The Council Ranger District is seeking comments on the proposed Middle Fork Weiser River Landscape Restoration Project Draft Environmental Statement.  A public meeting is scheduled for March 8, 2016 from 4:00 to 6:

00p.m. at theCouncil Ranger District office.  Forest Service personnel will be available to share the project proposal and answer questions.

The Middle Fork Weiser River Landscape Restoration Project is the third project on the Forest that is part of the Payette National Forest’s

 Weiser - Little Salmon Headwaters Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration (CFLR) Project.  The first and second projects are the Mill Creek - Council Mountain project and the Lost Creek - Boulder Creek project.  This third proposed project encompasses approximately 50,000 acres on the Council Ranger District of the Payette National Forest, and is located southeast of Council, primarily in the Middle Fork Weiser River watershed.

The project file is posted on the Payette National Forest web site at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/payette/MiddleForkWeiserRiver  For additional information, please contact Stephen Penny, Project Leader at the Council Ranger District, 208-253-0164.