Forest Service seeks public input on Hellroaring Project near Eastport

July 25, 2014

The Bonners Ferry Ranger District is seeking public comment on the recently released Hellroaring Project Environmental Assessment (EA). Members of the public who wish to review the EA and submit comments may obtain a copy of the EA online at http://www.fs.usda.gov/projects/ipnf/landmanagement/projects (scroll to find “Idaho Panhandle National Forest Current and Recent Projects” and look for the Hellroaring Project) or, hard copies are available at the Bonners Ferry Ranger District office. All comments must be received within 30 days of the publication of legal notice in the Coeur d’Alene Press. The Forest Service anticipates publication of the legal notice on July 25, 2014. The project is located on national forest system lands within and around the Hellroaring and Little Hellroaring Creek drainages approximately 4 miles southwest of Eastport, Idaho. Proposed project activities include primarily vegetation management and fuel reduction activities, as well as activities to manage noxious weeds, roads, motorized trails, big game forage, fish passage, and scenery. The Forest Service developed this project in collaboration with the Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative to complement other landscape restoration work in the Lower Kootenai River Valley. Members of the public should submit their comments to: Mary Farnsworth, Forest Supervisor; Attn: Hellroaring Project, Bonners Ferry Ranger District; • by mail to 6286 Main Street, Bonners Ferry, ID 83805; • by phone to Project Leader – Doug Nishek (208) 267-5561; • by facsimile to (208) 267-3732; • or hand-deliver between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. • Comments may also be submitted electronically to the following email address: comments-northern-idpanhandle-bonners-ferry@fs.fed.us  in one of the following formats: text or html e-mail, Adobe portable document format (pdf), or formats viewable in Microsoft Office applications. For more information about this project or questions please contact the Bonners Ferry Ranger District at (208) 267-5561.