Salmon Municipal Watershed Restoration
Use thinning treatments and prescribed fire to reduce hazardous fuel loading, restore forest resilience to insects and disease, reduce unauthorized usage that lowers water quality, and improve wildland firefighter safety.
Project Summary
Location Summary:
Jesse Creek drainage and its vicinity, west of the City of Salmon, Idaho, including some BLM land east of the Forest boundary.
Project Milestones:
Milestone | Date |
---|---|
Scoping Start | 02/01/2018 |
Comment Period | 02/01/2018 |
Objection Period Start | 08/16/2018 |
Decision | 09/2018 (Estimated) |
Implementation | 06/2019 (Estimated) |
Expected Analysis Type:
Environmental Assessment
Special Authority:
Hfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface; Hfra Title I: Municipal Watersheds
Lead Management Unit:
Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District
Notice and Comment Regulation:
218 (2013) HFRA
Project Purpose:
Watershed Management; Fuels Management
Project Activity:
Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Watershed Improvements
Current Status:
Completed
Project Decision Information
Salmon Municipal Watershed
Decision Signed Date: 09/27/2018
Salmon Municipal Watershed Restoration
Decision Signed Date: 09/27/2018
Forests:
Salmon-Challis National Forest
Districts:
Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District
States:
Idaho
Counties:
Lemhi
Legal Land Description:
Not Applicable
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Wade Mcphetridge
311 McPherson
Salmon, ID 83467
(208) 865-2733
wmcphetridge@fs.fed.us
Last Updated: 8/15/2019