Pike-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands — Project Detail

Proposal to expand parking at the existing Upper/Paradise parking lot at Monarch Mountain Ski Area. To view documents and map, visit https://usfs-public.box.com/s/69ysi71rdols700rt9c2gqpp2trnvke5

Proposal to to close open adits or shafts that pose safety hazards. Actions may include barriers, signing, the removal of hazardous structures or equipment, backfilling, or in some cases erecting a bat-friendly gate or grates.

The project will utilize mechanical harvest methods, hand treatments, and prescribed fire to improve forest health and hazardous fuels on approximately 2993 acres within forest stands. https://usfs-public.box.com/s/opvpx38l17q5c6l60me5h0fp6vik6py6

The Forest Service is revising its land management plan for the Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands to meet the requirements of the National Forest Management Act and the 2012 Planning Rule (36 CFR 219). This effort will result in a standalone land management plan for the grasslands.

Equal value land exchange of 94 acres of federal land for 120 acres of private land between the US Forest Service and Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp.

The Forest is proposing a combination of vegetation treatments and prescribed fire to reduce hazardous fuel loading and fire intensity while enhancing forest health and resiliency across the Pikes Peak Ranger District.

This project will re-organize the existing parking area to provide additional capacity, increasing the number of spaces from 65 to 82 and improve ingress and egress. New vault toilets will be added.

Proposal to amend permits(FS) or issue ROW grants(BLM) to replace wood poles with steel poles, adjust ROW width, and identify access roads on electric transmission line where it crosses FS and BLM lands. The line capacity 115kV remains the same.

This proposal authorizes the closure of three hazardous mine features (two adits and one shaft) at three sites on the San Carlos Ranger District. Closures may include backfill, iron gates or foam.

This project seeks to conduct deferred maintenance trail work and new trail construction to the Indian Creek Trail System (NFST 800), this also includes the restoration/closure of non-system trail routes. Comment on the project: https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?project=210745

The project is to issue a special use permit to Buffalo Creek Gun Club, INC. for operating and maintaining a shooting range. The new permit would expand the area under permit from 47 acres to 148 acres. New facilities would be built by the permittee.

The Forest Service has received a proposal for a new trail segment connecting the new municipal trail west of a subdivision near Monument, CO to NFST 715. A map of the proposed trail alignment is available here: https://usfs-public.box.com/s/cgl2ykmrf3j6pz84b5a11qa5x2mscv4m

To review proposed renewals of plans of operation for ten unpatented mining claims in the Crystal Creek Mining Area of the South Park Ranger District. A maximum of 22.42 acres of ground disturbance is proposed across all plans of operation.

Review request for use and maintenance of a 39 foot x 12 foot driveway to connect two private parcels surrounded by NFS lands.

Review request from Sangre De Cristo Electric Association to incorporate an individual service connection installation that consists of two 40' pole replacements and installation of 215' of overoverhead utility line in a 20' Right-of-Way

Proposed safety closures of open pit shafts or open adits at abandoned or inactive mine sites. Openings would be closed with backfill, plugs, polyurethane foam, grates, or bulkhead construction. Each of the five sites is a small surface area.

The Forest Service proposes to use vegetation treatments such as tree thinning, prescribed burning, and/or other fuel reduction methods on appx. 116,600 acres to reduce the intensity of fires and create healthier forest conditions.

Proposal to issue road access permit. The route would travel from Forest System Road 107 to the private inholding northwest of Leadville, CO. Route would be approximately 6,125 feet long by 12 feet wide.

Proposal for a single connector trail on the east side of Twin Lakes.

Proposal to modify the existing on site waste water system by adding vaults at the existing tank, trenching for the required electric and control, adding monitoring wells, replacing existing tank if needed. The system is located at the parking area.

The FS proposes to analyze the effects of designated vehicle-based dispersed camping to respond to resource concerns and/or conflicts with other forest uses. Project contact Deborah Kill, (719) 269-8702

The purpose of the proposed project is to issue a temporary construction permit to convert a solar well to a metered connection.

Special Use Permit for a one-time group event for the Oglala Lakota Tribe to hold Sun Dance ceremony.

Proposal to install approximately 210 feet of telecommunications fiber optic cable beneath the dirt surface parking lot at Ski Cooper and 7350 feet of overhead line

There is a need to mitigate the potential impacts from high intensity wildfire to the watershed, reservoir, and other resources. Proposed vegetation treatments include mechanical/hand-thinning, firewood/product removal, and prescribed burning.

Proposed special use authorization to use FS Road 375 during a winter wildlife closure period to access a private inholding. Applicant would drive 1.2 miles for occasional use. No snowplowing or road maintenance is proposed.

To address resource concerns, the project will analyze decommissioning a trail, constructing additional trails, rerouting a trail, and decommissioning some unauthorized (user-created, non-Forest Service system) routes.

(Formerly the AIMS of Target Shooting project) This project will establish an adaptive framework to manage the opportunities for and effects of target shooting (recreational sport shooting) on the Pike National Forest.

The PSICC is considering a proposal from Mule Creek Gravel, LLC to expand their current pit from 10.3 acres to 21.8 acres (increase of 11.5 acres) over the next ten years. Operations began in 2000 and Mule Creek has operated the pit since 2019.

The FS has received 3 proposals to explore for and mine pegmatite gemstones in the Crystal Creek Mining Area on 9 unpatented mining claims. Total disturbance is 2 acres per season and 15 acres over the next 10 years.

The forest is proposing a combination of vegetation treatments and prescribed fire on approximately 19,000 acres to reduce hazardous fuel loading while improving forest health and resiliency to high severity wildfires, insect outbreaks and disease.

This project addresses increased recreation that is putting stress on resources and infrastructure at the Kite Lake site and Buckskin Gulch corridor. The plan may modify: the roadway, campground, parking lot, bathrooms, land ownership and mgmt.

Monarch Mountain is proposing to expand its special use permit boundary by approximately 377 acres to develop 139 acres of new terrain. The ski area also proposes a new 2700 foot long chairlift, a warming hut, restroom, and access road.

The Forest Service proposes to issue a Special Use Permit for a 20-year term to allow a private landowner to install, maintain and use a new 660-foot buried waterline and electric line on NFS land between his two parcels of private land

The Forest Service is proposing to authorize the Campo Grazing Association to construct an overflow pond at the end of the pipeline located in Unit 3 of the Aubrey Trail Allotment.