Environmental Assessment Completed

Del Norte Peak Spruce Beetle Salvage

Rio Grande National Forest Rio Grande, Colorado Divide Ranger District

The Divide Ranger District is proposing to salvage up to 4,100 acres of dead and dying Engelmann spruce trees in the Del Norte Peak area. Approximately 48,750 hundred cubic feet (CCF) of Engelmann spruce sawtimber may be salvaged with this project

Location

Project area located about 6 miles southeast of South Fork, Colorado

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/10/2017
2
Comment Period
10/10/2017
3
Objection Period Start
07/03/2018
4
Decision
10/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
11/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Salvage)
Del Norte Peak Spruce Beetle SalvageDecision Signed Date: 10/26/2018
ForestsRio Grande National Forest
DistrictsDivide Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT.39 N.,R.4 E., sec. 19,20,27-34; T.39 N.,R.3 E. sec. 24,25,36; T.38 N.,R.3 E.,sec. 12-14, 23-26,35,36; T.38 N.,R.4 E., sec.3-10,16-19,30,31; T.37 N., R.4 E.,sec. 6; and T.37 N., R.3 E sec. 1,NM PM
Forest products