BLM seeks public input for proposed Boulder Creek Vegetation Project
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COTTONWOOD, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Cottonwood Field Office has released the draft Boulder Creek Vegetation Project Environmental Assessment (EA) for a 30-day public review. The project is located within the Little Salmon River corridor and the wildland-urban interface in the northern portion of Adams County.
The BLM plans mechanical treatments on 2,427 acres, including commercial timber harvest and non-commercial thinning to improve forest health, enhance wildlife cover and reduce stand density. Additionally, 4,625 acres will be treated through prescribed burning to help reduce logging slash and minimize the potential impacts of a wildfire to public lands and adjacent private property.
The project will construct 2.4 miles of new roads and just over 11 miles of temporary roads. Following completion of the project, 4.2 miles of road will be decommissioned.
For additional information about the Boulder Creek project and to submit comments electronically visit the website: https://go.usa.gov/xP5ct. Comments can also be submitted by mail to: BLM Cottonwood Field Office, attn: Boulder Creek Project, 2 Butte Drive, Cottonwood, Idaho 83522.
Comments on the draft Boulder Creek Vegetation Project EA should be submitted by Nov. 19, 2018.
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 further information regarding the project please contact Jared Hammatt, Cottonwood Field Office Forester, at 208-962-3593.
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