Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Libby Unit is proposing a timber harvest on approximately 592 acres of State Trust Land located in T28N, R29W, Sec. 36 within the McKillop Creek drainage. A brief description of the proposed action is listed below. Preliminary estimates indicate that approximately 4.5 - 6.0 million board feet of timber would be harvested. Approximately 2 miles of new road construction, 4.5 miles of road maintenance, and approximately 0.5 miles of road reconstruction would be required to access timber. Ground based tractor logging systems would be utilized on approximately 450 acres and cable-- based logging systems would be utilized on the remaining acres. Proposed silvicultural harvest treatments would include shelterwood, seed tree, and/or commercial thinning. Follow-up treatments could include machine piling and scarification, slash burning, noxious weed spraying, hand planting tree seedlings and pre-commercial thinning. Road construction and harvest activities could begin during 2023. This timber sale is part of a program managing forested State Trust Land for revenue to support the Common Schools Trust. The Department would like the public’s input regarding the proposal to harvest timber on this parcel.
