The Natural Resource Conservation Service is requesting authorization for the continued operation of manual snow course and automated SNOTEL sites to collect hydrometeorological and climatic data for purposes of water supply forecasting.
Location
Bear Saddle on the Weiser RD, Squaw Flat on the Council RD, Brundage Reservoir and West Branch on the New Meadows RD, and Bear Basin, Secesh Summit, and Lake Fork Guard Station on the McCall RD
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
04/07/2011
2
Decision
01/2012 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
03/2012 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| Decision Memo | Decision Signed Date: 01/30/2012 |
| Forests | Payette National Forest |
| Districts | Payette National Forest All Units |
| Legal Land Description | T 15N, R 5W, sec. 30, T 17N, R 2E, sec. 32, T 20N, R 3E, sec. 30, T 20N, R 1W, sec. 15, T 19N., R 3E., sec. 30, T 21N., R 4E., sec. 4, and T 18N., R 4E., sec. 3; Boise Meridian, Idaho |