Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration Project

Santa Fe National Forest Sandoval, New Mexico Santa Fe National Forest All Units

To make natural and cultural resources in the Southwest Jemez Mountains project area - about 110,000 acres -resilient to landscape-level disturbances such as wildfire

Location

Middle Jemez River Watershed in an area bounded approximately by FR 376, Highway 4, and FR269.

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
07/11/2012
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
02/28/2014
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
08/19/2015
4
Objection Period Start
08/19/2015
5
Decision
12/2015 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
12/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Heritage Resource Management; Special Products Sales; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 12/03/2015
ForestsSanta Fe National Forest
DistrictsJemez Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownships 16N, 17N, 18N, 19N and 20N, and Ranges 1E, 2E, 3E, 4E, and 5E
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Road managementWatershed managementHeritage resource managementForest productsFuels managementWildlife, fish, rare plants