Exploratory Drilling Project informational meeting – Sandpoint Ranger District

Release Date: Jan 29, 2018

Sandpoint, Idaho (January 29, 2018) – The Idaho Panhandle National Forests will be hosting an informational meeting about the Green Mountain Exploratory Drilling Project Plan of Operations.  The public meeting will be held on Thursday, February 8, 2018 from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the Sandpoint Ranger District Office located at 1602 Ontario Street, Sandpoint, Idaho 83864.  The meeting will allow the public to learn and ask questions about the proposed project.

Pend Oreille Silica Inc. has requested to conduct exploratory drilling on National Forest System lands.  The company has proposed one site for exploration from which two exploratory holes will be drilled to a maximum depth of 200 feet.  The project area is located within the Sand Creek-Lake Pend Oreille watershed on the Sandpoint Ranger District.  All lands disturbed during the activities in this proposal would be reclaimed, and disturbed areas would be reseeded.

For more information, please visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=52562 or contact Courtney Priddy at (208) 765-7207.

 

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