Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Meadows Slope Wildland Fire Protection Project [44]

Payette National Forest Adams; Valley, Idaho New Meadows Ranger District

Create fuelbreak of 6,452 acres through timber harvest (3292 acres), non-commercial thinning, and prescribed burning (4773 acres). Riparian Conservation Area Treatment (939 acres) includes hand piling and some prescribed burning.

Location

Northeast of New Meadows along 13 miles of National Forest boundary from New Meadows to McCall

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
12/02/2002
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
10/08/2004
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
05/20/2005
4
Objection Period Start
05/09/2005
5
Decision
12/2005 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
02/2006 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Timber Sales (Green)
Meadows Slope Wildland Fire Protection Project Record of DecisionDecision Signed Date: 12/30/2005 Legal Notice Date: 01/20/2006
ForestsPayette National Forest
DistrictsNew Meadows Ranger District; McCall Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT19N R2E Sec.4,9,15,16,22,23, 25-27, 34-36 and T19N R3E Sec. 31, and T20N R2E Sec. 20, 21, 28, and 33
Road managementForest productsFuels management