Colville National Forest — Project Detail

Salvage operations in high severity and adjacent moderate severity areas within the fire perimeter. Temporary road construction and road maintenance will be completed in support of salvage operations. Hazardous fuels reduction and reforestation will also be completed.

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.

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

Apply restoration treatments across the Harvey Creek Subwatershed to improve watershed and habitat forming function.

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.

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).

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

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).

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.

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