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U.S. Forest Service details timber sales, limited salvage after Sunset Fire and explores county Good Neighbor Authority partnerships
Summary
A U.S. Forest Service representative updated the Water County Natural Resources Committee on 12 planned timber sales across about 13,000 acres, limited salvage from the Sunset Fire, and early-stage Good Neighbor Authority talks with Boundary County and tribes; no formal actions were taken because the committee lacked a quorum.
Luke Hixson, a U.S. Forest Service representative, briefed the Water County Natural Resources Committee on recent and planned work in the Sandpoint and Priest Lake areas, saying the agency expects multiple timber sales and limited salvage following the Sunset Fire but no formal committee action was possible because the group lacked a quorum.
Hixson said the Dry Creek and surrounding project area will include roughly 12 planned sales across about 13,000 acres and stressed the work’s primary purpose is restoration and fire protection. "The general purpose and need of that project was restoration," Hixson said, adding that the work aims to convert declining stands of Douglas-fir and grand fir into more resilient forest and to reduce risk for lakeside communities.
He identified fisheries concerns in some…
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