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.
Location
Approx. 7 miles southwest of Fairplay, CO, in the Sheep Creek valley, extending west over to Twelvemile Creek. The Twelvemile Creek watershed is in the greater South Fork of the South Platte River.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
09/13/2024
2
Comment Period
09/13/2024
3
Objection Period Start
12/20/2024
4
Decision
03/2025 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2025 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Trail Management; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements; Travel Management; Watershed Improvements |
| Twelvemile-Sheep Creek Route Adjustments | Decision Signed Date: 03/18/2025 |
| Forests | Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands |
| Districts | South Park Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | 6th Principal Meridian, Township (T) 10 South (S), Range (R) 78 West (W), Sections (Sec) 21, 22, 27, 28, and 35 |