The U.S. Forest Service has a decision open here and is taking comments on it. Kootenai National Forest, Idaho.
Record openthe agency stopped taking comments September 4 · what you find still counts
Places to check
1
People it would take
6
Said they’ll go
0
Photographs filed
0
Opened
September 4
Window closed
September 4
Evidence
Nothing filed yet.
No photograph has been filed on this mission yet. The first one lands here with its fingerprint, where its location came from, and how far inside the agency’s own boundary it was taken. The places to check are below.
The objective
What we are testing.
Kootenai National ForestRoads
“Road 14620B is currently impassable however after reconstruction, the road would allow administrative use only”
The agency wrote that in its own document, under Haul Road Reconstruction and Maintenance. Nobody has been out to check it.
Walk in past the gate on Road 14620 to the spur Road 14620B and follow it. Photograph the roadbed itself: is it grown in and blocked, or is it a driveable track? Photos along the spur showing either a washed out, brushed in bed or a clear firm track a pickup could drive.
Everything else the document says about the ground.
5 more sentences, in the agency’s own words, with where each one sits in the document. Any of them is fair game for a photograph.
“Not present within any other project area streams (sub-surface flow during dry seasons)”
Under Table 10. Aquatic species that have individuals or habitat present within or downstream of the project areaWhere: streams within the Flat Tail project area other than Big Beaver Creek and White Pine Creek along the project boundary
“no spawning occurs within or near the project area”
Under Table 10. Aquatic species that have individuals or habitat present within or downstream of the project areaWhere: Beaver Creek and other project area streams downstream of the Flat Tail project
“The approaches of both crossings are paved so no increase in sediment levels are expected due to hauling”
Under Table 11. Summary of effects for aquatic speciesWhere: Big Beaver Creek County Road crossings of Big Beaver Creek and Little Beaver Creek, on private property outside the project area
“No archeological sites or other cultural resources were located within the project's boundary”
Under National Historic Preservation Act \u2013 Section 106 ReviewWhere: the entire Flat Tail project boundary, Cabinet Ranger District
“the following have been identified from field surveys: spotted knapweed, oxeye daisy, St. John's-wort, blueweed, common mullein, and meadow hawkweed”
Under Noxious Weeds, Scope of Analysis and Potentially Affected EnvironmentWhere: open roads and administratively gated roads within the Flat Tail project area
The window shut September 4. Evidence still counts: it backs the objections from people who did comment, goes to the lawyers, and outlives the decision.