Prescribed broadcast burning and tree cutting proposal to reduce hazardous fuels in the WUI in and around the Mosquito Flat area
Location
Areas to the immediate south, west, and north of the Mosquito Flat area. Generally, the headwater drainage of the Challis creek watershed, approximately 8 air miles west of Challis, ID.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
06/27/2012
2
Objection Period Start
12/22/2016
3
Decision
02/2017 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
05/2017 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Hfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green) |
| Mosquito Flat Fuels Reduction Project Decision Notice/FONSI | Decision Signed Date: 02/01/2017 |
| Forests | Salmon-Challis National Forest |
| Districts | Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T14N, R17E, S33 |