White Pine Creek EIS, Vegetation Management Analysis; Clearwater National Forest, Benewah and Latah Counties, Idaho

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Clearwater National Forest, will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to disclose effects of alternative decisions it may make to manage vegetation, restore watersheds, and analyze access management in the vicinity of White Pine, Blakes Fork and Meadow Creek drainages. The area is located approximately 25 miles northeast of the town of Potlatch Idaho, near North-South Ski Bowl. The purpose of the project is to implement the Clearwater Forest Plan within the context of ecosystem management principles; conserve biological diversity and integrity; restore fire's role within fire dependent communities; reduce the chance of spread of large fires; and, provide timber from suitable lands in response to human demands for wood products. This project will tier to the Clearwater National Forest Environmental Impact Statement Land and Resource Management Plan and Forest Plan (1987), which provides overall guidance of land management activities on the Clearwater National Forest. Analysis will also be conducted in compliance with the Stipulation of Dismissal agreed to in the settlement of the lawsuit between the Forest Service and th