Environmental Assessment Completed

Groundhog Park Spruce Beetle Salvage

Rio Grande National Forest Saguache, Colorado Divide Ranger District

The Divide Ranger District is proposing to salvage dead and dying spruce from up to 1,951 acres in the Groundhog Park area, located about 16 miles northwest of Del Norte, Colorado. This could produce 21,200 cubic feet of sawtimber.

Location

Located about 16 miles northwest of Del Norte, CO

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/10/2017
2
Comment Period
10/10/2017
3
Objection Period Start
09/04/2018
4
Decision
11/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2019 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Salvage)
Groundhog Park Spruce Beetle SalvageDecision Signed Date: 11/29/2018
ForestsRio Grande National Forest
DistrictsDivide Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT.43 N., R.4 E., sec. 31, 32; T.42 N., R.4 E. sec. 5-8, 16-21, 28-33; T.42 N., R.3 E., sec. 12, 13, 23-25, 36; and T.41 N., R.3 E., sec. 4-6, New Mexico P.M.
Forest products