Decision Memo Completed

Hy Brook Thinning Project

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

Commercially thin approx. 569 acres to reduce stand density and reduce hazardous fuel conditions while increasing stand vigor and health and return the stand to a more historical ponderosa pine regime.

Location

Project is located approximately 6 miles north of Divide, Colorado

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
11/18/2013
2
Decision
02/2015 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
04/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Hy Brook Thinning/Timber Stand ImprovementDecision Signed Date: 02/06/2015
ForestsPike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands
DistrictsPikes Peak Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 12 South, Range 70 West, Sections 1, 12 and 13, Township 12 South, Range 69 West, Sections 6, 7, and 8
Fuels management