Project Timeline
2021
May
- Possible prescribed burning
- Tree marking
- Work area prep
June
- Prescribed burning
- Small diameter thinning in Leverich Gulch & Moser trailhead (hand crews with chainsaws)
July
- Small diameter thinning in Leverich Gulch and Moser trailhead (hand crews with chainsaws)
- Large diameter thinning with ground-based equipment near Bozeman Creek/Sourdough Trail
- Noxious/invasive weed spraying on haul roads (now complete)
August
- Large diameter thinning with ground-based equipment near Bozeman Creek/Sourdough Trail
- Small diameter thinning in Leverich Gulch area (hand crew/chainsaws)
- Road reconstruction activities (planned to start mid-August)
September
- Large diameter thinning with ground-based equipment near Bozeman Creek/Sourdough Trail
- Possibility of re-evaluating prescribed burning
October
- Timber removal (Start of Sourdough Fuels Reduction Phase 2 – Helicopter) – Sourdough Canyon/Bozeman Creek trail closure[BH]
- Helicopter and heavy truck use
- Timber sale begins on USFS lands
- Closure of Sourdough Trail on City of Bozeman and USFS lands (FS Trail #454/#979) October 11th-November 8th and November 16-18th
- Timber removal on southern portion of Bozeman Creek trail (east side) on USFS lands
- Log trucks hauling of timber out of Sourdough Trail
November
- Timber removal (Start of Sourdough Fuels Reduction Phase 2 – Helicopter) – Sourdough Canyon/Bozeman Creek trail closure[BH] (Oct/November best guess for closure at this point)
- Helicopter and heavy truck use
- Closure of Sourdough Trail on City of Bozeman and USFS lands (FS Trail #454/#979) October 11th-November 8th and November 16-18th
- City of Bozeman and USFS completes ground-based and helicopter treatments adjacent to Bozeman Creek
- Log trucks hauling timber out of Sourdough Trail
- Road maintenance grading and seeding of disturbed soils on Sourdough Trail
- Temporary access road building on USFS lands in the Moser Road area
December
- Timber removal (Start of Sourdough Fuels Reduction Phase 2 ) – Sourdough Canyon/Bozeman Creek trail closure[BH]
- Heavy truck use
- Temporary access road building on USFS lands in Moser ridge area, including towards the Forest boundary near private
- Timber felling, skidding, and processing and decking in Moser Road area on USFS lands
- Log trucks hauling timber out of Moser Road down Hyalite Canyon
2022
January
- Logging operations active in Moser area
- Temporary access road building in Moser area on NFS lands
- Log truck hauling timber on FS roads #6210, #6212N and #6215 down Hyalite Canyon
- Heavy equipment use and ground based yarding activities active in multiple units
- Felling of tees in Skyline yarding units, skyline logging beginning in Moser area
- Closure order in lower Moser ridge area above Kirk Hill at the FS boundary effective January 26 – April 1, 2022
(Closure includes NSF trails #428 located 0.5 mile from Kirk Hill trailhead, #429 in Hodgman Canyon, and FS road #6210. Closure applies to all uses, 7 days a week, for public health and safety.)
February
- Logging operations very active in Moser area
- Log truck hauling timber on FS roads #6210, #6212N and #6215 down Hyalite Canyon
- Heavy equipment being used to fell, skid, and process timber
- Both tractor based and skyline logging operations in the Moser area
- Closure order in lower Moser ridge area above Kirk Hill at the FS boundary effective January 26 – April 1, 2022