In order to address the threat of landscape-scale wildfire in the Wet Mountains, the FS proposes to increase the defensibility of potential control features, such as roads & trails, by reducing fuels mechanically, with hand treatments, and Rx fire.
Location
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Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
11/21/2021
2
Decision
11/2023 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
12/2023 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.3(11) |
| Special Authority | 2021 Infrastructure: Fuel Break Ce |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Watershed Improvements |
| Decision Memo Wet Mountains Potential Control Locations | Decision Signed Date: 11/21/2023 |
| Forests | Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands |
| Districts | San Carlos Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |