Decision Memo Completed

Burgess Creek Culvert Replacement

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

Replace two culverts on Burgess Creek to provide for aquatic passage and improve hydrology. This project will benefit Colorado River cutthroat trout.

Location

Approximately 1.5 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, within the Steamboat Ski area boundary.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/01/2015
2
Decision
04/2016 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (18), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(18)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Species Population Enhancements; Watershed Improvements
Burgess Creek Culvert Replacements ProjectDecision Signed Date: 04/15/2016
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsHahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT6N, R84W, Sec.2
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management