Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
04/01/2016 to 06/30/2016
Rio Grande National Forest
This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide)
Continental Divide National
Scenic Trail Addition
- Recreation management
- Facility management
On Hold
N/A
Niccole Mortenson
970-874-6616
nmortenson@fs.fed.us
N/A
EA
Description: Relocate approximately 32 miles of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail off of Forest Service roads.
Proposed trail location is at or near the actual divide. Up to 3 trail heads will be constructed along the new section
of trail.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=31283
Location:
UNIT - Saguache Ranger District, Gunnison Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Saguache.
LEGAL - Not Applicable. From Lujan Pass on the east to the LaGarita Wilderness on the west, Rio Grande and
GMUG National Forests.
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Rio Grande National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
Matthew Custer
719-852-6206
mscuster@fs.fed.us
CDot Permit Renewals - La
Manga and Wolf Creek
Workshop & Storage Areas
- Special area management
EA
Description: CDot will be applying in early 2012 to renew two special use permits: La Manga workshop and storage area; Wolf
Creek workshop and storage area.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37985
Location:
DITCH BILL EASEMENTS
Expected:05/2014
06/2014
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District, Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Conejos, Mineral.
Highway 17 La Manga Pass; Highway 160 Wolf Creek Pass.
- Special use management
CE
In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal
Notice 07/10/2013
In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/20/1995
Expected:12/2013
01/2014
Matthew Custer
719-852-6206
mscuster@fs.fed.us
Description: The Forest has 87 applications for Ditch Bill Easements. The Forest intends to process at least 25 of these
applications in FY05. This action involves authorizing historical facilities that qualify under the Ditch Bill.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/riogrande/projects/
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District, Divide Ranger District, Saguache Ranger District. STATE - Colorado.
COUNTY - Alamosa, Conejos, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache. On National Forest Service Land
throughout the Rio Grande National Forest.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Conejos Peak Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Bear Creek Emergency Egress
- Special use management
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:08/2014
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
09/2014
Andrea Jones
719-274-8971
amjones@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal to elevate a gully crossing between Bear Creek and Sheep Creek Subdivision for emergency egress for
vehicles.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43732
Location:
CDOT Gravel Pit at La Manga
Pass
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Conejos. LEGAL - T38N, R6E, Section
22. On the boundary of Sheep Creek and Bear Creek subdivisions in Conejos Canyon.
- Minerals and Geology
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:06/2015
09/2015
CE
Patrick Moran
719-852-6286
patrickjmoran@fs.fed.us
Description: he Rio Grande National Forest (RGNF) is planning to evaluate the environmental impacts of a mineral materials
free use permit for the Colorado Department of Transportation at the site that they are illegally occupying along La
Manga Pass.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43856
Location:
CDOT Gravel Storage Area
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Conejos. LEGAL - Not Applicable. West
of Antonito, Colorado along La Manga Pass.
- Special use management
EA
In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal
Notice 07/01/2013
Expected:05/2014
06/2014
Matthew Custer
719-852-6206
mscuster@fs.fed.us
Description: CDOT will be applying for a permit to continue to use an existing storage area on La Manga Pass. The existing
site is for gravel and waste rock storage related to maintenance of Highway 17.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37975
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Conejos. La Manga Pass.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
CP District-wide Salvage
EIS
*NEW LISTING*
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Conejos Peak Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Forest products
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
03/01/2016
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 09/2017
Expected:05/2018
Project Contact
06/2018
Mike Tooley
719-274-6321
mltooley@fs.fed.us
Description: Salvage dead and dying Engelmann spruce to recover economic value and reduce fuels adjacent to private land
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48818
Location:
CP-7 Allotment Analysis
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Conejos, Rio Grande. LEGAL - All or
parts of sections in T32N: R4E, R5E, R6E; T33N: R5E, R6E; T34N: R5E, R6E; T36N: R3E, R4E, R4 1/2E, R5E;
T37N: R3E, R4E, R5E. Conejos Peak Ranger District, Rio Grande National Forest. Located South & west of
Monte Vista CO, continuing south to the NM border.
