Decision Memo Completed

Sloans Point Forest Resilience Project

Payette National Forest Valley, Idaho Payette National Forest All Units

The McCall Ranger District proposes to manage forest structure and species composition to recover from insect and disease disturbances and improve forest landscape resiliency by implementing a suite of vegetation management treatments on <3000 acres.

Location

The 2273 acre project area is in the Kennally Creek Subwatershed in and is accessed by the Paddy Flat Road east of Donnelly, Idaho.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/31/2020
2
Decision
10/2020 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
12/2020 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.3 (5)
Special AuthorityHfra Title Vi: Insect And Disease Projects
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green)
Sloans Point Forest Resilience ProjectDecision Signed Date: 10/26/2020
ForestsPayette National Forest
DistrictsMcCall Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSec 1 of T16N, R4E; Secs 5, 6, and 7 of T16N, R5E; Sec 25 of T17N, R4E; and Secs 19, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33 of T17N, R5E, Boise Meridian, Valley County, Idaho.
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementForest products