Project Timeline
2023
01 Sep, 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
01 Aug, 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
01 Jul, 2023
- Preparation work for broadcast burning in unit adjacent to Langohr campground
- Small diameter thinning/piling force account work in Leverich area
2022
01 Oct, 2022
- Erosion control seeding
- Small diameter thinning/piling force account in Leverich area
- Handpile burning in Leverich and Moser areas
01 Sep, 2022
- Erosion control seeding
- Small diameter thinning/piling force account in Leverich area
- Preparation work for broadcast burning in unit adjacent to Langohr campground
01 Aug, 2022
- All logging activity complete for season
- All road reconstruction complete
- Monitoring and inspection of small diameter thinning
- Erosion control seeding
- Weed spraying and monitoring of haul/temporary roads
- Preparation work for broadcast burning in unit adjacent to Langohr campground
01 Jul, 2022
- Road maintenance on hauling roads in Moser area
- Skyline yarding occurring in Moser area
- Temporary road decommissioning in Moser area
- Slashing of damaged residuals from commercial timber harvest
- Small diameter tree thinning and piling in Moser Creek and Leverich Gulch
- Hauling of log decks from last winter down Moser Creek and Hyalite Canyon
- Skyline yarding activities will resume in the fall
- Tree layout, marking and contract preparation for future helicopter treatments
29 Jun, 2022
- Pre-haul road maintenance on the Moser Roads will occur this summer
- Skyline yarding will occur in Moser area into July
- Small diameter tree thinning and piling in Moser Creek and Leverich Gulch
- All ground-based tractor logging units are complete
- More than 400 acres of small diameter thinning is currently occurring, and will be implemented throughout the summer. This work is completed by hand-crews, leaving small piles throughout the under story. The piles will then be treated with prescribed fire during the winter months.
- Log decks from last winter and from the skyline logging will be hauled out this summer
- Additional tree marking and contract preparation for future helicopter treatments will be occurring this summer
01 May, 2022
- Small diameter tree thinning with chainsaws in Leverich Gulch
- Small diameter tree thinning in Moser Creek and Leverich Gulch will continue into the summer/fall
- Thinned woody material will be piled in select areas away from trails
- Piles will be burned next year in the late fall/winter, when conditions allow