- Grazing management
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
02/05/2015
Expected:09/2016
06/2017
Kelly Garcia
719-274-8971
kgarcia@fs.fed.us
Description: Analysis for grazing reauthorization
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46179
Location:
Cat Creek Cattle and Horse
Allotments EA
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Conejos, Rio Grande. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. Conejos Peak RD.
- Grazing management
On Hold
EA
N/A
N/A
Kelly Garcia
719-274-6317
kgarcia@fs.fed.us
Description: This is an environmental assessment analyzing seven cattle and horse allotments (Cat Crk, La Jara, Hot Crk,
Alamosa, Bancos, Jim Crk and Rough Crk) for the effects of continued livestock grazing and the development of
allotment management plans.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=34012
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Conejos, Rio Grande. These allotments
are located in Conejos and Rio Grande counties.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Conejos Peak Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Cat Creek Water Well
- Grazing management
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:06/2015
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
09/2015
Andrea Jones
719-274-8971
amjones@fs.fed.us
Description: A water well will be drilled in the vicinity of Cat Creek, which is located north of Terrace Reservoir. The water will
be pumped into a storage tank with a gravity flow to drinkers.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43735
Location:
Changing Status of FSR 380.6a
CE
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Rio Grande. LEGAL - T37N, R6E,
NE1/4 SE1/4, Sec.36. Cat Creek near Poison Gulch.
- Special area management
- Road management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:06/2015
08/2015
Andrea Jones
719-274-6309
amjones@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal to change status from Level I maintenance to Level II maintenance and possibly open the road for public
use.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43730
Location:
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Conejos. LEGAL - T36N, R3E, Section
11. Conejos Peak Ranger District, T36N, R3E, Section 11.
Andrea Jones
719-274-8971
amjones@fs.fed.us
Mogote - Forest Service
Administrative Horse Pasture
Fence Construction
- Facility management
CE
Description: This project will be the construction of about 1.5 miles of fence and two water gaps into the Conejos River within
the Mogote Forest Service Administrative horse pasture just south of the community of Fox Creek.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43736
Location:
Platoro fence extension
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Conejos. LEGAL - T33N, R7E, NE1/4
NW1/4, Sec.33. West of Mogote Campground.
- Grazing management
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
Kelly Garcia
719-274-6317
kgarcia@fs.fed.us
Description: This project will be the re-construction of ½ mile of fence and the construction of one-quarter mile of new fence
construction on the east boundary of the community of Platoro.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43786
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Conejos. LEGAL - T36N, R4E, NE1/4
SE1/4, Sec.23. East of Platoro community.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Conejos Peak Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Kelly Garcia
719-274-6317
kgarcia@fs.fed.us
Rito Hondo - Forest Service
Administrative Horse Pasture
Corral Construction
- Facility management
CE
Description: This project will be the construction of a small horse corral within the Rito Hondo Forest Service Administrative
horse pasture just north of the Bighorn Corral on FDR 103.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43787
Location:
Schilling Springs Water Well
CE
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Conejos. LEGAL - T32N, R7E, NE1/4
NW1/4, Sec.10. North of Bighorn Corral on FSR103.
Kelly Garcia
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
719-274-6317
- Grazing management
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
kgarcia@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
Description: A water well will be drilled in the vicinity of Schilling Springs, which is located north of Terrace Reservoir. The
water will be pumped into a 12,000 gallon storage tank with a gravity flow to drinkers.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43790
Location:
Schilling Springs water
development project
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Conejos. LEGAL - T36N, R6E, NW1/4
SE1/4, Sec.15. NW of Terrace Reservoir near Schilling Springs.
