The USFS proposes to renovate a 65-year-old campground to include rehabilitating unsustainable sites, adding sites & facilities, and adding ADA-accessibile facilities while keeping with the rustic character of semi-primitive, motorized camping.
Location
Monarch Park Campground is approx. 21-miles west of Salida, CO and approx. 14-miles northeast of Sargents, CO via Highway 50.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
02/28/2023
2
Decision
01/2024 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
04/2024 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (22), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(22) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Developed Site Management; Watershed Improvements |
| Decision Memo Monarch Park Campground Rehabilitation | Decision Signed Date: 01/22/2024 |
| Forests | Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands |
| Districts | Salida Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |