Decision Memo Completed

Illinois Creek Fire Re-Vegetation Project

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

The District proposes to masticate 60 acres of dead lodgepole pine and replant with native coniferous seedlings following mastication.

Location

The project is approximately 3 miles west of Foxpark, WY at the junction of Forest Service roads 512 and 504.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/12/2014
2
Decision
07/2014 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (5), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(5)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Watershed Improvements
Illinois Creek Fire Re-vegetation ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/09/2014
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsLaramie Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT13N R 78W Sections 7 and 18; T 13N R 79W Section 13
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed management