Use thinning treatments and prescribed fire to reduce hazardous fuel loading, restore forest resilience to insects and disease, reduce unauthorized usage that lowers water quality, and improve wildland firefighter safety.
Location
Jesse Creek drainage and its vicinity, west of the City of Salmon, Idaho, including some BLM land east of the Forest boundary.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
02/01/2018
2
Comment Period
02/01/2018
3
Objection Period Start
08/16/2018
4
Decision
09/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2019 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Hfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface; Hfra Title I: Municipal Watersheds |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Watershed Improvements |
| Salmon Municipal Watershed | Decision Signed Date: 09/27/2018 |
| Salmon Municipal Watershed Restoration | Decision Signed Date: 09/27/2018 |
| Forests | Salmon-Challis National Forest |
| Districts | Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |