Environmental Assessment Completed

Pole Mountain Vegetation Project

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

This is a multi-phase project that would prescribe burn or mechanically treat approximately 8,600 acres on the Pole Mountain unit over 7-10 years. Proposed activities would improve habitat and reduce fuels.

Location

Pole Mountain unit

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/09/2013
2
Comment Period
08/09/2013
3
Objection Period Start
02/18/2014
4
Decision
04/2014 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements
Pole Mountain Vegetation ProjectDecision Signed Date: 04/21/2014
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsLaramie Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT14N R71W Sections 1-3, 10-15, 22-30; T15N R71W Sections 1-24, 25-27, 34-36; T15N R72W Sections 1-2, 11-14
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed management