Environmental Assessment Completed

Rangeland Management in the Black Mountain Planning Area

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

Conduct an environmental analysis of livestock grazing on three domestic sheep allotments to fulfill Rescission Act requirements and provide guidance for future management.

Location

The analysis area is approximately 20 miles north of Craig, west of Black Mountain.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/21/2016
2
Comment Period
08/21/2016
3
Objection Period Start
10/29/2017
4
Decision
01/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityGrazing, Rescissions Act Of 1995
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityGrazing Allotment Management; Grazing Authorizations; Noxious Weed Treatments; Grazing Structural Improvements
Rangeland Management in the Black Mountain Planning Area DNDecision Signed Date: 01/18/2018
Rangeland Management in the Black Mountain Planning AreaDecision Signed Date: 01/18/2018
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsHahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionAll or portions of: T9N,R90W,Sec.1;T9N,R89W,Sec.6;T10N,R90W,Secs.13,14,23,24,25,26,36;T10N,R89W,Secs.5,6,7,8,9,16,17,18,19,20,21,28,29,30,31,32.
Grazing managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed managementVegetation management (other than forest products)