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In December 2025 and March 2026, Montana and Idaho were affected by severe wind events. Idaho Panhandle, Nez Perce-Clearwater, Lolo, Flathead, Bitterroot, and Kootenai Forests are proposing removal of wind damaged trees, fuel reduction, and replanting activities. Comment period June 23 to June 29, 2026. Find out more at the link above.
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 the map. See the list below for a more complete list.
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The Forest Service follows NEPA regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Under this rule, Forest Service officials determine which proposed projects are shared for public input.
The agency no longer issues a schedule of proposed actions (SOPA) report. Below is the current list of proposed projects available for review—your opportunity to learn more, share feedback, and stay engaged in decisions that shape the future of our public lands.
Salvage harvest in areas affected by the December 2025 and March 2026 wind events. Proposed activities would include the removal of commercial products that are blown over or otherwise wind damaged. Material would be brought to a landing area and processed.
Prescribed burning of hazardous fuels in the WUI; vegetation management, meadow encroachment reduction, thinning, aspen enhancement; wildlife habitat improvement, reduction of non-native invasive species and noxious weeds; travel system management.
Salvage harvest in areas affected by the December 2025 and March 2026 wind events. Proposed activities would include the removal of commercial products that are blown over or otherwise wind damaged. Material would be brought to a landing area and processed.
Hazardous fuel reduction activities, including on Forest Service lands in the Wildland Urban Interface in the Glen Lake, Sinclair Creek, and Ksanka foothills areas.
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.
We are proposing to complete motorized over-snow planning across the forest to comply with the Travel Management Rule in the Over-snow Motorized Use Travel Plan. This travel plan includes National
Forest System lands on the Libby, Cabinet, Three Rivers, Fortine and Rexford Ranger Districts.
The Northwest Montana Gold Prospectors Ace Placer is located adjacent to the Libby Creek Recreational Gold Panning Area and would occur on an already existing mining operation site. The proponent has requested permission to expand their operation adjacent to the current operation.
Treatment of approximately 402 acres to remove dead, dying, and at-risk Douglas-fir to address ongoing Douglas-fir beetle outbreak. Activity to occur in the Trego, Dickey Lake, Ant Flat Area.
Treat approximately 1,371 acres of Douglas-fir beetle National Forest System lands with timber harvest to reduce risk, recover economic value, and reduce fuels in the wildland urban interface.
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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.
The Comprehensive Plan will develop administrative and management objectives and practices and desired conditions for the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail on public lands in Forest Service Regions 1 and Regions 6.
The original proposal included timber harvest and prescribed fire on National Forest Service lands in Pilgrim Creek near the community of Noxon, Montana. Activities to still be completed include 219 acres of timber harvest, ~4,564 acres of burning, 370 acres of planting and road storage work.
Vegetation Management, Fuels Management, and Transportation Management in the Pinkham and Meadow Planning Areas of the Rexford and Fortine Ranger Districts.
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 is a supplemental EA. Potential project activities would focus on forest health issues including insect and disease, hazardous fuels reduction, and restoration activities and may include vegetation and road management, watershed improvements, and noxious weed treatments.
Alternative 2 include regeneration harvest, intermediate harvest, regeneration harvest with opening over 40 acres, non-harvest fuel treatments, pre-commercial thinning, road decommissioning and storage, road construction and maintenance, road work to improve the watershed and recreation improvements
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.
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.
Fuels Reduction Project east/northeast of Yaak, MT. This project aims to restore forest stands and enhance forest resiliency by shifting stands from their current condition towards desired conditions, as outlined in the Forest Plan.