Feedback Sought on Proposed Boulder Creek Project
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Cottonwood, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cottonwood Field Office is seeking input on a planned vegetation management project 15 miles north of New Meadows, ID. The proposed project is located within the Little Salmon River corridor and is within the wildland urban interface (WUI) in northern Adams County.
The field office is seeking input to help prepare an environmental assessment of the proposed Boulder Creek Vegetation project. The project would treat 2,494 acres of vegetation through mechanical methods and an additional 2,521 acres with prescribed fire. In addition, 6.1 miles of road would be decommissioned.
The Boulder Creek Project would reduce stand density and treat forest health issues such as insects and disease; provide more diverse wildlife habitat; reduce wildfire hazards within and adjacent to the WUI; and reduce the potential for sediment delivery to the watershed.
Please send comments electronically to blm_id_bouldercreekvegetation@blm.gov or by mail to: BLM Cottonwood Field Office, attn: Boulder Creek, 2 Butte Drive, Cottonwood, ID 83522.
Comments on the proposal are most useful if received by February 3, 2017.
Before including your address, phone number, email address or other personal identifying information in your comment, please be advised that your entire comment – including personal identifying information – may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us to withhold from public review your personal identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
For a complete scoping package for the Boulder Creek Project, visit the project website at http://bit.ly/blm-bouldercreek or contact Jared Hammatt, BLM forester, at 208-962-3593.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.