Environmental Assessment Completed

Buffalo Pass Road Reconstruction

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

Maintenance and reconstruction to bring NFSR 60 up to standards. The proposal also addresses adverse effects of increased dispersed camping, which may be exacerbated by the road improvement.

Location

Buffalo Pass Road reconstruction from Dry Lake Campground to Summit Lake Trailhead. Dispersed camping management from Dry Lake Campground to 1.5 miles east of Buffalo Pass.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/15/2019
2
Comment Period
09/15/2019
3
Objection Period Start
01/26/2022
4
Decision
04/2022 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2022 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityDispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction
Buffalo Pass Road ReconstructionDecision Signed Date: 04/12/2022
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsHahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Recreation managementRoad management