Use prescribed fire and mechanical thinning on a 162-acre project area near Basalt Mountain in Eagle County, Colorado, for the purpose of wildlife habitat improvement and reduction of fuel quantities. Area is comprised of mountain shrubs and aspen.
Location
Basalt Mountain, off FSR 524
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
06/25/2012
2
Decision
07/2014 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2014 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels) |
| Decision Memo Roaring Fork Fuel Reduction Project Unit A | Decision Signed Date: 07/08/2014 |
| Forests | White River National Forest |
| Districts | West Zone/Sopris Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Township 7S, Range 87W, Sections 12 and 13 |