Treat vegetation using prescribed fire and mechanical treatments in order to reduce fuel loads and to create a more desirable fire regime.
Location
Treatments will be within the Cassia Division in three watersheds - Rock Creek MA, Trapper Creek MA, and Shoshone Creek MA.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
11/20/2014
2
Objection Period Start
01/07/2016
3
Decision
02/2016 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
02/2016 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Hfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements |
| Rock Creek Fuels & Vegetation Project | Decision Signed Date: 02/16/2016 |
| Forests | Sawtooth National Forest |
| Districts | Minidoka Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |