Centennial Salvage Timber Sale, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Fremont and Clark Counties, ID

Résumé

The USDA, Forest Service is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement to document the analysis and disclose the environmental impacts of the proposed Centennial Salvage Timber Sale project. This revised Notice of Intent is to document the changes in the process. Based on initial internal and external scoping this project has been identified to qualify under Title I of the HFRA (Healthy Forest Restoration Act) Section 102(a)4 due to the existence of a insect epidemic that poses a significant threat to ecosystem components and forest resource values. The purpose of this project has been updated to: Reduce the susceptibility and risk of forested vegetation to Douglas-fir beetle and western spruce budworm, reduce hazardous fuels, and capture economic value from dead and dying trees. In the original NOI the proposed action proposed to use prescribed fire on 718 acres to remove encroaching shade tolerant conifers and stimulate natural regeneration of whitebark pine and aspen. This has been removed from the proposed action. All other aspects of the original proposed action have remained the same.