Kootenai National Forest

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Fuels,

Timber Sales

Koocanusa East Shore Hazardous Fuel Reduction

T37N, R27W, Sections 19, 20, 29, 30-32; T36N, R28W, Sections 1, 2, 11, 14, 15, 21, 22, and 28; T36N, R27W, Sections 6-8. Fourteen miles west of Eureka. Approximately 1,425 acres of timber harvest and prescribed burning (596 acres of commercial thinning and prescribed burning, 387 acres of precommercial thinning and prescribed burning, and 442 acres of prescribed burning only). Proposed categorical exclusion, category 10.

Decision

Memo

Signed 9/17/03

Completed

2003

Megan Strom

296-7195

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Timber Sales,

Fuels

Eureka Green Boxes Limited Timber Harvest

T36N, R27W, Section 30. Four miles SW of Eureka. Approximately 70 acres of timber harvest (commercial thinning) and prescribed burning (underburning and excavator piling/burning) to reduce hazardous fuels in the urban interface. Proposed categorical exclusion, category 10.

Decision

Memo

Signed 9/26/03

Completed

2003

Phil Emery

296-7125

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Timber Sales, Fuels, Silviculture, Watershed Restoration

Lower Big Creek

T33-36N, R29-31W. Big Creek drainage including North Fork and South Fork of Big Creek.  Approximately 3,625 acres of timber harvest and prescribed burning; 1,100 acres of underburning without harvest; road decommissioning, storage, and reconstruction; project-specific Forest Plan amendments for hiding cover and movement cooridors; harvest openings greater than 40 acres.

Analyzing Effects

March 2004

2004

Chris Fox

296-7155

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Special Use

Town of Rexford Waterline and Sewage Lagoon Permit

 T36N, R28W, Section 22. Rexford townsite area. Renewal of existing permit for a water transmission  line and sewage lagoon on approximately 8  acres. Includes the upgrade of a 400 foot water pipe.

Decision Memo Pending

December 2003

2003

Eric Heyn 296-2536

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Special Use

Marvel Special Use Road Permit

T37N, R28W, Section 35. Renewal of a permit to use and maintain 1,056 feet of road access across federal lands to access private lands.

Decision

Memo

Signed 9/23/03

Completed

2003

Eric Heyn

296-2536

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Special Use

Marvel Special Use Irrigation Ditch Permit

T37N, R28W, Section 35. Renewal of a permit to use and maintain approximately 0.5 miles of irrigation ditch, a sump box at the diversion point, and up to 200' of 6” irrigation pipe on federal lands.

Decision

Memo

Signed 9/23/03

Completed

2003

Eric Heyn

296-2536

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Special Use

MT. State Highway Department Storage and Maintenance Site and Road Access Special Use Permit

T36N, R28W, Section 12. Renewal of a permit to use a storage yard containing a sand storage shed, maintenance garage and storage garage, and 900' of existing access road on 5.01 acres of federal land.

Decision

Memo

Signed 9/23/03

Completed

2003

Eric Heyn

296-2536

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Special Use

Hoover Special Use Road Permit

T36N, R28, Section 12. Rexford area.  Renewal of existing road access. Access is 150 feet in length.

Decision

Memo

Signed 9/23/03

Completed

2003

Eric Heyn 296-2536

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Special Use

Woodard Special Use Road Users Association Permit

T37N, R28W Section 26. West Kootenai area.  Application submitted by a Road Users Association, requesting access over an existing non-system road on FS lands.  Road is approximately 30 feet in length.

Decision

Memo

Signed 12/1/03

Completed

2003

Eric Heyn 296-2536

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Special Use

Green Special Use Water Transmission Line

T36N, R28W, Section 22. Rexford area. Renewal of existing water transmission line, 200 feet in length.

Decision Memo

Signed 12/1/03

Completed

2003

Eric Heyn 296-2536

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Special Use

Johnson Special Use Road Permit

T35N, R27W.  Request submitted for access on Forest Service Road # 7912.  Road is approximately 3.5 miles.

