Proposed Projects

Construct a 6.6 mile segment of the PNT between Abayance Bay Marina and the north side of the Pinkham Creek canyon and another 0.8 mile segment between the sound side of Pinkham Creek canyon and the Koocanusa Bridge to move trail off of HWY 37.

Improve safe operations to the visiting public on 4.9 acres not currently authorized under existing special use permit. Allow for increased parking and construction of berms, targets, benches & additional safety operations including reduced noise.

Harvest of approximately 240 acres to increase stand resilency to Mountain Pine Beetles.

Recreation Site management to address increased use

modification of 3 recreation sites adjacent to Lake Koocanusa addressing overnight camping, dispersed sites, and ohv use

rehabilitation of deteriorating road system which is currently closed to all public motorized use, and prevent future mass wasting, sediment delivery and erosion from the road system to Dry Creek and related minor tributaries.

Vegetation and fuels management activities near the communities of Whitepine and Beaver Creek, Sanders County, Montana.

This project includes fuel and vegetation management through commercial timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning and fuel grinding. Also includes 1.81 miles of road storage, 1 mile of temporary road construction, and 0.23 miles of trail construction.

Vegetation management via precommercial and commercial harvest, & burning of activity fuels only within previously managed, second growth stands across the Forest. The project is part of the Montana Governor's Forest in Focus Initiative.

The U.S. Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement to inform a decision about the designation of trails and areas of the Kootenai National Forest which would be open to over-snow motorized vehicle use.

The Kootenai National Forest has received two proposed Plans of Operations for placer mineral exploration in the Libby Creek drainage.

Montanore Minerals Corporation (MMC) proposes to conduct underground mineral exploration activities beneath public lands administered by the Kootenai National Forest (KNF).

Build resistance and resiliency to disturbance through vegetation management, reduce hazardous fuels, provide forest products, and build whitebark pine resistance to blister rust through restoration and planting

Great American Outdoors Act project to modernize and redesign of campsites, boat launch road access, overflow, and parking at North Dickey Lake Campground.

Regeneration harvests-approx. 500 acres via skyline & tractor systems. Intermediate harvest-approx. 900 acres via skyline & tractor systems. 3.1 miles new permanent road, 1.8 miles temporary road, & 26 miles road reconst. 5000 ac wildlife burns

We are proposing timber harvest; mechanical and hand piling of fuels; wildlife and aquatic habitat improvement such as prescribed burning and stream restoration work.

Potential project activities would focus on forest health issues including insect and disease, hazardous fuels reduction, and restoration activities and may include vegetation and road management, watershed improvements, and noxious weed treatments.

This project is cancelled because it has been incorporated into another project. The updated project name and tracking number is Smeads Pilgrim Motorized Trails Reroute - #64079.

Operators of the Stargazing mine are proposing a mining operation that would remove approximately 100 tons of placer material from the mountainside and set up three core drilling sites to explore for minerals.

Provide management access to Stimson Lumber Company lands through National Forest land. Two short segments of new road, totaling about 2600 feet (about 3 acres), would replace access on costly and currently inaccessible National Forest System roads.

Vegetation Management and Fuels Reduction in the Sunday Creek area.

Use vegetation management treatments to improve forest conditions, hazardous fuels levels, and wildlife habitat; proposal may also include transportation management, watershed improvement, and noxious weed treatment in an area southeast of Libby, MT.

Designation of over-snow motorized use areas and non-snow trail management.The Forest Service has undertaken a new Forest-Wide over-snow project to include the Ten Lakes Wilderness Study Area project, combined, as of 4/26/2024.

The Upper Bunk Project is located east and northeast of Yaak, MT. This project aims to restore forest stands and enhance forest resiliency within the district by shifting forest stands from their current condition towards desired conditions.

stream habitat restoration program proposed for 9 specific reaches on the Vermilion River over a 10 yr period