Compartment 28 (Zulu Smoot) Timber Sales; Kootenai National Forest; Lincoln County, MT

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The Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to analyze and disclose the environmental impacts of a proposal to harvest timber and construct and reconstruct roads in the Zulu and Can Creek and South Fork of the Yaak River drainages located about 18 air miles northeast of Troy, Montana. This EIS will tier to the Kootenai National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan and EIS, which provide overall guidance for achieving the desired forest condition of the area. The purpose of the proposed action is to harvest dead, dying or high risk (to mountain pine beetle infestation) stands of lodgepole pine to reduce potential excessive future natural fuel loadings, increase the health and productivity of stands that are currently declining in vigor and provide a more balanced distribution of timber age classes in the Project Area.