# Boise River Wildlife Recovery Project, Boise National Forest, Idaho > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A94-30835 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Uncategorized Document - **Published:** December 15, 1994 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Boise River Wildlife Recovery Project, Boise National Forest, Idaho AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. ACTION: Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service announces the availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Boise River Wildlife Recovery Project, Boise National Forest. The responsible official for the DEIS is Acting Forest Supervisor Cathy Barbouletos. The DEIS describes and displays an analysis of three alternatives to manage approximately 141,000 acres of National Forest System land burned in the summer of 1994. The project area is northeast of Boise, Idaho on the Idaho City and Mountain Home Ranger Districts. Comments/time frame: Reviewers of the draft should provide the Boise National Forest with their comments during the review period which will last for 45 days after this notice of availability. Responding within this time frame will enable forest personnel to analyze and respond to your comments in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and avoid undue delay in the decisionmaking process. Reviewers have an obligation to structure their participation in the review of the proposal so that it is meaningful and alerts the agency to the reviewers' position and contentions. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978). Also, environmental objections that could have been raised at the draft stage may be waived if not raised until after completion of the final environmental impact statement. City of Angoon vs. Hodel (9th Circuit, 1986) and Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. vs. Harris, 490 F Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D. Wisc. 1980). Comments on the DEIS should be as specific as possible. It is also helpful if reviewers refer their comments to specific pages and/or chapters in the DEIS. Availability: Copies of the DEIS or copies of a summary are available upon request from the Boise National Forest, 1750 Front Street, Boise, Idaho 83702; Idaho City Ranger District P.O. Box 129, Idaho City, Idaho 83631; Mountain Home Ranger District, 2180 American Legion Boulevard, Maintain Home, Idaho 83647 or by calling (208) 364- 4300 to leave a message. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS describes three alternatives to treat approximately 141,000 acres of National Forest System Land. The Rabbit Creek, Bannock Creek and Star Gulch Wilderness burned a total of 184,500 acres in July, August, and September of 1994. The DEIS assess opportunities to salvage the economic value of fire killed and imminently dead trees in combination with treatments to promote regeneration of trees on forested areas, maintain or improve hydrologic conditions of affected watersheds, and protect long-term soil site productivity. Recovery Assessment Schedule: This is Phase II of a four phase ecosystem approach to wildlife recovery. Phase I included burned area emergency analysis and rehabilitation. This phase, Phase II, is an assessment of the opportunities to treat killed timber in the recovery effort, Phase III will assess resource management opportunities which are not time dependent (i.e. trail bridge replacement, access management) and Phase IV will assess long-term effects at a landscape scale and re-evaluate adjacent decisions surrounding the wildfires. Contact: Further information can be obtained by contacting Project Leader Terry Padilla, Idaho City Ranger District, Boise National Forest, PO Box 129, Idaho City, ID 83631, Telephone, (208) 364-4330. Response Official: Cathy Barbouletos, Acting Forest Supervisor, Boise National Forest, 1750 Front Street, Boise, ID 83702. Dated: December 8, 1994. Cathy Barbouletos, Acting Forest Supervisor. [FR Doc. 94-30835 Filed 12-14-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-11-M --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A94-30835. Public record. Not legal advice.