Proposes project modifying pine beetle habitat conditions in stands containing
lodgepole to reduce potential infestation by mountain pine beetles. Includes variable density commercial thinning of 3,165 acres in lodgepole pine stands
(leaving 20-70 TPA), thinning 1,145 acres of lodgepole-mixed conifer (leaving 50-200
TPA), and thinning of 2,247 acres in mixed conifer stands (leaving 50-90 TPA) and non-commercial removal of fuels on about 2,026 acres by pre-commercial thinning,
mastication, whip felling, chipping, and piling and burning of slash.
