Restoration of about 4,000 to 6,000 acres of low-elevation forest (ponderosa pine and mixed-conifer). Treatments include timber harvest, mechanical fuels treatments, and prescribed fire. Project surrounds about 1,500acres of PVT.
Location
Uncompahgre Plateau about 24 miles southwest of Delta, CO
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
11/06/2008
2
Comment Period
11/06/2008
3
Decision
08/2009 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2009 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Road Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Research And Development; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green) |
| Uncompahgre Mesas Forest Restoration and Demonstration Project | Decision Signed Date: 08/31/2009 |
| Forests | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests |
| Districts | Ouray Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Secs. 25,26,34,35,36 T. 49N., R 14W; AND SECS. 2,3,4,9,10 T.48N., R 14W. |