Environmental Assessment Completed

Lujan Pass Timber Management Project

Rio Grande National Forest Saguache, Colorado Saguache Ranger District

The proposed project would use ground-based logging systems for commercial timber harvesting on approximately 722 acres.

Location

The analysis area is located approximately thirty miles northwest of Saguache, CO near Lujan Pass. Primary access is via National Forest System Road (NFSR) 785 or NFSRs 810 and 784.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/28/2019
2
Comment Period
06/28/2019
3
Objection Period Start
02/19/2021
4
Decision
05/2021 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2021 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green)
Lujan Pass Timber Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/20/2021
ForestsRio Grande National Forest
DistrictsSaguache Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNew Mexico Principal Meridian, T.46 N., R.4 E., sec. 16, 17, 20, 21, 22. and 28.
Forest products