Environmental Impact Statement Completed

North Savery Project

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

Signed Record of Decision now available! Up to 6,834 acres hazard tree clearing, precommercial thinning & timber harvest; associated road proposals to improve motorized public access to the forest while minimizing road impacts to other resources.

Location

Northwest Sierra Madre mountains

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
11/23/2015
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
07/28/2017
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
03/21/2018
4
Objection Period Start
03/23/2018
5
Decision
05/2018 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
07/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface; Hfra Title I: Municipal Watersheds; Hfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics); Hfra Title I: Threatened And Endangered Species Habitat; Hfra Title Vi: Insect And Disease Projects
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Salvage); Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green)
North Savery ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/25/2018
North Savery Project Vegetation and Travel Management Actions RODDecision Signed Date: 05/25/2018
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsBrush Creek/Hayden Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT14-16N R86-88W
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed managementRoad management