Pinkham Timber Sales and Associated Activities; Kootenai National Forest, Lincoln County, Montana

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The USDA, Forest Service, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to disclose the environmental effects of timber harvest, prescribed fire, road closures, road rehabilitation, and construction of temporary and specified roads in the Pinkham Creek drainage. The Pinkham Creek drainage is located approximately 5 air miles southwest of Eureka, Montana. The proposed actions to harvest and reforest timber stands, construct, reconstruct and rehabilitate roads, prescribe burning, and restrict roads 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 restore ecological processes in order to achieve sustainable conditions, reduce the risk of large-scale, severe wildlife in an urban/wildland interface area, and provide for human needs and desires. The EIS will tier to the Kootenai National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan and Final EIS of September, 1987, which provides overall guidance for forest management of the area. All activities associated with the proposal will be designed to maintain high quality wildlife, fisheries, and