Improve habitat diversity, reduce fuels and provide forest products through the use of prescribed burning and thinning. About 1000 acres of thinning along Forest Roads 205, 275, and 422 and about 2,500 acres of prescribed burning.
Location
In the southern Manzano Mountains about 10 miles northwest of Mountainair.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
03/16/2011
2
Comment Period
09/13/2007
3
Decision
10/2011 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
01/2012 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Timber Sales (Green) |
| Espinosa-Barranco Wildlife Habitat Improvement Project | Decision Signed Date: 10/19/2011 Legal Notice Date: 11/10/2011 |
| Forests | Cibola National Forest |
| Districts | Mountainair Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T4N, R5E, and Sections 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27 & 28 |