Decision Memo Completed

SNOTEL Upper Taylor II

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

Installation of four SNOTEL/SNOLITE sites as part of mixed research and long term snowpack analysis network to supplement the two existing SNOTEL sites (Upper Taylor and Park Cone) in the Upper Taylor watershed.

Location

TP 1: Italian Creek, just south of star mine; TP 2: Trail Creek; TP 3: Cottonwood Pass; TP 4: Cumberland Pass, on jeep road south of Mirror Lake

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/28/2017
2
Decision
10/2017 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
11/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFacility Improvements/Construction; Special Use Authorizations; Research And Development
SNOTEL Upper Taylor IIDecision Signed Date: 10/31/2017
ForestsGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
DistrictsGunnison Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSec. 2, T. 13 S., R. 84 W., 6th PM; Sec. 34, T. 13 S., R. 83 W., 6th PM; Sec. 8, T. 14 S., R. 81 W., 6th PM; and Sec. 22, T. 15 S., R. 81 W., 6th PM
Special use managementResearch