Decision Memo Completed

Little Snake Culvert Replacements

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

Replace nine culverts with new structures to provide for aquatic passage and improve hydrology. This project would restore connectivity on approximately 23 miles of perennial stream.

Location

Approximately 25 miles north of Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/01/2015
2
Decision
05/2016 (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
LSR Culvert Replacements ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/15/2016
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsHahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT11N, R85W, Sec 4,12,26,and 27; T12N, R85W, Sec22
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management