Decision Memo Pending

January 2004

2004

Eric Heyn 296-2536

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Special Use

Interbel Telephone Company

Renewal of existing permits for buried telephone lines on the Rexford and Fortine Ranger Districts.  

Decision Memo Pending

January 2004

2004

Eric Heyn 296-2536

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Recreation

Lower Inch McGuire Hiking Trail

T34N, R28W, Sections 6, 8, 16, 21. Inch Mtn-Flat Creek area. Work on this non-motorized trail includes reestablishment of  trail tread width, placement of erosion control barriers and  trail alignment for approximately 6 miles.

Analyzing Effects

March 2004

2003

Eric Heyn 296-2536

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Recreation

Pinkham Falls Hiking Trail

T36N, R27W, Section 31. Pinkham Creek area. Establishing non-motorized trail  over former logging skid trails and placement of a new trail segment for approximately 900 feet.

Analyzing Effects

March 2004

2003

Eric Heyn 296-2536

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Recreation

Rails to Trails Hiking Trail

T36N, R27W, Sections 7. Tobacco Bay Area.  Establishment of a non-motorized hiking trail for approximately 1/8 mile.

Analyzing Effects

March 2004

2003

Eric Heyn 296-2536

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Timber Sale, Fuels, Watershed Restoration

Fortine

T33N, R26W, Sections 21-22, 27-29, 31-35; T32; T32N, R28W; Sections 3-11, 14-36; T32N, R27W; Sections 1-2, 11-14, 23-26; T31N, R26W; Sections 3-5, 8-10, 15, and 16; Fortine Watershed. Project includes timber harvest, prescribed burning, watershed restoration, and road decommissioning.  Some openings greater than 40 acres.

Analyzing Effects

May 2004

2004

Joleen Dunham

882-8325

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Timber Sale

Dickey Fire Salvage

T34N, R25W, Sections 14, 15, and 23.  Project would salvage approximately 25 acres of recently burned timber resulting from wildfire.  Categorical Exclusion #13.

Decision

Signed

11/4/03

Completed

2004

Kenny Kindel

 882-8331

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Timber Sale

Murphy Swayback

T34N, R25W, Section 17. Project would commercial thin approximately 68 acres of low elevation Douglas-fir/western larch. Categorical Exclusion # 12.

Decision

Signed

11/3/03

Completed

2004

Kenny Kindel

882-8331

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Fuels

Gibralter Fuels

T36N R25W, T35N R25W. Project would mechanically reduce fuels (thinning, piling, and burning) on approximately 1,000 acres. In addition, approximately 500 acres would be prescribed burned. Proposed categorical exclusion, category 10.

Developing

Proposal

May 2004

2004

Todd

Camm

882-8335

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Timber Sale

Sunny Slopes Beetles

T32N, R25 and 26W, and T33N, R24 and 25W. Project would salvage beetle infested and dead Douglas fir on approximately 250 acres. Categorical Exclusion # 14.

Developing

Proposal

May 2004

2004

Mike

Sartori

882-8311

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Timber Sale

North Fork Yaak

Portions of Sections 10 and 15, T37N, R31W, in the North Fork Yaak River drainage. Category 12.

Decision Signed

9/12/03

Completed

2003

Ed Koberstein

295-7456

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Timber Sale

Crossroads

Portion of Section 1, T31N, R34W, in the Kootenai River drainage near Troy, Montana.  Category 12.

Decision Signed 11/24/03

Completed

2003

Ed Koberstein

295-7456

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Timber Sale

Dutch Oven

Portion of Sections 2, 3, and 35, T34N, R33W, in the Burnt Cr. drainage.  Proposed as Categorical Exclusion (Category 13).