- Grazing management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/12/2013
Expected:10/2013
CE
03/2014
Luciano Sandoval
719-274-8971
lpsandoval@fs.fed.us
Description: Develop a water source on the Platoro Cattle & Horse Allotment
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41553
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Rio Grande. LEGAL - T.36 N, R6E, Sec.
15. Triangle pasture of the Platoro C&H allotment.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
Spruce Hole Salvage
CE
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Conejos Peak Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
- Forest products
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:12/2015
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
04/2016
Mike Tooley
719-274-6321
mltooley@fs.fed.us
Description: alvage merchantable trees which are dead, dying, or imminently infested by spruce beetles on up to 250 acres in
the Spruce Hole area. Activities would also provide hazard tree removal from recreational areas surrounding the
Spruce Hole yurt.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43796
Location:
Triangle Earth Dams
CE
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Conejos. LEGAL - T33N, R5E all or
portions of sections 13 & 24 and T33N, R6E all or portions of sections 18 & 19 all in NMPM. Spruce
Hole.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Grazing management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
Kelly Garcia
719-274-6317
kgarcia@fs.fed.us
Description: Four earth dams for water collection will be constructed in the area known as the Triangle, just north of Terrace
Reservoir. Construction is an earthen dug-out area with a dam and a spillway treated with salt to seal the bottom.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43794
Location:
Rio Grande National Forest
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
UNIT - Conejos Peak Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Conejos. LEGAL - T36N, R6E, SE1/4
NW1/4, Sec.13. West of Chiquita Peak.
Divide Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
8- DIVIDE RANGER DISTRICT
RECREATION SPECIAL USES
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Divide Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:06/2015
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
08/2015
CE
Jody Fairchild
719-658-2556
jfairchild@fs.fed.us
Description: EIGHT RECREATION EVENT PROPOSALS
CREEDE MOUNTAIN RUN
SOUTH FORK MUSHROOM FORAY
CREEDE OHV POKER RUN
HARDROCK 100
PIEDRA BOWHUNTERS TARGET RANGE SHOOTS
UTE CUP TRIALS
LAND ROVER REC EVENT
ROUNDUP RIDERS OF THE ROCKIES HORSE EVENT
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43780
Location:
ALAMO HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION DOMESTIC
WATER PIPELINE PERMIT
REISSUANCE PROPOSAL
CE
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:06/2015
08/2015
Matthew Custer
719-852-6206
mscuster@fs.fed.us
Description: PERMIT HAS EXPIRED. THE PROPOSAL IS TO REISSUE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT REAUTHORIZING AN
EXISTING DOMESTIC WATER PIPELINE SYSTEM THAT ORIGINATES ON FOREST SERVICE LANDS.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43738
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Rio Grande, Saguache. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. Divide Ranger District Including: Creede, South Fork and Other Locations.
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Rio Grande. LEGAL - SECTIONS 9, 10, 15, 16
TOWNSHIP 39 N RANGE 3 E, NEW MEXICO PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN. ON THE SLOPES BEAVER MOUNTAIN
UPHILL FROM THE ALAMO HOMES COMPLEX.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Divide Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Matthew Custer
719-852-6206
mscuster@fs.fed.us
BRISTOL ELECTRONIC SITE
TECHNOLOGIES, PERMIT
REISSUANCE
- Special use management
CE
Description: PROPOSAL IS TO REISSUE A NEW SPECIAL USE PERMIT AT THE SAME ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
SITE FOR THE SAME INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY IN PLACE, PLUS 2 NEW (1,000 GALLON) PROPANE
TANKS (ON CONCRETE BLOCKS) AND 1 NEW SOLAR PANEL PEDESTAL.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43742
Location:
Banta Flats Gravel Pit Permit
Reauthorization
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:06/2015
09/2015
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 41
N
RANGE 2 W, NEW MEXICO PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN. AT THE TERMINAL END OF FOREST SERVICE ROAD
532 ON TOP OF BRISTOL HEAD ROAD.
- Minerals and Geology
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 11/14/2014
Expected:06/2015
08/2015
CE
Patrick Moran
719-852-6286
patrickjmoran@fs.fed.us
Description: Project reauthorizes Mineral County's gravel pit at Banta Flats and executes an administrative change from special
use to mineral permit.
Location:
CDoT Remediation Wells
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - NMPM T 41 N R 1 W Section
32. South west of Creede along Highway 149.
- Special use management
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 01/12/2013
Expected:10/2013
11/2013
Matthew Custer
719-852-6206
mscuster@fs.fed.us
Description: CDoT will be applying for a permit for existing groundwater monitoring & remediation wells, and drill possibly more
wells,on Wolf Creek Pass. The wells are to remediate an existing dissolved-phase petroleum hydrocarbon plume
related to their facility
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37987
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - NMPM, T. 37N., R2E., NE1/4
sec. 8. Wolf Creek Pass.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Divide Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Castor Beetle Salvage Project
- Forest products
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 11/12/2015
Expected:05/2016
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
06/2016
Kevin Duda
719-657-6022
kduda@fs.fed.us
Description: The Divide Ranger District is proposing to salvage up to 250 acres of dead and dying Engelmann spruce trees on
Beaver Mountain, southeast of South Fork, Colorado. Approximately 2.5 million board feet (5,000 CCF) of
Engelmann spruce may be salvaged.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48107
Location:
Chicken Springs Pipeline
Extension
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Rio Grande. LEGAL - T39 N, R3 E, Sec. 24, 25
and 36 NMPM. The project area is located 5 miles southeast of South Fork, Colorado, Rio Grande County. The
project analysis area encompasses 760 acres.
- Grazing management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 10/01/2014
Expected:06/2015
07/2015
CE
Tristram Post
719-657-6010
tpost@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposed project consists of extending a pipeline from an existing water tank to two additional 12%u2019 tire
tanks. The majority of the pipeline will be buried where soils and topography allow.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45753
Location:
Continental Dam & Santa Maria
Canal Rehabilitation Project
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Rio Grande. LEGAL - Sections 5 and 8, T40N,
R4E; NMPM. Embargo C&H Allotment.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/02/2013
Expected:10/2013
CE
05/2014
Thomas Malecek
719-657-6007
tmalecek@fs.fed.us
Description: Repair existing dam, spillway, and canal
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41429
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Hinsdale, Mineral. LEGAL - T 41 N, R 3 W, Sec.
1: T 41 N, R 2 W, Sec 7 and 8. Located approximately 25 miles northwest of Creede, CO.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Divide Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Matthew Custer
719-852-6206
mscuster@fs.fed.us
DOMESTIC WATERLINE FOR
CARETAKER RESIDENCE AT
RIO GRANDE RESERVOIR
- Special use management
CE
Description: Environmental Analysis (Categorical Exclusion) on the reissuance of a 1940 special use permit for a waterline
serving the caretaker residence at Rio Grande Reservoir.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45716
Location:
Decker Trout Fence
Construction
In Progress:
Scoping Start 10/21/2014
Expected:06/2015
08/2015
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Hinsdale. LEGAL - SW1/4SW1/4 of Section 13
and the S1/2SE1/4 of Section 14, Township 40N, and Range 4W, New Mexico Principal Meridian. The project area
includes National Forest System lands south of Rio Grande Reservoir in the SW1/4SW1/4 of Section 13 and the
S1/2SE1/4 of Section 14, Township 40N, and Range 4W, New Mexico Principal M.
- Grazing management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 11/03/2014
Expected:06/2015
06/2015
CE
Tristram Post
719-657-6010
tpost@fs.fed.us
Description: The project will be construction of 2 miles (10,560 feet) new 4-wire allotment boundary fence construction to
Forest Service specifications. Clearing of fire-killed timber in the fence right-of-way will be needed.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45754
Location:
Divide District Trails System
Maintenance
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - Secs 17,18,24; T39N,R1E,
NMPM. Decker and Trout C&H allotments.
