Environmental Assessment Completed

Atkinson Pasture Rio Penasco Sacramento Lake Fence and Water Development

Lincoln National Forest Otero, New Mexico Sacramento Ranger District

Install a pipeline and drinker in the Atkinson Pasture at the Rio Peñasco. Replace and extend the existing barbed wire fence exclosure with a pipe fence at the Sacramento Lake wetland, and extend an existing pipeline to a drinker south of the lake.

Location

The project area is located in Otero County, approximately 10 miles south of Cloudcroft NM on Hwy #6563.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/15/2012
2
Comment Period
02/13/2013
3
Decision
06/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Grazing Structural Improvements
EA for Atkinson Pasture Rio Penasco Sac Lake Fence & Water Dev PrjDecision Signed Date: 06/13/2013 Legal Notice Date: 06/14/2013
ForestsLincoln National Forest
DistrictsSacramento Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNE1/4 Section 11, Township,17S., Range 11E; Section 12, Township,18S., Range 11E
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsGrazing management