Reduce natural fuel accumulations creating the potential for uncharacteristic wildfires with precommercial thining followed with prescribed fire; this would reduce ladder & surface fuels, reduce wildfire risk& improve resiliency of landscape
Location
south side of Scalawag Ridge down to South Fork Sherman Creek, and just southeast of Paradise Peak
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
04/21/2011
2
Decision
03/2012 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
05/2012 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels) |
| Paradise Peak Big Game Improvement Project | Decision Signed Date: 03/02/2012 |
| Forests | Colville National Forest |
| Districts | Three Rivers Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T36N R35E S33, 34, 35 and 36; T36N R36E S31, 32;T35N R35E S5, 6; T35N R36E S1-4, 10-12 |