Various vegetation management treatments would be used within a total project treatment area of approximately, but not exceeding, 250 acres of lodgepole pine and mixed conifer stands which have experienced high levels of mortality.
Location
Project area is located on the Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District on the HPBE district in Routt County, CO, approximately 27 miles northwest of Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
01/20/2022
2
Decision
03/2022 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2022 (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 | Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage) |
| Argentine Vegetation Management Project | Decision Signed Date: 03/22/2022 |
| Forests | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest |
| Districts | Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |