Decision Memo Completed

Wilder-Highlands Mountain Pine Beetle Response

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests Gunnison, Colorado Grand Mesa Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest All Units

Proposed treatment of approximately 2,900 acres of dead, dying or susceptible lodgepole pine stands which have been or could be infested by mountain pine beetles.

Location

Approximately 13 miles north-northeast of Gunnison Colorado

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/03/2020
2
Decision
04/2020 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
05/2020 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.3 (5)
Special AuthorityHfra Title Vi: Insect And Disease Projects
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green)
Wilder-Highlands MPB ResponseDecision Signed Date: 04/20/2020
ForestsGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
DistrictsGunnison Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSections 32-33, T15S, R 84W, Sixth PM; Sections 7-8 & 16-21, T51N, R2E and Sections 12-13 & 24, T51N, R1E, New Mexico PM, Gunnison County, Colorado.
Fuels managementForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)