Decision Memo Completed

NFSR 429 Road Management

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Carbon, Wyoming Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District

Close approx .14 miles of NFSR 429 to motorized use to provide short-term resource protection/protect public health and safety; original proposal to change long term management status from Level 2 to Level 1 will be analyzed in a future EA.

Location

The project is located west of Encampment, Wyoming, north of Highway 70, and the east side of Silver Lake.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/28/2012
2
Comment Period
04/28/2012
3
Decision
06/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.12 (1), 36 Cfr 220.6(D)(1)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityTravel Management
NFSR 429 Road Management/Health & SafetyDecision Signed Date: 06/29/2012
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsBrush Creek/Hayden Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT.14 N., R. 85 W. Section 18
Road managementRecreation management