Decision Memo Cancelled

Upper Rio Penasco Stream Restoration Phase I

Lincoln National Forest Otero, New Mexico Sacramento Ranger District

Activities on approx. 0.5 mile of stream channel including the construction of Zuni bowls, worm ditches, media lunas, one-rock dams, flow-splitters, beaver dam analogues, and other grade control structures such as using woody debris.

Location

Approximately 10 miles south of Cloudcroft and at the intersection of Sunspot Highway (Road 6563) and Rio Penasco Road (C17) on the downstream side of the Rio Penasco Road

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/16/2020
2
Decision
01/2021 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
05/2021 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (7), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(7)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityWatershed Improvements
ForestsLincoln National Forest
DistrictsSacramento Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT. 17S, R. 11E, section 11
Watershed management