Environmental Assessment Completed

Upper Fryingpan Vegetation Management Project

White River National Forest Eagle; Pitkin, Colorado White River National Forest All Units

Proposal to implement approx. 1,964 acres of vegetation management activities on NFS lands located in Eagle and Pitkin Counties, Colorado. Potential treatment areas have been identified within the upper Fryingpan watershed.

Location

The area is roughly bound by Jakeman and Miller creeks on the west, Crooked Creek Pass on the north, the Holy Cross Wilderness on the east and the Frying Pan River to the south.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/06/2016
2
Comment Period
10/06/2016
3
Objection Period Start
12/21/2017
4
Decision
04/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green)
Upper Fryingpan Vegetation Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 04/30/2018
ForestsWhite River National Forest
DistrictsWest Zone/Aspen Ranger District; West Zone/Sopris Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionPortions of sections 17, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34; T 7S, R 83W Portions of sections 30, 31; T 8S, R 82W Portions of sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 23, 24, 25, 26; T 3S, R 91W
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management