Decision Memo Completed

Wapiti Fire Salvage

Salmon-Challis National Forest Custer, Idaho Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District

Salvage harvesting of dead and imminently dead lodgepole pine. The proposed project would designate 250 acres for salvage and sanitation cutting with no new road construction and no more than 0.5 mile of temporary road.

Location

Stanley Basin, approximately 11 air miles northwest of the town of Stanley, Idaho.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/13/2024
2
Decision
07/2025 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2025 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (13), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(13)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Salvage)
Wapiti Fire SalvageDecision Signed Date: 07/22/2025
ForestsSalmon-Challis National Forest
DistrictsChallis-Yankee Fork Ranger District; Middle Fork Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Forest products