Idaho Panhandle National Forests - Environmental Impact Statements

Project Summary

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Partners

  • US Forest Service

JW Associates completed three Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) for the Idaho Panhandle National Forests. These projects are briefly described below. 

Map of Project Areas

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Katka Peak EIS, Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Idaho

Acreage: 29,000 containing a large roadless area

Project Actions

  • Project management, including management of several separate subcontractors

  • Technical management & analysis

  • Management of public involvement and NEPA compliance

  • Evaluation of timber harvesting, road building and forest health activities

  • Proposed alternatives to current activities

Key Issues Addressed

  • Hydrologic/peakflow changes

  • Water quality

  • Impacts to grizzly bear habitat security

  • Road building in roadless areas

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Packsaddle EIS, Sandpoint Ranger District, Idaho

Acreage: 23,000 containing a large roadless area

Project Actions

  • Project management, including:

    • NEPA compliance

    • Field studies

    • Public involvement

    • Project & technical management of 7 subcontractors

  • Creating a technical watershed analysis

  • Development of a scope of work for 14 technical studies

  • Preparation and drafting the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

Key Issues Addressed

  • Water quality

  • Impacts to bull trout habitat

  • Ecosystem management

Mosquito-Fly EIS St. Joe Ranger District, Idaho

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Acreage: 19,000 containing a large roadless area and a checkerboard land ownership layout with a private timber company

Project Actions

  • Project management, including:

    • NEPA compliance

    • Public involvement

    • Project & technical management of 8 subcontractors

  • Development of a scope of work for 14 technical studies

  • Extensive field studies

  • Technical reports

  • Coordination between specialists within governmental and private agencies

  • Preparation and drafting the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

Key Issues Addressed

  • Water quality

  • Potential impacts to bull trout due to granting access to private land

  • Uniquely complex NEPA issues due to the need to evaluate and differentiate the environmental effects of activities on private land versus those on National Forest land

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