Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Upper North Fork HFRA Ecosystem Restoration Project

Salmon-Challis National Forest Lemhi, Idaho North Fork Ranger District

Integrated hazardous fuels & forest restoration project in the Upper North Fork Watershed. Approx. 41,000 acre planning area from Gibbonsville to Lost Trail Ski Area being considered for treatments. Three Idaho Roadless Areas are in the project area.

Location

Upper North Fork Watershed of the Salmon River

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
08/03/2011
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
03/21/2014
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
07/25/2014
4
Objection Period Start
07/31/2014
5
Decision
10/2014 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
01/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Plan Amendment; Noxious Weed Treatments; Roadless Area Management; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
ForestsSalmon-Challis National Forest
DistrictsNorth Fork Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionPortions of T27N, R20-R22E and T26N, R20-22E, Boise Meridian
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsRoad management