Categorical Exclusion Completed

North Platte Vegetation Management Project

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Carbon; Grand; Jackson; Larimer; Routt, Wyoming; Colorado Parks Ranger District

The purpose of this project is to treat up to 3000 acres within the landscape to improve the resistance and resiliency of forest stands to insects and disease for a sustainable future. Please see publicly available documents here: https://usfs-public.box.com/s/tbh252uptbu41b2edorwvqequwrdfeio.

Location

Throughout the Parks Ranger District on the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest. Township(T)4N, Range(R)80/81W; T5N, R80/81/82W; T6N, R80,82,83W; T7N, R82/83W; T8/9/10N, R82W; T11N, R78/79/81/82/83/84/85W; T12N, R78/79/81/82/83/84/85W; 6th Principle Meridian; Jackson County, Colorado.

Project timeline

1
NEPA Start Date
1/8/2026
2
Finding/Decision Date
5/19/2026

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical ExclusionSection 603 of HFRA (16 U.S.C. 6591b)
Decision Signed Date5/19/2026
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)