Rolnictwo i żywność · 25.09.2003
Rising Cougar Project, Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Bonner County, ID
The USDA Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to document and disclose the potential environmental effects of proposed activities on National Forest lands near the communities of Hope and Clark Fork, Idaho. The proposed activities for the Rising Cougar Project are located in the Sandpoint Ranger District, Idaho Panhandle National Forests, 25 miles east of Sandpoint, Idaho. Goals of the proposed activities include: (1) Maintain or restore the characteristics of ecosystem composition and structure within the range of variability that would be expected to occur under natural disturbance regimes. More specific objectives include: (a) Decrease fuel loadings on National Forest lands along the wildland urban interface to reduce the threat of uncontrollable wildfire to life and property, (b) restore big game winter range conditions and promote the long-term persistence and stability of wildlife habitat diversity, and (c) re-establish structural diversity of forest stands and decrease the proportions of Douglas-fir and grand fir, creating favorable conditions for the growth and establishment of ponderosa pine, white pine and larch. Another goal of the proposal