Environmental Assessment Cancelled

Walton Peak Timber and Fuels Project

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Routt, Colorado Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District

Salvage of lodgepole pine on Rabbit Ears Pass, fuels reduction (enhanced protection of communication tower and various structures in and around Rabbit Ears Pass and Walton Peak), and wildlife habitat improvement.

Location

The Project will take place on the Routt National Forest from the Eastern summit of Rabbit Ears Pass west to the forest boundary east of Steamboat Springs.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/2011 (Estimated)
2
Comment Period
08/2011 (Estimated)
3
Decision
04/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage)
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsHahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownships 5N - 7N, and Ranges 82W - 84W.
Fuels managementForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)