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
CE
Expected:06/2015
08/2015
Jody Fairchild
719-658-0390
jfairchild@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal is to provide maintenance and minor reconstruction to the Divide District recreational trails system, both
motorized and non-motorized.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43781
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, San
Juan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The existing designated motorized and non-motorized trails within the Infra Data
Base, travel management system, for the Divide Ranger District.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
East Sheep Beetle Salvage
Project
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Divide Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Forest products
In Progress:
Scoping Start 11/12/2015
Expected:05/2016
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
06/2016
CE
Kevin Duda
719-657-6022
kduda@fs.fed.us
Description: The Divide Ranger District is proposing to salvage up to 250 acres of dead and dying Engelmann spruce trees in
the South Rock Creek drainage, southwest of Monte Vista, CO. Approximately 1.75 MBF (3,500 CCF) of
Engelmann spruce may be salvaged.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48110
Location:
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Rio Grande. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
project area is located 16 miles southwest of Monte Vista, Colorado, Rio Grande County. The project analysis area
encompasses 1,361 acres.
Full Curl Bighorn Sheep Habitat - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Improvement Project
In Progress:
Scoping Start 11/12/2015
Expected:05/2016
06/2016
CE
Kevin Duda
719-657-6022
kduda@fs.fed.us
Description: The Divide Ranger District is proposing to implement vegetation management activities on up to 115 acres in
mixed conifer stands to improve habitat for bighorn sheep.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48124
Location:
MINERAL COUNTY VISTA
GRANDE HOME OWNERS
ASSOCIATION SIGN PERMIT
REISSUANCE PROPOSAL
CE
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
Matthew Custer
719-852-6206
mscuster@fs.fed.us
Description: VISTA GRANDE HOMEOWNERS ASSOC. ENTRANCE SIGN LOCATED ON FOREST SERVICE PROPERTY THIS PERMIT HAS EXPIRED. THE PROPOSAL IS TO REISSUE ANOTHER SPECIAL USE PERMIT
AUTHORIZING THIS SAME SIGN IN THE SAME LOCATION.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43785
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - Legal description: T41 N, R3
E, Sec. 24, 25, and 26; T41 N, R2 E, Se. The project area is located 8 miles southeast of Creede, Colorado,
Mineral County. The project analysis area encompasses 262 acres.
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP
41 N, RANGE 1 W, NEW MEXICO PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN. SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 41 N, RANGE 1 W, NEW
MEXICO PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
North Pool Spruce Beetle
Salvage Project
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Divide Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Forest products
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
11/12/2015
Expected:04/2016
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
05/2016
Kevin Duda
719-657-6022
kduda@fs.fed.us
Description: The Divide Ranger District is proposing to salvage approximately 1,000 acres of dead and dying Engelmann
spruce trees near Hanson's Mill, east of Creede, Colorado. Approximately eight million board feet of Engelmann
spruce may be salvaged.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48098
Location:
RIO GRANDE WATERSHED
EMERGENCY ACTION
COORDINATION TEAM
(RWEACT) RESEARCH
CE
- Special use management
CE
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
Jody Fairchild
719-658-2556
jfairchild@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. WEST FORK FIRE INFLUENCE AREA.
