Environmental Assessment Completed

Kings Canyon

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Jackson, Colorado Parks Ranger District

Salvage and remove dead and dying trees to reduce fuels hazards, reduce threats to public safety and infrastructure; promote reforestation to regenerate forests.

Location

14 miles North of Walden.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/25/2011
2
Comment Period
08/25/2011
3
Decision
07/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Trail Management; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
DN & FONSI Kings Canyon Fuels Analysis Area ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/17/2012 Legal Notice Date: 07/26/2012
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsParks Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT10-12N, R78-80 W.
Recreation managementMinerals and geologyWatershed managementRoad managementFuels managementForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)