Decision Memo Completed

Trail Creek Beaver Habitat Work

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

Installing structures that mimic beaver dams, which would move water into a river%u2019s floodplain through overbank flows and enhance the depth, extent, and duration of inundation on the landscape on Trail Creek, near Taylor Park.

Location

Trail Creek, Taylor Park, Colorado

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/26/2021
2
Decision
08/2021 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2021 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (18), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(18)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Watershed Improvements
2021 Trail Creek Beaver Habitat WorkDecision Signed Date: 08/17/2021
ForestsGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
DistrictsGunnison Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT 13S, R 83W. S 13, 14, 23, & 24; 6th PM
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management