Environmental Assessment Completed

Bud Project

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

This project includes vegetation management for timber salvage, fuels reduction, and wildlife habitat as well as travel management in the Northwest Sierra Madre. The proposal is based on scoping completed for the larger Savery analysis area in 2010.

Location

BUD Analysis Area is located in Carbon County, Wyoming at the western boundary Brush Creek/Hayden District, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/09/2013
2
Comment Period
07/09/2013
3
Decision
09/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
03/2014 (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; Facility Maintenance; Roadless Area Management; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Grazing Structural Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Travel Management; Watershed Improvements
Bud ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/25/2013 Legal Notice Date: 09/27/2013
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsBrush Creek/Hayden Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionBUD Analysis Area is roughly defined by National Forest Lands west of Sage Creek Road (NFSR 801) and north of Wyoming Highway 70, in Township Range Sections
Forest productsRoad managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed managementWildlife, fish, rare plants