Decision Memo Completed

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Special Use Permit Renewal

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

Renewal of a SUP for the operation and maintenance of 11 existing SNOwpack TELemetry (SNOTEL) sites and 8 snowcourse sites on the Routt NF. This project will also include the installation of 1 new site called the Elkhead Divide SNOTEL.

Location

20 Sites on the Routt National Forest

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/22/2013
2
Decision
07/2014 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3); 32.2 (15)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
ROUTT NF MASTER SPECIAL USE PRMT TO THE NRCS FOR SNOTEL & SNOW COURSE SITESDecision Signed Date: 07/01/2014
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsYampa Ranger District; Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District; Parks Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Special use management