Reduce wildfire behavior and provide a safer environment to conduct wildfire suppression. Treat 2,100 acres through commercial harvest, small tree treatments such as cutting/piling, prescribed fire, with 5 mi temp road construction/decommissioning.
The Custer Gallatin National Forest invites your comments on the Red Lodge Mountain Fuels Project. The Beartooth Ranger District proposes this project to reduce wildfire behavior in the vicinity of Red Lodge Mountain Ski Area by reducing tree densities and forest surface fuels. The project area is located on National Forest lands approximately two miles west of the community of Red Lodge, in Carbon County, MT. A more detailed project description and maps are available here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=62354.
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Your comments on the project area, individual sites, and/or resources are valuable in helping staff identify issues and concerns. Names and contact information submitted with comments will become part of the public record and may be released under the Freedom of Information Act. Comments, including anonymous comments, will be accepted at any time. However, comments posted after July 15, 2022, may not be given full consideration. Anonymous comments and comments submitted after the close of the final designated comment period will not provide the commenter standing for administrative or judicial reviews. Interested members of the public should review the proposal's information to determine the applicable administrative review process and the eligibility requirements for that process.
Thank you for taking the time to consider this project. For additional information, please contact Drew Grimes at drew.grimes@usda.gov or Ryan Quire at ryan.quire@usda.gov.
Abigail Hauch
