Decision Memo Completed

Tarryall Big Game Winter Range Habitat Improvement

Pike-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands Park, Colorado South Park Ranger District

Big game winter range habitat improvement project meant to improve mobility, foraging, and predatory evasion to ensure perpetuity of bighorn sheep, elk, and mule deer populations.

Location

The proposed project area encompasses approximately 16,000 acres and is located in Park County, Colorado approximately 15 miles southeast of the town of Jefferson.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/27/2017
2
Decision
04/2018 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
06/2018 (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); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Species Population Enhancements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green)
Tarryall Big Game Winter Range Habitat ImprovementDecision Signed Date: 04/18/2018
ForestsPike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands
DistrictsSouth Park Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT.9S, R. 74.W, Sect 1-3, 12-13, 24 / T.8S, R.74W, Sect 25-27, 34-36 / T.8S, R.73W Sect 30-32
Forest productsFuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Facility managementWildlife, fish, rare plants