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Project Budget ($750,000) for Fiscal Year 2008 Request:

$400,000 Restoration Projects

  • $250,000 restoration projects with dollar for dollar match of $250,000 from private funds
  • $100,000 USFS in-house restoration projects
  • $50,000 restoration projects in the Blackfoot Community Conservation Area.

$350,000 Planning, Management, Monitoring

  • $300,000 planning, management, evaluation and reporting for the Seeley Lake Ranger
    District tied to landscape stewardship projects. Funds will cover environmental analysis,
    USFS project management, and reporting.
  • $50,000 project monitoring for compliance with forest service regulations, and monitoring committee support.

The FY2009-2017 authorization request will include $750,000 per year for an additional 9 years for planning, management, restoration and monitoring in the Blackfoot Cooperative Landscape Stewardship Project area.

Funding Justification:

Numerous stewardship and restoration projects in the Blackfoot watershed have been identified through the U.S. Forest Service planning process in the Seeley Lake Ranger District and the Lolo National Forest, as well as through the Blackfoot Restoration Action Plan. The $750,000 annual funding request is based on USFS undertaking 3-10 projects annually on the Seeley Lake District and adjacent lands depending on the scope and scale of each project. The estimate is also based on the actual costs for stewardship and restoration under the Clearwater Stewardship Contracting Project and estimated costs by project type on US Forest Service Lands in the Blackfoot Watershed.

Actual Costs of the Clearwater Stewardship Project: $963,000

  • Instream Improvements - $370,000
  • Recreational Improvements - $312,000
  • Watershed Road Improvements to meet BMPs- $200,000
  • Road Decommissioning - $75,000
  • Noxious Weeds - $4,000
  • Trail Improvements - $2,000

Estimated Cost by Project Type:

  • Trail Construction - Cost per mile: $20,000
  • Prescribed Burning- Cost per mile: $250
  • Road Obliteration
    • Cost per mile for complete obliteration: $3,500
    • Cost per mile for partial/smaller projects: $2,500
  • Weed Treatment – Cost per mile
    • Backpacking/Pump: $175
    • Truck Mounted: $75
    • Helicopter: $30

Planning, Management and Monitoring Costs:

The pilot project will require day-to-day management and oversight at $200,000 per year and monitoring at $50,000 per year. Environmental analysis is required to be completed prior to implementing projects. We expect the USFS to conduct an EIS to be followed by EAs and CEs annually over the 10 year period. Project monitoring is required and will be conducted by the USFS with support from a monitoring committee. The estimated annual costs for environmental analysis for this project is $100,000 and is based on the average estimated planning costs for USFS to conduct environmental reviews are:

  • $180,000 EIS Environmental Impact Statement
  • $93,000 EA Environmental Assessment
  • $32,000 CE Categorical Exclusion