Environmental Assessment Completed

Laramie District North WUI Project

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Albany, Wyoming Laramie Ranger District

Vegetation treatments around WUI areas and municipal watersheds on the Laramie Ranger District. Treatment emphasis is on fuels reduction across the northern part of the District including Foxborough, Rob Roy/Rambler and north to Brooklyn Lake.

Location

From Foxborough north to Brooklyn Lake

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
11/24/2010
2
Objection Period Start
10/20/2012
3
Decision
02/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
02/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface; Hfra Title I: Municipal Watersheds; Hfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics)
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Roadless Area Management; Timber Sales (Salvage)
North WUI Fuels Reduction and Watershed Improvement ProjectDecision Signed Date: 02/11/2013
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsLaramie Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT13 - 16N, R78 - 79W, 6th Principle Meridian
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed management