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 Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Species Habitat Improvements |
| Decision Memo for Mtn. Plover Nesting Habitat Improvement Prescribe Burns | Decision Signed Date: 01/28/2013 |
| Forests | Cibola National Forest |
| Districts | Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands |
| Legal Land Description | Section 1, T. 26 N., R. 36 E. ; Section 6, T. 26 N., R. 37 E. |