Matthew Custer
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
719-852-6206
- Watershed management
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
mscuster@fs.fed.us
- Special use management
Description: CURRENT PERMIT HAS EXPIRED. PROPOSAL IS TO REAUTHORIZE AN EXISTING BURIED WATER
PIPELINE THAT MOVES WATER FROM A DIVERSION DAM ON THE ROARING FORK OF GOOSE CREEK,
ACROSS FOREST SERVICE LANDS TO HAY PRESS LAKE, LOCATED ON PRIVATE LANDS.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43774
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Description: PROPOSAL IS TO ALLOW RWEACT TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND MONITORING ACTIVITIES IN AND
AROUND THE WEST FORK FIRE COMPLEX BURN AREA. THE ACTIVITIES WOULD BE AUTHORIZED
OVER A 5 YEAR PERIOD.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43776
Location:
RUTH BROWN PIPELINE
PERMIT REISSUANCE
PROPOSAL
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - T42 N, R3 E, Sec. 31; T41 N,
R3 E, Sec. 6; T42 N, R2 E, Sec. 35-36; T42N, R2 E, Sec. 35-36; and T41 N, R2 E, Sec. 1-3, 10-12, NMPM. The
project area is located 11 miles east of Creede, Colorado, Mineral County. The project analysis area encompasses
2,479 acres.
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - SECTIONS 33, 28,
TOWNSHIP 40 N, RANGE 1 E, NEW MEXICO PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN. SECTIONS 33, 28, TOWNSHIP 40 N,
RANGE 1 E, NEW MEXICO PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
Rio Grande Reservoir Land
Exchange
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Divide Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Land ownership management
Completed
Actual: 02/16/2016
Expected
Implementation
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
03/2016
EA
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Hinsdale. LEGAL - Township 40 North; Range 4
West. The lands included in the proposed land exchange are located approximately 35 miles southwest of Creede,
Colorado, adjacent to Forest Road 520.
- Minerals and Geology
EA
*UPDATED*
Kenna Pacheco
719-852-6266
kennapacheco@fs.fed.u
s
Description: The proposal involves exchanging approximately 6 acres of federal land for approximately 8 acres of private land
owned by San Luis Valley Irrigation District (SLVID).
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45708
Location:
Rio Grande Silver Corridor
Extension
Project Contact
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
01/29/2016
Expected:12/2016
02/2017
Patrick Moran
719-852-6286
patrickjmoran@fs.fed.us
Description: Exploration corridor extension along FS Road 505 totaling 9/10 of a mile.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48118
Location:
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - Not Applicable. T 43 N R 1 W
Sec 15 along FS Road 505.
Debra Mollet
719-852-6234
dmollet@fs.fed.us
SANTA MARIA RESERVOIR
COMPANY CABIN PERMIT
REISSUANCE PROPOSAL
- Special use management
CE
Description: THIS PERMIT HAS EXPIRED. THE PROPOSAL IS TO REISSUE THE PERMIT AUTHORIZING THE VERY
SAME EXISTING CABIN TO REMAIN ON PUBLIC LANDS. THIS CABIN IS USED FOR MAINTAINING THE
CONTINENTAL RESERVOIR DAM AND ADJACENT IRRIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43797
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Hinsdale. LEGAL - SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP
42 N
RANGE 3 W, NEW MEXICO PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN. SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 42 N
RANGE 3 W, NEW MEXICO PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
SANTA MARIA RESERVOIR
COMPANY, CONTINENTAL
RESERVOIR DAM ACCESS
ROAD PERMIT REISSUANCE.
CE
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Divide Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:08/2014
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
09/2014
Matthew Custer
719-852-6206
mscuster@fs.fed.us
Description: THE PERMIT HAS EXPIRED. THE PROPOSAL IS TO REISSUE A PERMIT FOR THE SAME 1/4 OF A MILE
LONG, ACCESS ROAD ACROSS NATIONAL FOREST LANDS. THIS IS A ROAD THE RESERVOIR
COMPANY USES TO ACCESS THE WORKINGS OF THE CONTINENTAL RESERVOIR DAM.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43778
Location:
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Hinsdale. LEGAL - SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP
42 N, RANGE 3 W, NEW MEXICO PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN. FROM THE BOAT RAMP ROAD TO THE TOP OF
CONTINENTAL RESERVOIR DAM.
