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This project, also known as Mitchell-Jackson, is a Non-time Critical Removal Action to reduce fuels adjacent to OU3 to reduce the potential of wildfires moving into OU3.
Note: Not all projects may appear on map. See list below for complete list of projects with more information or documentation.
SOPA Reports
The Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) contains a list of proposed
actions for Kootenai National Forest that will soon begin or are currently undergoing environmental
analysis and documentation. It provides information so that you can become
aware of and indicate your interest in specific proposals. We encourage your
early and ongoing involvement in any proposals of interest to you.
Construct a 6.6 mile segment of the PNT between Abayance Bay Marina and the north side of the Pinkham Creek canyon and another 0.8 mile segment between the sound side of Pinkham Creek canyon and the Koocanusa Bridge to move trail off of HWY 37.
Improve safe operations to the visiting public on 4.9 acres not currently authorized under existing special use permit. Allow for increased parking and construction of berms, targets, benches & additional safety operations including reduced noise.
rehabilitation of deteriorating road system which is currently closed to all public motorized use, and prevent future mass wasting, sediment delivery and erosion from the road system to Dry Creek and related minor tributaries.
This project includes fuel and vegetation management through commercial timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning and fuel grinding. Also includes 1.81 miles of road storage, 1 mile of temporary road construction, and 0.23 miles of trail construction.
Improve forest health and wildlife habitat by reducing natural fuel build-up and promoting plant vigor. Proposed activities include non-harvest fuels thinning, hand piling, and prescribed fire.
Vegetation management via precommercial and commercial harvest, & burning of activity fuels only within previously managed, second growth stands across the Forest. The project is part of the Montana Governor's Forest in Focus Initiative.
The U.S. Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement to inform a decision about the designation of trails and areas of the Kootenai National Forest which would be open to over-snow motorized vehicle use.
Montanore Minerals Corporation (MMC) proposes to conduct underground mineral exploration activities beneath public lands administered by the Kootenai National Forest (KNF).
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
Great American Outdoors Act project to modernize and redesign of campsites, boat launch road access, overflow, and parking at North Dickey Lake Campground.
We are proposing timber harvest; mechanical and hand piling of fuels; wildlife and aquatic habitat improvement such as prescribed burning and stream restoration work.
This project is cancelled because it has been incorporated into another project. The updated project name and tracking number is Smeads Pilgrim Motorized Trails Reroute - #64079.
Operators of the Stargazing mine are proposing a mining operation that would remove approximately 100 tons of placer material from the mountainside and set up three core drilling sites to explore for minerals.
Provide management access to Stimson Lumber Company lands through National Forest land. Two short segments of new road, totaling about 2600 feet (about 3 acres), would replace access on costly and currently inaccessible National Forest System roads.
Use vegetation management treatments to improve forest conditions, hazardous fuels levels, and wildlife habitat; proposal may also include transportation management, watershed improvement, and noxious weed treatment in an area southeast of Libby, MT.
Designation of over-snow motorized use areas and non-snow trail management.The Forest Service has undertaken a new Forest-Wide over-snow project to include the Ten Lakes Wilderness Study Area project, combined, as of 4/26/2024.
The Kootenai National Forest is proposing to upgrade facilities and address deferred maintenance at Timberlane Campground. Major improvements to accommodate modern day recreation vehicles are needed.
