Decision Memo Completed

Red Vista Fuels Reduction Project

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Grand, Colorado Yampa Ranger District

Harvest treatments of up to 3000 acres in mostly beetle killed conifers. This project was formally known as "Red Vista Vegetation Management".

Location

Approximately 20 miles southeast of Yampa,Colorado, near Gore Pass.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/18/2018
2
Decision
02/2019 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
05/2019 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.3 (5)
Special AuthorityHfra Title Vi: Insect And Disease Projects
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green)
Red Vista Fuels Reduction Project Decision MemoDecision Signed Date: 02/01/2019
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsYampa Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Forest productsFuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)