Environmental Assessment Cancelled

Dry Fork Allotment Livestock Grazing

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

The Paonia Ranger District is proposing to continue to authorize domestic livestock grazing on the Dry Fork allotment. Should the decision be to continue grazing on the Dry fork Allotment, an Allotment Management Plan (AMP) will be drafted.

Location

6 miles east of Paonia and covers approximately 23,000 acres

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/15/2022
2
Comment Period
12/21/2022
3
Objection Period Start
03/2025 (Estimated)
4
Decision
03/2025 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2025 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityGrazing, Rescissions Act Of 1995
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityGrazing Allotment Management; Grazing Authorizations; Grazing Structural Improvements
ForestsGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
DistrictsPaonia Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Grazing management