Decision Memo Completed

Pinal Mountain Nonmotorized Trails Project

Tonto National Forest Gila, Arizona Globe Ranger District

Project will construct approximately 3.3 miles of non-motorized multi-use trail with directional signs for equestrians, mountain bikers, and hikers, and will decommission 3.1 miles of unsustainable and undesirable low-use trail in our current system

Location

Located on Pinal Mountain near Forest Service Roads (FSR) 651 and 112, approximately seven air miles south of Globe, Arizona.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/10/2025
2
Decision
09/2025 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
10/2025 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (1), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(1); 32.2 (20), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(20)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityDispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Trail Management
Pinal Mountain Nonmotorized Trails ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/03/2025
ForestsTonto National Forest
DistrictsGlobe Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 1S, Range 15E, Sections 19-32 & Township 2S, Range 15E, Sections 1-12
Recreation management