Project Timeline
2024
February 2024
- Pile burning on both National Forest System lands and City of Bozeman lands on the east and west sides of Bozeman Creek.
- Sourdough Canyon trail remains open to the public during burning operations.
January 2024
- Commercial harvest activities complete for the season.
- Burning of large commercial and small hand slash piles occurring in the project area.
2023
December 2023
- Sourdough Canyon trail reopens to the public
- Leverich Canyon trail reopens to the public
- Helicopter logging near Bozeman Creek
- Log trucks hauling on Nash road to 19th Ave
- Crews burning piles on NFS lands
- Harvest activities are complete for the season
- Harvest activities are planned to pick back up after spring breakup (June)
- Pile burning to continue throughout the winter as conditions allow
November 2023
- Closure of Sourdough Canyon #454 and Leverich Canyon trails (#435/436) starts November 16th
- Tree felling and flying of timber near the City of Bozeman’s water intake structure
- Burning of debris piles (hand and mechanical) on both NFS lands in Moser and Leverich areas
- Burning of debris piles on City of Bozeman lands near Bozeman Creek
- Log trucks hauling on Nash road to 19th Ave
- Plan to harvest into December and potentially beyond if weather conditions allow
October 2023
- Road reconstruction/maintenance in Moser and Bozeman Creek areas for pre-work on helicopter contract
- Closure of Sourdough Canyon/Bozeman Creek trail first week of October for road work/culvert installation
- Hauling out of remaining log decks in Moser area
- Helicopter logging may start mid-November on the east side of Bozeman Creek
- Additional closures of Sourdough Canyon/Bozeman Creek trail may be necessary in the next few months
September 2023
- Road reconstruction/maintenance in Moser area for pre-work on helicopter contract
- Hauling out of remaining log decks from Moser area
- Upcoming closure necessary on Sourdough Canyon/Bozeman Creek trail
- Small diameter thinning/piling force account work in Leverich area
- Monitoring of weed spraying contract
August 2023
- Helicopter logging stewardship contract awarded for approximately 200 acres of thinning
- Helicopter large diameter thinning would occur adjacent to water intake on Bozeman Creek
- Small diameter thinning/piling force account work in Leverich area
- Weed spraying of temporary and haul roads
July 2023
- Preparation work for broadcast burning in unit adjacent to Langohr campground
- Small diameter thinning/piling force account work in Leverich area
2022
November 2022
- Handpile and landing burning in Leverich and Moser areas
October 2022
- Erosion control seeding
- Small diameter thinning/piling force account in Leverich area
- Handpile burning in Leverich and Moser areas