Helena National Forest

Projects & Plans

Cabin Gulch Vegetation Treatment Project

The Townsend Ranger District of the Helena National Forest (HNF) is proposing the Cabin Gulch Vegetation Treatment Project. The project is designed to restore fire-adapted ecosystems in the Cabin Gulch landscape, create conditions that minimize opportunities for high-intensity wildfires, and improve the water quality in the project area, specifically in the West Fork Cabin Gulch. It emphasizes cost-effective timber harvest, reduces the susceptibility of timbered stands to insect and disease agents, captures the economic value of trees killed by forest insect and disease agents, promotes aspen stand health and size, promotes the reproduction of whitebark pine, and reclaims grassland and shrubland communities.

This DEIS supersedes and replaces the August 2006 DEIS.

The Final EIS will be prepared this summer, following receipt and analysis of public comments on this DEIS. We will be accepting comments for 45 days. Notification of the availability of the DEIS is expected to appear in the Federal Register within the next 1-2 weeks. This will begin the 45-day comment period. When the deadline for receipt of comments is established, it will be posted on this website.

You may send your comments via e-mail or written form. Our e-mail address is comments-northern-helena@fs.fed.us. Written comments may be mailed to: Attn. Dave Carroll, Helena National Forest, 2880 Skyway Drive, Helena, MT, 59602.

An Open House to present the alternatives and analysis will be held on Thursday, April 16th, from 4-7 p.m. at the Townsend Ranger District office, 415 South Front, Townsend, MT.

Please contact Sharon Scott at the Helena Ranger District, (406) 449-5490, if you have questions.

USDA Forest Service - Helena National Forest
Last Modified: Friday, 20 March 2009 at 16:36:35 EDT