Decision Memo Completed

2021 Flat Top Mountain Wet Meadow Habitat Restoration

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

Address erosion occurring in intermittent or ephemeral drainages and meadow habitats by maintaining existing erosion control structures and building new small rock structures (hand built and using heavy equipment).

Location

Flat Top Mountain, approximately 8 miles north of Gunnison, CO. Accessed from FS Roads 829 (Henkel Road), 955 and 863.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/10/2021
2
Decision
01/2022 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
06/2022 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements; Watershed Improvements
Flat Top Mountain Wet Meadow Habitat RestorationDecision Signed Date: 01/11/2022
ForestsGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
DistrictsGunnison Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT15 S, R86 W, Sections 34, 35, 36; T51 N, R1 W, Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15; T51 N, R1 E, Sections 19, 30
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management