Environmental Assessment Completed

Little Beaver Timber Management Project

Rio Grande National Forest Rio Grande, Colorado Divide Ranger District

Within the harvest footprint the proposed project would use ground-based logging systems for commercial timber harvesting(785 ac.),shelterwood removal(756 ac.)and salvage cutting(29 ac.). Up to 1.5 mi. of roads may be constructed for timber removal.

Location

The project is located approximately nine miles south of South Fork, CO in the Little Beaver Creek drainage. Primary access is via National Forest System Roads 380 and 361.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/14/2018
2
Comment Period
12/15/2018
3
Objection Period Start
08/23/2019
4
Decision
02/2020 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
03/2021 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Salvage)
Little Beaver Timber Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 02/26/2020
ForestsRio Grande National Forest
DistrictsDivide Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNew Mexico Principal Meridian, T.38 N., R.3 E., sec. 4, 8, 9, 10, 14-17, 20-23, 27, and 28.
Forest products