Decision Memo Completed

Starhope Fuels Reduction Prescribed Burn

Salmon-Challis National Forest Custer, Idaho Lost River Ranger District

Treat excessive dead and down firewood slash on 315 acres by means of broadcast burning 40 to 70% of the project area.

Location

The proposed action area is located at the end of the Copper Basin Loop between Muldoon Canyon and Starhope Creek.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/17/2011
2
Decision
02/2012 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
05/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNational Fire Plan - Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Decision Memo Starhope Fuels Reduction Prescribed Burn ProjectDecision Signed Date: 02/22/2012
ForestsSalmon-Challis National Forest
DistrictsLost River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT5N, R21E, S22, 23, 26 and 27, BM.
Fuels management