Environmental Assessment Completed

Yankee Hill Fuel Reduction Project (Implementation Ongoing)

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests & Pawnee National Grassland Clear Creek; Gilpin, Colorado Clear Creek Ranger District

The Forest Service proposes to respond to the pine beetle epidemic and treatment efficacy in the Yankee Hill area. A Supplemental EA and subsequent Decision Notice will be completed. Units to be considered include 14-20,24,25,39,40,42,44,57,61

Location

Yankee Hill Geographic area

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/06/2005
2
Comment Period
09/13/2006
3
Objection Period Start
11/13/2013
4
Decision
01/2014 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Scenery Management; Watershed Improvements
Yankee Hill Fuels Treatment ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/27/2007
Supplemental Implementation Actions Yankee Hill Fuel Treatment ProjectDecision Signed Date: 01/08/2014
ForestsArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
DistrictsClear Creek Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT2S,R73W,Sections 14-34; T2S, R74W, Sections. 23-27, 33-36; T3S, R73W Sections. 3-10, 15-18; T3S, R74W, Sections. 1-5, 7-20; T3S, R75W, Sections. 23-24
Fuels management