Using chainsaws, thin overstocked, naturally regenerated harvest units totaling approximately 220 acres. Precommercial thinning would occur in stands dominated by lodgepole pine saplings.
Location
Treatment is proposed in six previous timber sale areas, all located north of Steamboat Springs, CO, on the Hahns Peak/Bears Ears R.D., from the Seedhouse Road to the Wyoming state line.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
01/01/2016
2
Decision
12/2017 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2018 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Forest Vegetation Improvements |
| Hahns Peak/ Bears Ears RD Precommercial Thinning | Decision Signed Date: 12/14/2017 |
| Forests | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest |
| Districts | Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T10N, R84W, Sec. 29, 31, 32; T10N, R85W, Sec. 2; T10N, R86W, Sec. 2, 3, 4, 5; T11N, R85W, Sec. 2, 3, 23, 26, 34, 35, 36; T11N, R86W, Sec. 32, 33, 36; T12N, R85W, Sec. 19 |