Decision Memo Completed

Hilltop Administrative Site Lease

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Routt, Colorado Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District

The Routt National Forest proposes to lease an 8.47-acre parcel of National Forest System lands, located within the city of Steamboat Springs, to the city, for construction and management of income-based workforce housing.

Location

Located within the City of Steamboat Springs, Fox Creek Subdivision, on Hilltop Drive, aka Hilltop Parkway, approximately 1/4 miles from US HWY 40.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/24/2024
2
Comment Period
07/24/2024
3
Decision
09/2025 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2025 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFacility Improvements/Construction; Special Use Authorizations
Hilltop Administrative Site LeaseDecision Signed Date: 09/15/2025
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsHahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionLot 1, Fox Creek Subd., SW1/4SW1/4 Sec. 16, T. 6 N., R. 84 W., 6th PM Routt County, CO
Land ownership managementSpecial use managementFacility management