Decision Memo Completed

Silver Creek Fire Tree Planting

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

Planting of lodgepole pine seedlings across 100 acres of fire-killed lodgepole pine forest to create favorable conditions for recruitment and improve watershed conditions and wildlife habitat within the 2018 Silver Creek fire burn scar.

Location

18 miles northeast of Yampa within the Red Dirt Creek watershed.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/22/2023
2
Decision
02/2024 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
06/2024 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (5), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(5); 32.2 (11), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(11)
Special AuthorityNational Fire Plan - Healthy Forests Initiative Ce
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements
Silver Creek Fire Tree PlantingDecision Signed Date: 02/07/2024
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsYampa Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)