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Note: Not all projects may appear on map. See list below for complete list of projects with more information or documentation.
NEPA Project Updates
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Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
SOPA Reports
The Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) contains a list of proposed
actions for Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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.
The project proposes to reduce wildfire risk to communities, infrastructure, and ecosystems in the path of potential, future wildfires. The Buttermilk Fuel Break is southwest of the town of Boulder, MT and other fuel break is north of Basin, MT.
Amendment to the revised 2009 Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. This amendment will apply wildlife standard 7 to National Forest System lands that meet the criteria for Canada lynx habitat management.
The project proposes to reduce hazardous fuels, improve wildlife habitat, increase aspen, and improve/maintain resilient forest conditions. Actions include a combination of slashing, pre-commercial thinning, and prescribed fire on 33,430 acres.
To respond to the wildfire crisis, the project proposes to reduce potential wildfire threat to nearby communities and critical infrastructure. The fuel break runs east to west along the front country of the Anaconda Pintler Wilderness.
This project is needed to improve trail conditions around the popular Georgetown Lake area. Trail work expected is a combination of winter cross-country skiing, hiking, biking, and ATV trail.
The proposed project is to help restore and maintain the structure, function, composition and ecological connectivity of the forest system in order to increase resiliency to future natural disturbance events like wildfire, insects, and disease.
The project is proposed to reduce hazardous fuel loading and fire severity, provide opportunities to reduce wildfire risk to adjacent communities, and improve overall forest health and ecological function toward desired future conditions.
This project is being developed to treat vegetation in the project area by reducing hazardous fuels, commercial timber harvest, and thinning stands using non-commercial methods.
The Strawberry to Cascade Allotment Management Plan is currently on hold. Due to shifts in agency priorities, NEPA projects not specifically tied to timber and vegetation management objectives will be completed as limited staffing and resources allow
The project was developed with a total of 1,342 acres of activities, with 1,190 acres for commercial and 152 acres for non-commercial treatments to limit spread of insects/disease and improve forest health.
Project Archive
Some of our older projects can be accessed in our Project Archive.
Carbon stewardship
Climate change adaptation
Environmental justice
Facility management
Forest products
Fuels management
Grazing management
Heritage resource management
Land acquisition
Land management planning
Land ownership management
Minerals and geology
Projects that may affect wilderness (for mailing list contacts)
Recreation management
Regulations, directives, orders
Research
Road management
Special area management
Special use management
Unknown
Vegetation management (other than forest products)