Debra Mollet
520-388-8415
dmollet@fs.fed.us
SANTA MARIA RESERVOIR
GRAVEL PIT PERMIT
REISSUANCE
- Special use management
CE
Description: THIS PERMIT HAS EXPIRED. PROPOSAL IS TO REISSUE THIS PERMIT TO AUTHORIZE THE SAME
EXISTING GRAVEL PIT LOCATED ON NATIONAL FOREST LAND AND USED BY THE SANTA MARIA
RESERVOIR COMPANY TO STORE MINERAL MATERIALS.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43777
Location:
Snow Mesa S&G
Allotments Analysis
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 41
N, RANGE 2 W, NEW MEXICO PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN. SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 41 N, RANGE 2 W, NEW
MEXICO PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN.
- Grazing management
EA
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
01/10/2014
Expected:12/2015
06/2016
Tristram Post
719-657-6010
tpost@fs.fed.us
Description: Environmental Analysis for domestic sheep grazing on four domestic sheep and goat allotments.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42886
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Hinsdale, Mineral. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
Snow Mesa Allotments are approximately 22,711 acres and includes portions of Townships 42-43 N, Ranges 1
and 2 West within Hinsdale and Mineral Counties, Colorado.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
US MILITARY HELICOPTER
TRAINING MANEUVERS
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Divide Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:08/2014
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
09/2014
CE
Jody Fairchild
719-658-2556
jfairchild@fs.fed.us
Description: PROPOSAL IS TO ALLOW THE US ARMY TO CONDUCT HIGH ELEVATION HELICOPTER TRAINING
(takeoffs/landings) IN THE SNOW MESA AREA OUTSIDE OF DESIGNATED WILDERNESS. THE TRAINING
WOULD BE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, OVER A 5 YEAR PERIOD.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43782
Location:
UTE CREEK GUIDING AND
OUTFITTING, PERMIT
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Hinsdale, Mineral. LEGAL - Sections 1 through
36, Township 42 N
Range 2 W. SNOW MESA (south of La Garita Wilderness).
- Recreation management
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
CE
Jody Fairchild
719-658-0390
jfairchild@fs.fed.us
Description: PROPOSAL IS TO ISSUE A PERMIT FOR 476 SERVICE DAYS TO "UTE CREEK GUIDING/OUTFITTING " FOR
ANOTHER 8 YEAR TERM. THEY HAVE HAD A PERMIT THE LAST 2 YEARS TO DO SUMMER, FALL, AND
WINTER OPERATIONS. THIS WOULD BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION, NO NEW USE.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43784
Location:
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, San
Juan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Divide Ranger District.
Matthew Custer
719-852-6206
mscuster@fs.fed.us
WILLIAM BIEBER BRIDGE
PERMIT REISSUANCE
PROPOSAL
- Special use management
CE
Description: THIS PERMIT HAS EXPIRED. PROPOSAL IS TO REISSUE ANOTHER SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE
SAME EXISTING BRIDGE THAT CROSSES RED MOUNTAIN CREEK TO ACCESS THE WILLIAM BIEBER
PRIVATE LAND HOLDINGS AT THE END OF FOREST SERVICE ROAD 526
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43739
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 40
N,
RANGE 1 W, NEW MEXICO PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN. THE BRIDGE THAT CROSSES RED MOUNTAIN CREEK
TO ACCESS THE WILLIAM BIEBER PRIVATE LAND HOLDINGS AT THE END OF FOREST SERVICE ROAD
526.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Divide Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
WOLF CREEK CENTURY-TEL
PERMIT REISSUANCE
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:08/2014
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
09/2014
CE
Matthew Custer
719-852-6206
mscuster@fs.fed.us
Description: THE PROPOSAL IS TO REISSUE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO CENTURY-TEL AUTHORIZING THEIR
EXISTING BURIED FIBER-OPTIC LINE. THIS LINE FOLLOWS US HIGHWAY 160 FROM THE PASS CREEK
TUNNEL TO THE WOLF CREEK SKI AREA
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43743
Location:
Wolf Creek Ski Area 2013/2014
Improvement Projects
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - T38N, R2E, Secs.
