado Recovery Project [8]

Payette National Forest Adams, Idaho Council Ranger District

A salvage recovery effort of the Bear Tornado Blowdown Area to recover timber resources & reduce the risk of wildfire & bark beetles associated with tornado damaged forests.

Location

Bear Creek and Lick Creek Subwatersheds

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/14/2006
2
Objection Period Start
08/25/2006
3
Decision
10/2006 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2006 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface; Hfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics)
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage)
Bear Tornado Recovery ProjectDecision Signed Date: 10/19/2006 Legal Notice Date: 10/19/2006
ForestsPayette National Forest
DistrictsCouncil Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT20N, R3W, portions of Sections 24,25,26,27,32,33,34; T20N, R2W, portions of Sections 1,2,3,8,9,10,16,17,18,19; T21N, R2W, portions of Sections 25,35,36; T21N, R1W, portions of Sections19,20,29,30
Forest productsFuels management