Environmental Assessment Completed

Moose Creek Channel Restoration Project

Salmon-Challis National Forest Lemhi, Idaho Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District

The Forest Service is proposing to reconstruct the Moose Creek channel through dredge tailings to recreate meanders, connect placer ponds and reduce streambank erosion.

Location

Moose Creek Watershed, Salmon/Cobalt RD, Salmon-Challis NF

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/10/2007
2
Comment Period
04/15/2010
3
Decision
06/2010 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2011 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityDirective Creation/Modification; Abandoned Mine Land Clean-Up; Watershed Improvements
Moose Creek Channel Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 06/01/2010 Legal Notice Date: 06/03/2010
ForestsSalmon-Challis National Forest
DistrictsSalmon-Cobalt Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT. 23N., R. 20 E., Section 11 & 12 Boise Principle Meridian
Minerals and geologyWatershed management