Restoration work to address cut banks, head-cutting, and incised gulleys w/in Gunnison Sage-Grouse habitat. This project will strive to improve Sage-Grouse brood-rearing habitat. Restoration work was completed on adjacent private land fall 2012.
Location
Flat Top Mountain approximately 8 miles north/northwest of Gunnison, CO, within the Ohio Creek valley.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
04/11/2013
2
Comment Period
04/11/2013
3
Decision
07/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2013 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements; Watershed Improvements |
| Flat Top Mountain Gunnison Sage-Grouse Habitat Improvement | Decision Signed Date: 07/22/2013 Legal Notice Date: 07/22/2013 |
| Forests | Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests |
| Districts | Gunnison Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T. 51N, R.1W, Sections 10, 11, 14, 15; NMPM |