Environmental Assessment Completed

Cochetopa Hills Vegetation Management Project

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests Gunnison, Colorado Gunnison Ranger District

This project will provide forest management at a landscape scale in the Cochetopa Hills portion of the Gunnison Ranger District to meet various Forest Plan objectives.

Location

The Cochetopa Hills portion of the Gunnison Ranger District (Highway 114 corridor).

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/08/2010
2
Comment Period
08/08/2013
3
Objection Period Start
03/17/2014
4
Decision
05/2014 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Cochetopa Hills Vegetation Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/12/2014
ForestsGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
DistrictsGunnison Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT44N, R2,3&4 E; T45N, R2,3,4E; T46N, R2,3,4E; T47N, R2,3,4E; NMPM
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management