Environmental Assessment Completed

Goose Creek Sage-Grouse Habitat Restoration Project

Sawtooth National Forest Cassia, Idaho Minidoka Ranger District

The Sawtooth National Forest, Minidoka Ranger District, is proposing approximately 18,488 acres of hand thinning and 13,816 acres of mechanical treatment of juniper to maintain and improve sage-grouse habitat in the Goose Creek area of the Cassia Div

Location

Goose creek watershed in the Cassia Division.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/08/2016
2
Comment Period
01/23/2018
3
Objection Period Start
11/08/2018
4
Decision
01/2019 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2019 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements; Watershed Improvements
Goose Creek Sage-Grouse Habitat Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 01/29/2019
ForestsSawtooth National Forest
DistrictsMinidoka Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed managementVegetation management (other than forest products)