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Forest Service outlines timelines for Buckskin Saddle, Sandpoint South, Sam Owens campground and fuels work
Summary
District Ranger Chris Noyes told Bonner County commissioners Buckskin Saddle is under litigation and the Forest Service is "waiting on a new biological opinion from the Fish and Wildlife Service," expected in early May; other projects include Sandpoint South scoping, an over-snow travel plan pending a biological assessment, and Sam Owens Campground at 90% design.
District Ranger Chris Noyes and forest fuels staff updated the Bonner County Board of Commissioners on ongoing Forest Service projects around Priest Lake and Sandpoint on (date not specified).
Noyes said the Buckskin Saddle project on the lake’s south side "is still currently under a litigation hold" and that the district is "waiting on a new biological opinion from the Fish and Wildlife Service," which the Forest Service is "expecting ... in early May". If that opinion is received as expected, Noyes said the agency hopes "to start implementing our treatments in the fall." The Buckskin Saddle treatments are designed to increase forest resiliency to insects, disease, drought and undesirable wildfire effects.
The district also briefed commissioners on Sandpoint…
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