Environmental Assessment Completed

Isleta CFRP Collaborative Landscape Scale Restoration Project

Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands Bernalillo; Torrance, New Mexico Mountainair Ranger District

Reduce hazardous fuels and restore ecosystem structure, composition, and function using thinning and prescribed burning on about 12,600 acres across multiple ownerships (national forest, Chilili land grant, Dept of Defense, and Pueblo of Isleta).

Location

Manzanita Mountains south of Tijeras, NM and Manzano Mountains west of Chilili, NM on the Sandia and Mountainair RDs, the Dept of Defense Withdrawal Area, Chilili Land Grant and Pueblo of Isleta

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/09/2011
2
Comment Period
07/26/2012
3
Decision
09/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Special Products Sales; Timber Sales (Green)
Isleta Collaborative Landscape Analysis ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/18/2012
ForestsCibola National Forest
DistrictsMountainair Ranger District; Sandia Ranger District
Forest productsFuels managementWildlife, fish, rare plants