Environmental Assessment Completed

Granite Goose Landscape Restoration Project

Payette National Forest Adams; Idaho; Valley, Idaho McCall Ranger District

The Granite Goose Landscape Restoration Project is a landscape scale effort to improve conditions across multiple resource areas including vegetation, watersheds, roads, and recreation.

Location

North and east of New Meadows, Idaho and north and west of McCall, Idaho

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/09/2023
2
Comment Period
01/05/2024
3
Objection Period Start
11/26/2025
4
Decision
04/2026 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2026 (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; Trail Management; Roadless Area Management; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Granite Goose Landscape Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 04/14/2026
ForestsPayette National Forest
DistrictsMcCall Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Recreation managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsFuels managementWatershed managementRoad management