Environmental Assessment Completed

Hilton Lakes and Hilton Creek Trail Project

Inyo National Forest Inyo, California White Mountain Ranger District

A trails management project to protect watershed conditions: install stream protection treatments at stream crossings; construct trail reroutes; reconstruct trail causeways; add trail stabilizing structures; reduce trail widths to Forest standard.

Location

Project area is 20 miles northwest of Bishop, CA, in the Hilton Creek analysis unit of the John Muir Wilderness.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/23/2011
2
Comment Period
02/07/2012
3
Decision
07/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityTrail Management; Watershed Improvements; Wilderness Management
Hilton Lakes and Hilton Creek Trail Project Decision Notice/FONSIDecision Signed Date: 07/18/2012 Legal Notice Date: 09/29/2012
ForestsInyo National Forest
DistrictsWhite Mountain Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSections 2, 11, 12, 13, 24, 25, 26, T.5S, R.29E. Sections 25, 36, T.5S, R291/2E. Sections 30, 31, T.5S, R.30E. Section 1, T.6S, R.291/2 E.
Watershed managementRecreation management