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 Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Trail Management; Watershed Improvements; Wilderness Management |
| Hilton Lakes and Hilton Creek Trail Project Decision Notice/FONSI | Decision Signed Date: 07/18/2012 Legal Notice Date: 09/29/2012 |
| Forests | Inyo National Forest |
| Districts | White Mountain Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Sections 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. |