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.
Location
The project area is located in eastern Park and central Teller counties along the US Highway 24 corridor. The project surrounds private, state and other federal lands in central Colorado.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
04/17/2024
2
Comment Period
04/17/2024
3
10/31/2024
4
Decision
10/2024 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
11/2024 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | 2021 Infrastructure: Emergency Actions |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 2021 Infrastructure: Emergency Actions |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Watershed Improvements |
| East Park North Divide Fuels Reduction | Decision Signed Date: 10/31/2024 |
| Forests | Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands |
| Districts | Pikes Peak Ranger District; South Park Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |