Treat approximately 3000 acres with mechanical thinning and prescribe underburn approximately 12000 acres to reduce hazardous natural fuels. Treatment area has been classified as wildland urban interface by Lemhi County.
Location
Hughes Creek drainage 6 miles north of North Fork, Idaho
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
05/10/2007
2
Objection Period Start
01/15/2009
3
Decision
03/2009 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
03/2009 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Hfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface; Stewardship Contract, Consolidated Appropriations Resolution Of 2003 |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels) |
| DN/FONSI Hughes Creek Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project | Decision Signed Date: 03/05/2009 |
| Forests | Salmon-Challis National Forest |
| Districts | North Fork Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T25N, R20E, Sec. 1-3,10-14; T25N, R21E, Sec. 3-10, 16-21; T26N, R20E, Sec. 25, 26, 35, 36; T26N, R21E, Sec. 20, 21, 28-34, B.M. |