Mass Geis Fuel Reduction

Reducing hazardous fuels and harvest mountain pine beetle affected trees on about 2124 acres using underburning, mechanical and hand piling of materials, pile burning, and constructing fuel reduction zones, including approx. 0.5 miles of new road

Location Summary

approximately 15 mile NE of White Sulphur Springs, MT, in the Little Belt Mountains

District: White Sulphur Springs Ranger District

Project Documents

• Decision

  • Mass Geis Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact (PDF 325kb)
  • Mass Geis Decision Notice Map (PDF 340kb)
  • Mass Geis Decision Notification Letter (PDF 251kb)

• Analysis

  • Addendum to the Mass Geis EA with 1 map and an Appendix containing Response to Comments for the June 2009 EA (PDF 1176kb)
  • Letter to Interested Parties, 2 pages, 29 kb (PDF 61kb)
  • Document Cover, 2 pages (PDF 99kb)
  • Table of Contents, 7 pages (PDF 65kb)
  • Section 1 - Purpose and Need, 6 pages (PDF 43kb)
  • Section 2 - Alternatives, 19 pages (PDF 86kb)
  • Section 3 - Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences (PDF 228kb)
  • Section 3, Item C - Fire and Fuels, 17 pages (PDF 1010kb)
  • Section 3, Item D - Soils, 26 pages (PDF 183kb)
  • Section 3, Item E - Watershed, 33 pages (PDF 181kb)
  • Section 3, Item F - Fisheries and Aquatic Habitats, 8 pages (PDF 48kb)
  • Section 3, Item G - Sensitive Plants, 7 pages (PDF 52kb)
  • Section 3, Item H - Recreation, 6 pages (PDF 38kb)
  • Section 3, Item I - Scenery Resource, 4 pages (PDF 25kb)
  • Section 3, Item J - Inventoried Roadless, 9 pages (PDF 56kb)
  • Section 3, Item K - Heritage, 8 pages (PDF 48kb)
  • Section 3, Item L - Economics, 3 pages (PDF 24kb)
  • Section 3, Item M - Wildlife, and Section 3, Item N - Environmental Justice (PDF 380kb)
  • Section 4 - List of Preparers (PDF 14kb)
  • Section 5 - EA Mailing List (PDF 33kb)
  • Section 6 - Glossary (PDF 116kb)
  • Section 7 - Literature Cited (PDF 79kb)
  • Appendix A - Maps, 1 page (PDF 13kb)
  • Appendix B - Summary of Field Work Data on Soil Woody Debris, 3 pages (PDF 39kb)
  • Appendix C - Anticipated Proposed and Existing Determental Soil Impacts for Alterntive 4, 2 page (PDF 42kb)
  • Appendix D - Sensitive Species Biological Evalutaion Summary of Conclusion of Effects, 1 page (PDF 20kb)
  • Appendix E - Best Management Practices, 27 pages, 144 kb (PDF 143kb)
  • Appendix F - Additional Cumulative Effects Analysis for the State Land Timber Sale, 3 pages (PDF 23kb)

• Supporting

  • 1-1 Mass Geis Project Area Map (PDF 172kb)
  • 2-1 Alternative 4 Map (PDF 319kb)
  • 2-2 Road Treatments Map (PDF 356kb)
  • A-1 Management Areas Map (PDF 238kb)
  • A-2 Inventoried Roadless Areas Map (PDF 397kb)
  • A-3 Soils Map (PDF 279kb)
  • A-4 6th and 7th Code Hydrologic Units Map (PDF 499kb)
  • A-5 Range Allotments Map (PDF 248kb)
  • A-6 Invasive Plants Map (PDF 321kb)
  • A-7 Past Fire and Harvest Activity Map (PDF 453kb)
  • A-8 Old Growth Map (PDF 407kb)
  • A-9 Predicted Mountain Pine Beetle Mortality Stands Map (PDF 359kb)
  • A-10 Black-Backed Woodpecker Analysis Area Map (PDF 9663kb)
  • A-11 Goshawk Potential Nesting Habitat Map (PDF 1020kb)
  • A-12 Goshawk Foraging Canopy Cover Map (PDF 832kb)
  • A-13 Goshawk Foraging Size Class Map (PDF 657kb)
  • A-14 Elk and Mule Deer Winter Range and Security Habitats Map (PDF 395kb)
  • A-15 Wildlife Hiding Cover Map (PDF 449kb)
  • A-16 Historic Fire Regimes Map (PDF 365kb)
  • A-17 Fire Condition Class Map (PDF 375kb)