Colville National Forest — Project Detail

Vegetation management, fuels management, and aquatic restoration.

A project to conduct vegetation and fuels management, meadow restoration, aquatic restoration, and other work in the Tonata Trout project area.

New bike park and alpine roller coaster for summer use. Expansion of snowmaking to include additional terrain and reservoirs. Modification of 4 ski trails to improve access. Construction of Saddle Lodge and restrooms.

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Maintain Meadows by removing encroaching conifers and maintaining infrastructure (e.g. exclosures, boulders).

Improve forest health and resilience to disturbance through 13,000 acres of forest thinning, and improve aquatic and wildlife habitat with over 6 miles of instream restoration projects.

Salvage trees within previously identified units of the Swamp Creek sale area that burned in the Tacoma Creek Fire.

Installation of a fish management structure on Upper West Branch LeClerc Creek for the purpose of non-native trout eradication by WDFW and Kalispel Tribe

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Up to 2,900 acres of forest health treatments, about 4 miles of hand and machine fireline to support prescribed fire underburning, about 3 miles of temporary road access to treatment units, reconstruction of about 5 miles of existing non-system road templates (all 8 miles would be decommissioned).

Create a range of forest structural stages that supports resilience and is compatible with characteristic disturbance processes (wildland fire, insects and diseases), and supports aquatic and terrestrial habitat conditions and associated species.

This is a multi-faceted project focusing on restoring healthy forests, connecting lands and people, improving watershed function, and providing economic stability.

Approximately 200 acres of fire salvage within the Little Tacoma Creek Stewardship Sale area. To view the FANEC, please visit the public Pinyon site: https://usfs-public.app.box.com/v/PinyonPublic/folder/362928529671

Dead and dying fire-damaged trees between 7 in and 21 in dbh will be salvaged on approximately 137 acres from within the fire perimeter. Approximately 270 trees over 21 in dbh have been identified as safety concerns and/or hazard trees to be removed.

Analyze the options for management of grazing in the LeClerc Creek drainage.

Project includes culvert replacements, installing aquatic organism passages, bridge work, and historic streambed reconstruction. Activities will occur on/along State Highway 20 between Kettle Falls and Republic, WA.

The Comprehensive Plan will develop administrative and management objectives and practices and desired conditions for the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail on public lands in Forest Service Regions 1 and Regions 6.

The Pacific Northwest Region is collaborating with nine Forests to develop a region-wide project to protect whitebark pine trees (Pinus albicaulis) that have a high level of white pine blister rust resistance.

Removal of Hazard Trees from the Ferry Lake Campground to provide for public safety.