Beetop-Scothman's Peaks Roadless Areas

Idaho Panhandle National Forest

The Idaho Panhandle National Forest recently issued a public announcement for their proposed Rising Cougar Project. This project is located on the northeastern shore of Lake Pend Oreille, just outside Clark Fork and East Hope, Idaho near the Montana border. The current proposal would log nearly 6,000 acres. Two thirds of the logging would be in the Bee Top and Scotchman Roadless Areas. Under this proposal, National Fire Plan money, specifically allocated to protect communities and homes from wildfire will be used to log remote recreation areas currently protected under the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The sale would also take place within a Grizzly Bear Management Unit, three Old Growth Management Units and in the already heavily logged Lightning Creek Watershed that has threatened bull trout population. Lightning Creek is also proposed for bull trout critical habitat designation.

Source: Friends of the Clearwater and Heritage Forests Campaign

For more information:
Friends of the Clearwater
PO Box 9241
Moscow, ID 83843
208.882.9755
www.wildrockies.org/foc
foc@wildrockies.org