COMMENTS REQUESTED HOODOC VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROJECT LIBBY RANGER DISTRICT The Libby Ranger District of the Kootenai National Forest would like your comments and suggestions on the proposed Hoodoo Vegetation Management Project. The Forest is proposing to treat 1,930 acres in the Granite, Snow, No, Deep, Smearl, and Big Cherry drainages in Lincoln County, Montana to address forest health and hazardous fuels concerns. There are 684 acres of commercial thinning, 37 acres of clearcutting, and 1209 acres of pre-commercial thinning which involves thinning small diameter trees being considered for treatment. The following roads are being considered for use with up to two miles of temporary road construction: 4791, 278, 5140, 6205D, 4791, 4791A, 4791T, 4791N. 4791V, 14439, 14411, 4791W, 4792, 6205, 6205A, 6205F, 6205B, 6705, 6705A, 867, 4790, 6203, 14509, 6203E, 6203B, 6203A. Please address your comments to project leader Andrew Kies, Building 26 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula MT 59804; or fax to 406-329-3132. Electronic comments can be submitted to comments-northern-kootanai@fs.fed.us in MS Word, Word Perfect or RFT. Please include with comments, your name, address, telephone number, organization represented, name of project (Hoodoo Vegetation Management Project) and specific facts and rationale concerning the project that you feel should be considered. Comments in response to this solicitation including names, addresses, and email addresses with be considered part of the public record, available for public inspection. us FOREST FOREST SER