Decision Memo Completed

Bighorn /Stateline Wildlife Habitat and Timber Stand Improvement Project

Rio Grande National Forest Conejos, Colorado Conejos Peak Ranger District

Wildlife, forest, and range improvement/hazardous fuels treatment project. Treatments will include hand thinning of selected ponderosa pine and Douglas Fir stands with prescribed fire after thinning and in applied to unthinned stands.

Location

Southeast of FSR 103, north of railroad track and west of Forest boundary. Area includes a portion of the Carson National Forest, Rio Arriba County.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/27/2009
2
Comment Period
04/26/2013
3
Decision
06/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements
Bighorn/Stateline Wildlife Habitat and Timber Stand Improvement ProjectDecision Signed Date: 06/05/2013 Legal Notice Date: 06/05/2013
ForestsRio Grande National Forest
DistrictsConejos Peak Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT32N, R7E, Sec. 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 & 23.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)