Decision Memo Completed

Waldo Canyon Fire Restoration Project

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

Implement measures to reduce soil loss on USFS lands, lessen flooding impacts, and assist with vegetation recovery by channel work, sediment detention basins, log erosion barriers, straw wattles, trail and road work, mulching, and treating weeds

Location

4 miles west of Colorado Springs on the southern end of the Rampart Range

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/25/2013
2
Comment Period
07/25/2013
3
Decision
12/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
12/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (19), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(19)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Trail Management; Noxious Weed Treatments; Watershed Improvements
Waldo Canyon Fire Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 12/19/2013
ForestsPike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands
DistrictsPikes Peak Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 13 South, Range 67 West and Range 68 West
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed management