Decision Memo Completed

Cougar Douglas-fir Sanitation/Salvage

Rio Grande National Forest Saguache, Colorado Saguache Ranger District

The proposed action consists of sanitation harvest of no more than 250 acres of dead/dying, infested/currently uninfested Douglas-fir trees affected by Douglas-fir beetle and Western spruce budworm.

Location

Project area is located adjacent to NFSR 708 and NFSR 707 within the Spring Gulch area.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/16/2024
2
Decision
10/2024 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2025 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (14), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(14)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements
Cougar Douglas-fir Sanitation/SalvageDecision Signed Date: 10/24/2024
ForestsRio Grande National Forest
DistrictsSaguache Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT.44N., R.5E., sections 1, 2, and 3, NMPM.
Vegetation management (other than forest products)