Decision Memo Completed

K-43 Mountain Plover Habitat Improvement Prescribed Burn

Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands Union, New Mexico Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands

Prescribe burn approximately 1,200 acres of shortgrass prairie in March, prior to plover migration, to improve quality of mountain plover nesting and foraging habitat.

Location

Kiowa NG Range Unit 43

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/09/2011
2
Comment Period
05/23/2012
3
Decision
01/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
05/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements
Decision Memo for Mtn. Plover Nesting Habitat Improvement Prescribe BurnsDecision Signed Date: 01/28/2013
ForestsCibola National Forest
DistrictsKiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands
Legal Land DescriptionSection 1, T. 26 N., R. 36 E. ; Section 6, T. 26 N., R. 37 E.
Wildlife, fish, rare plants