Removal of downed or standing dead spruce and fir trees affected by a severe wind event which occurred on September 8, 2020.
Location
Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland in Routt County, Colorado, approximately 35 miles northwest of Steamboat Spring.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
05/31/2021
2
Decision
07/2021 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2021 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (13), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(13) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Road Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Salvage) |
| Whiskey Creek Vegetation Management Project | Decision Signed Date: 07/08/2021 |
| Forests | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest |
| Districts | Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |