Reduce wildfire risk to the communities of Wilderness Ranch, Hitch Mountain, and Quaker Mountain and to the Elkhead Reservoir. To enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health.
Location
The proposed project area is located on the Hahns Peak Bears Ears Ranger District of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland in the state of Colorado
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
04/15/2022
2
Objection Period Start
04/23/2024
3
Decision
07/2024 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2024 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Biomass; Road Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Watershed Improvements |
| Bears Ears Fuels Reduction and Restoration Project | Decision Signed Date: 07/19/2024 |
| Forests | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest |
| Districts | Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |