Decision Memo Completed

Flat Top Mountain Riparian Restoration - Gunnison Sage-Grouse Habitat Improvement

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

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 Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements; Watershed Improvements
Flat Top Mountain Gunnison Sage-Grouse Habitat ImprovementDecision Signed Date: 07/22/2013 Legal Notice Date: 07/22/2013
ForestsGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
DistrictsGunnison Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT. 51N, R.1W, Sections 10, 11, 14, 15; NMPM
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management