Environmental Assessment Completed

Westside Sacramento Mountains Watershed Restoration and Fuels Reduction Project- Priority Area 1 & 2

Lincoln National Forest Otero, New Mexico Sacramento Ranger District

The proposed action uses a combination of mechanical thinning and prescribed fire on approximately 3,206 acres of National Forest lands in order to reduce the threat of high intensity wildfires and promote healthy watersheds.

Location

Westside of the Sacramento Ranger District

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/09/2015
2
Comment Period
12/11/2016
3
03/19/2017
4
Objection Period Start
03/19/2017
5
Decision
07/2017 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
09/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Westside Sacramento Mountains Watershed Restoration and Fuels Reduction Project- Priority Area 1 & 2Decision Signed Date: 07/18/2017
ForestsLincoln National Forest
DistrictsSacramento Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Watershed managementFuels management