Decision Memo Completed

Silver Springs Meadow Restoration

Lincoln National Forest Otero, New Mexico Sacramento Ranger District

Installation of stream and wetland restoration structures such as beaver dam analogues, Zuni bowls (a step-pool pond feature), one-rock dams, woody debris in channels, and other grade control structures along approx. 1 mile of stream channel.

Location

Project area is immediately adjacent to Highway 244 and is about 5 miles northeast of Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Outside of and abuts the Mescalero Reservation boundary.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/16/2020
2
Decision
04/2024 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
10/2024 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Watershed Improvements
Silver Springs Meadow Restoration Decision MemoDecision Signed Date: 04/18/2024
ForestsLincoln National Forest
DistrictsSacramento Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management