Environmental Assessment Cancelled

McKay-Engle

Kootenai National Forest Sanders, Montana Cabinet Ranger District

Build resistance and resiliency to disturbance through vegetation management, reduce hazardous fuels, provide forest products, and build whitebark pine resistance to blister rust through restoration and planting

Location

Approximately 10 miles northwest of Trout Creek, Montana, in the McKay, Orr, and Rock Creek drainages in Sanders County

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/15/2021
2
Comment Period
07/2025 (Estimated)
3
Objection Period Start
12/2025 (Estimated)
4
Decision
04/2026 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2026 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Species Population Enhancements; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green)
ForestsKootenai National Forest
DistrictsCabinet Ranger District
Legal Land Descriptionportions of sections 4-6 of T25N, R31W; 1 and 2 of T25N, R32W; 7, 16-21, and 28-33 of T26N, R31W; 9-16, 21-28, 33-36 of T26N, R32W, PMM
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementRoad management