Environmental Assessment Completed

Deer Creek Road Realignment Project

Sawtooth National Forest Blaine, Idaho Ketchum Ranger District

Relocate 3200 feet of the Deer Creek road out of the floodplain; Remove 3 bridges crossing Deer Creek; Install one bridge crossing North Fork Creek; Restore 1/2 mile of Deer Creek Road in the floodplain.

Location

Deer Creek watershed on the Ketchum Ranger District.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
11/20/2015
2
Comment Period
02/03/2016
3
Objection Period Start
04/27/2016
4
Decision
07/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Improvements/Construction; Watershed Improvements
Deer Creek Road Realignment and Riparian Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/01/2016
ForestsSawtooth National Forest
DistrictsKetchum Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Watershed managementRoad management