Environmental Assessment Completed

Catamount Hazardous Fuels Project

Pike-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands El Paso; Teller, Colorado Pikes Peak Ranger District

In cooperation with Colorado Springs Utilities, treatment of approximately 25,000 acres to reduce hazardous fuels in the watersheds on Pikes Peak.

Location

Ute Pass and slopes surrounding Pikes Peak, west of Colorado Springs

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
11/01/2009
2
Objection Period Start
11/29/2010
3
Decision
02/2011 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
03/2011 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Municipal Watersheds
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Watershed Improvements
Catamount Forest Health & Hazardous Fuels Reduction ProjectDecision Signed Date: 02/14/2011
ForestsPike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands
DistrictsPikes Peak Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 13 South, 14 South, and 15 South and Range 67 West, 68 West, and 69 West
Fuels managementWatershed management