Environmental Assessment Completed

Hemingway-Boulders and White Clouds Wilderness Management Plan

Sawtooth National Forest Blaine; Custer, Idaho Sawtooth National Recreation Area

Develop Interagency (FS & BLM) Wilderness Management Plan for 2 new Wilderness Areas. Complete Forest Plan Amendment creating a new Management Area (MA) for new Wilderness areas; add direction in the MA, and changes in MPC for the lands affected.

Location

Sawtooth National Recreation Area

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
11/21/2016
2
Comment Period
10/27/2017
3
05/08/2018
4
Objection Period Start
05/08/2018
5
Decision
08/2018 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
08/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityPlan Amendment; Special Area Management; Wilderness Management
Hemingway-Boulders and White Clouds Wilderness Management PlanDecision Signed Date: 08/21/2018
ForestsSawtooth National Forest
DistrictsSawtooth National Recreation Area
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Recreation managementSpecial area managementLand management planning