Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 29.11.1999

Lost Moose Ecosystem Management Project, Bitterroot National Forest, Ravalli County, MT

The Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to disclose the environmental effects of management activities proposed in the Lost Moose Ecosystem Management Project area on the Darby Ranger District on the Bitterroot National Forest. Proposed management activities include: harvesting timber, management ignited prescribed burning, restoring ponderosa pine and aspen; precommercial thinning; fire hazard reduction treatments; and implementing road-use restrictions and watershed and recreation improvements. The Lost Moose Project Area is located in Ravalli County, Montana, approximately five miles west of the city of Hamilton and includes Lost Horse, Canyon, and Roaring Lion Creeks. A variety of management activities proposed in the project are being considered together because they represent either connected or cumulative actions as defined by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1508.25). The purposes of the project are to reduce the fuels hazard, restore site productivity, and return ecosystems to more sustainable conditions. This project level analysis will tier to the Bitterroot National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) and Fi