Environmental Assessment Completed

Medora Vegetation Management Project

Dakota Prairie Grasslands Billings; Golden Valley; Slope, North Dakota Medora Ranger District

Proposing to authorize continued grazing and vegetation management under an adaptive management strategy within 5 sub-units consisting of 93 allotments which responds to the goals and objectives outlined in the DPG Land and Resource Management Plan.

Location

Five subareas: Bell Lake/Wannigan/Medora, Elkhorn, North Central Billings, South Central Billings, South West Billings

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/23/2024
2
Comment Period
05/10/2025
3
Decision
12/2025 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
01/2026 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Grazing Allotment Management; Noxious Weed Treatments; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements; Grazing Structural Improvements
Medora Vegetation Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 12/04/2025
ForestsDakota Prairie Grasslands
DistrictsMedora Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsGrazing managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management