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