Gateway Maintenance Burning
Utilize prescribed fire along with minor amounts of slashing, hand piling, and machine piling to treat fuels in the urban interface. The area experienced fire on a 10-25 year interval historically. Treatments are designed to mimic this pattern.
Project Summary
Location Summary:
Tobacco Plains, north of Eureka MT, approx 2200 acres
Project Milestones:
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| Scoping Start | 05/28/2009 |
| Comment Period | 12/22/2011 |
| Decision | 02/2012 (Estimated) |
| Implementation | 02/2012 (Estimated) |
Expected Analysis Type:
Environmental Assessment
Special Authority:
Not Applicable / Other
Lead Management Unit:
Rexford Ranger District
Notice and Comment Regulation:
215
Project Purpose:
Facility Management; Fuels Management; Vegetation Management (Other Than Forest Products); Wildlife, Fish, Rare Plants
Project Activity:
Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Species Habitat Improvements
Current Status:
Completed
Project Decision Information
Gateway Maintenance Burning
Decision Signed Date: 02/07/2012
Forests:
Kootenai National Forest
Districts:
Rexford Ranger District
States:
Montana
Counties:
Lincoln
Legal Land Description:
all or parts of T37N, R27W
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Pat Price
949 US Hwy 93 N
Eureka, MT 59917-9550
406-296-7163
pprice@fs.fed.us
Last Updated: 2/7/2012