Seeking Public Comment

April 2004

2004

Ed Koberstein

295-7456

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Timber Sales, Fuels, Silviculture,

Watershed Rehabilitation

West Troy

Portions of T32N, R34W; T32N, R34W; T32N, R35W; PMM, Lincoln Co., MT; T58N, R3E; T59N, R2E; T59N, R3E; PMM, Bonner Co., ID; and T60N, R3E, PMM, Boundary Co, ID.  Callahan Creek, Brush Creek, Ruby Creek, and Star Creek are the major drainages.  Activities include managing vegetative conditions suitable for a fire-dependent ecosystem, fuels reduction, improving conditions in old growth habitat, pre-commercial thinning, and watershed rehabilitation including road decommissioning.

Developing Alternatives

June 2004

2004

Jim Benedict

295-7453

Steve Straley

295-7481

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Silviculture

Timber Stand Improvement 2003/2004

West Fork Yaak, T37N, R32W (17 acres); Hensley Hill, T36N, R32W (76 acres); Gus Creek, T35N, R33W (50 acres); Cool Creek, T35N, R32W (25 acres); Cougar Ridge, T33N, R34W (31 acres); South Side Road T61N, R3E (9 acres) and Keeler Creek, T30N, R33/34W (86 acres). Tree thinning and pruning.

Decision Signed

10/10/03

Completed

2004

Joe

Hessenkemper

295-7449

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Watershed Restoration, Fisheries

O'Brien Creek Stream Restoration

Portion of Section 32, T32N, R33W.  Stream stabilization to improve stream conditions and aquatic habitat.

Seeking Public Comment

April 2004

2004

Kris Newgard

295-7416

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Watershed Restoration

Dodge Summit

Portion of Sec. 36, T37N, R30W on old Dodge Summit Road.  Watershed improvement work. Yaak Headwaters Group Partnership.

Seeking Public Comment

April 2004

2004

Kris Newgard

295-7416

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Special Use 

Cool Creek Access Easement

T35N, R32W, Sections 2, 3, 4. Across the Yaak River from Yaak, MT. Access request (less than 1 mile) for use of FS road on FS lands.

Deferred

Dick Harlow

295-7432

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Road Use

Stanley Creek Road Access

Request for a RUP to haul 200 MBF of timber on FS. Rd. 4626 within portions of Sections 35 and 36, T29N, R34W and portions of Section 6, T29N, R34W.

Analyzing Effects

March 2004

2004

Dick Harlow

295-7432

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Timber Sale

Reservoir East

T31N, R29W, Sections 2 and 22.  70 acres of improvement harvests; Canyon Creek dispersed recreation site (50 acres) and 20 acres near the Koocanusa Marina camping site.  Category 12.

Decision Memo Signed 9/9/03

Completed

2004

Denise Beck

283-7504

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Timber Sale,

Fuels, Watershed Restoration

Pipestone

T34N, R32W, Section 36; T34N, R31W, Sections 11,14,15,21-36; T34N, R30W, Section1; T33N, R32W, Sections 1,12,23-5,36; T33N, R31W, Sections 1-36; T33N, R30W, Sections 18-20,29-33; T32N, R32W, Sections 1,12-13,24,25,36; T32N,R31W,Sections 1-36; T32N, R30W, Sections 5-10,15-21,29-32; T31N, R31W, Sections 1-22,29,30; T31N, R30W, Sections 4-9,17,18. Pipe Creek area. Includes Forest Plan ORD, VQO, movement corridors, and hiding cover amendments, openings greater than 40 acres, prescribed burning in the Gold Hill West Inventoried Roadless Area, 99 miles of road decommissioning, .47 miles of road construction on FS lands by Plum Creek, 2 miles of snowmachine trail construction, .24 miles of temporary road construction, 2.18 miles of road reconstruction, .68 miles of permanent road construction, and 4374 acres of prescribed burning.

Decision Pending

December

2003

2004

Leslie Ferguson

283-7568

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Timber Sale, Fuels, Watershed Restoration

South McSwede

T29N,R30W, Sections 28,29,32-34; T28N,R30W, Sections 1,2,9-15,22-27,33-36; T28N, R29W, Sections 7,8,18; T27N, R30W, Sections 4,5,9.  Includes 709 acres of commercial timber harvest, 456 acres of natural fuel reduction, 550 acres of precommercial thinning, 3 miles of temporary road construction, private land access, 5 miles of road decommissioning, 26 miles of road storage, 47 miles of road repair and BMP implementation, and 5 miles of trail construction.

Decision Pending

January

 2004

2004

Leslie Ferguson

283-7568

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  Timber Sale,

 Fuels

Bristow

T33N, R30W, Sections 35, 36; T33N, R29W, Sections 31, 32, 36; T33N, R28W, Sections 31; T32N, R30W, Sections 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 21- 28; T32N, R29W, Sections 1-12, 14-17, 20-23, 27-28, 32-34; T31N, R30W, Section 11 and T31N, R29W, Sections 3-4, and 9, Jackson, Barron and Bristow Creeks. Includes 2315 acres of timber harvest, 1171 acres of fuel treatment, 1167 acres of precommercial thinning, 6 miles of temporary road construction, 3 miles of road decommissioning, Forest Plan ORD amendment and openings greater than 40 acres.

Analyzing Effects

April

2004

2004

Denise Beck

283-7504

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Fuels

Farm To Market Fuels

(Formerly North McSwede Interface)

T30N, R30W, Sections 19, 30, 31 and T29N, R30W Sections 6, 7, 18, Swede Mtn. & Williams Gulch area.  Includes 1000 acres of fuel reduction in the urban interface and prescribed burning adjacent to the Libby airport (all sides) to reduce the encroachment of trees moving into the flight path. 

Developing Proposed Action

March

2004

2004

Nikia Hernandez

283-7564

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Special Uses

Bear Lakes Access Request

T26N, R30W, Section 30. Silver Butte area.  Livestock use of existing trail and 500 feet of associated trail construction accessible to livestock.  Trail accesses private lands.

Analyzing Effects

May

2004

2004

Denise Beck

283-7504

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Special Uses

Turner Mtn. Ski Area Improvements

T33N, R31W, Section 20, Turner Mtn. Ski area.  Improvements may include septic installation and access road realignment and improvement.

Developing Proposed Action

June

2004

2004

Leslie Ferguson

283-7568

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Lands

Silver Cable

T28N, R31W, Sections 29, 30, 31, 32. FS proposes to purchase 96 acres of private property located in Cable Creek drainage.

Decision Pending

October

2004

2004

Malcolm Edwards

293-7773

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Special Uses

Carl E #3

T24N; R30W; S8; PMM; Sanders County. Vermilion River drainage. Small mining claim. Small exploration pits at least 500 with subsequent reclamation.

Analyzing Effects

December

2003

2004

Bruce Haflich

827-0730

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Land Exchange

Cox Land Exchange

T22N, R30W, Section 5 (NFS); T23N, R31W, Section 11; (Private).

Analyzing Effects

December

 2003

2003

Bruce Haflich

827-0730

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Forest Plan

Amendment

Forest Plan Amendments for Motorized Access Management within the Selkirk/Cabinet-Yaak Grizzly Bear Recovery Zones

Portions of the Lolo, Idaho Panhandle and Kootenai National Forests. Motorized access management.

Decision Pending

January 2004

2004

Kirsten Kaiser

283-7659

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Forest Plan

Amendment

Northern Rockies Lynx Amendment

18 National Forests in Regions 1, 2 and 4. Lynx management.

DEIS January 2004

2004

2004

John Haber

329-3399

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Forest Plan

Revision

Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle National Forests Forest Plan Revision

Forest-wide. Revision of Forest Plan management     direction.

DEIS Expected 10/04

2005

2005

Joe Krueger

283-7774