Environmental Assessment Completed

Westside Sacramento Mountains Watershed Restoration and Fuels Reduction Project- Priority Area 3

Lincoln National Forest Otero, New Mexico Sacramento Ranger District

The proposed action uses a combination of mechanical thinning and prescribed fire on approximately 3,642 acres of National Forest and City of Alamogordo lands in order to reduce the threat of high intensity wildfires and promote healthy watersheds.

Location

Westside of Sacramento Ranger District

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/09/2015
2
Comment Period
08/22/2017
3
Objection Period Start
01/26/2018
4
Decision
03/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Westside Sacramento Mountains Watershed Restoration and Fuels Reduction Project- Priority Area 3Decision Signed Date: 03/20/2018
ForestsLincoln National Forest
DistrictsSacramento Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Watershed managementFuels management