The proposed action is to effectively treat up to 31,700 acres within the 70,600 acre analysis area. Combinations of mechanical thinning with product removal, mastication, hand thinning, and prescribed fire will move toward the desired conditions.
Location
The Upper Monument Creek and West Monument Creek drainages are north and west of Colorado Springs along the Rampart Range.
Project timeline
1
NOI in Federal Register
02/27/2014
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
05/28/2014
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
05/12/2017
4
Objection Period Start
05/12/2017
5
Decision
08/2017 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
08/2017 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Roadless Area Management; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Final Record of Decision Upper Monument Creek Landscape Restoration | Decision Signed Date: 08/14/2017 |
| Forests | Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands |
| Districts | Pikes Peak Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |