Project Timeline
2021
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
September
- Large diameter thinning with ground-based equipment near Bozeman Creek/Sourdough Trail
- Possibility of re-evaluating prescribed burning
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)
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)
June
- Prescribed burning
- Small diameter thinning in Leverich Gulch & Moser trailhead (hand crews with chainsaws)
May
- Possible prescribed burning
- Tree marking
- Work area prep