Decision Memo Completed

West Mountain Fuels

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

Fuels treatments (thinning, pruning, mastication, overstory removal, and piling and burning of material) over approximately 322 acres of National Forest System lands adjacent to the Quartz Creek Property Association near Pitkin, Colorado.

Location

Within 2.5 miles, west-northwest of Pitkin, Colorado.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/27/2021
2
Decision
03/2023 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
06/2023 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6); 32.2 (12), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(12)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Timber Sales (Green)
West Mountain FuelsDecision Signed Date: 03/14/2023
ForestsGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
DistrictsGunnison Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT50N, R4E, Sections 5, 6, 7, 8; New Mexico Principal Meridian, Gunnison County, Colorado.
Fuels managementForest products