Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Invasive Plant Management EIS for the Medicine Bow - Routt NFs and Thunder Basin NG

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Albany; Campbell; Carbon; Converse; Crook; Natrona; Niobrara; Platte; Weston; Garfield; Grand; Jackson; Moffat; Rio Blanco; Routt, Colorado; Wyoming Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest All Units

This proposal would continue an integrated approach to treatment of noxious weeds and invasive species such as annual bromes to manage critical wildlife habitats and fuels treatments on the Medicine Bow - Routt NFs and Thunder Basin NG.

Location

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
12/01/2010
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
03/21/2014
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
06/12/2015
4
Objection Period Start
06/12/2015
5
Decision
08/2015 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
10/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Noxious Weed Treatments; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements
Record of Decision Invasive Plant Management MBRTBDecision Signed Date: 08/19/2015
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest All Units
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Fuels managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsGrazing managementWatershed managementVegetation management (other than forest products)