9,16,21,28,33,34; T37N, R2E, Secs. 3,4; T37N, R1E, Secs. 5,8
. BURIED CONDUIT IS ON THE SOUTH AND EAST SHOULDERS OF US HIGHWAY 160 FROM THE PASS
CREEK TUNNEL TO THE WOLF CREEK SKI AREA.
- Recreation management
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 05/23/2013
Expected:08/2013
10/2013
CE
Stephen Brigham
719-657-6014
sbrigham@fs.fed.us
Description: Implement Projects approved under 2010 Ski Area Master Development Plan
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42150
Location:
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - T37N, R2E, Sec. 8 & 9.
Wolf Creek Ski Area Permit Area.
Matthew Custer
719-852-6206
mscuster@fs.fed.us
XIC ASSOCIATION DOMESTIC
WATER PIPELINELINE PERMIT
REISSUANCE PROPOSAL
- Special use management
CE
Description: PERMIT HAS EXPIRED. THE PROPOSAL IS TO REISSUE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT REAUTHORIZING THIS
SAME EXISTING PIPELINE. XIC HOLDS THE WATER RIGHT TO TAP THE SPRING FOR DOMESTIC USE.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43737
Location:
Rio Grande National Forest
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
UNIT - Divide Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 40
N, RANGE 2 W, NEW MEXICO PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN. THIS BURIED DOMESTIC WATER PIPELINE (LESS
THAN 12" DIAMETER) CROSSES NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FROM THE SPRING SOURCE ALONG WEST
SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 149 TO THE PRIVATE LANDS OF XIC ASSOCIATION (~420ft).
Saguache Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Saguache Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Cottonwood Trail to Liberty
Trailhead
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:06/2015
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
08/2015
CE
James Pitts
505-257-4095
jamespitts@fs.fed.us
Description: To eliminate inadequate parking and reduce or eliminate private property access issues, the Saguache Ranger
District would like to move the trailhead to the more adequate facility at the Liberty Road Trailhead.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43744
Location:
East Pass Creek Road Rio
Grande Cutthroat Trout Habitat
Improvement Project
CE
David Hosack
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:06/2015
08/2015
719-655-6122
- Watershed management
Scoping Start 07/01/2014
dhosack@fs.fed.us
- Road management
Description: The Rio Grande National Forest proposes to change the maintenance and use level of approximately 1 mile
segment of Forest Road 781 from open to public motor vehicle use maintenance level 2, to maintenance level 1,
closed to motor vehicle use.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44894
Location:
Findley Gulch Small Tracts Act
UNIT - Saguache Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Saguache. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Liberty
TH to Cottonwood Trail, Baca Mountain Tract.
UNIT - Saguache Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Saguache. LEGAL - Township 46 N; Range
4 E; Section 33. Forest Road 781 is located on the Saguache Ranger District of the Rio Grande National Forest
west of Saguache Colorado within Saguache County. Access to Forest Road 781 is from State Highway 114.
- Land ownership management
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
James Pitts
505-257-4095
jamespitts@fs.fed.us
Description: Complete one interchange of approximately 3.1 acres to resolve one encroachment of private residence and
compete a sale of approximately 1.32 acres to resolve the second encroachment of a private residence.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43765
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
UNIT - Saguache Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Saguache. LEGAL - T46N R7E Sec34.
T46N R7E Sec34.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Saguache Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Full Tilt Beetle Salvage Project
- Forest products
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
11/19/2015
Expected:09/2016
Project Contact
10/2016
Robert Mathis
719-655-6113
roberthmathis@fs.fed.u
s
Description: The Saguache Ranger District is proposing to salvage up to 1101 acres of dead and dying Engelmann spruce
trees northwest of Saguache, Colorado. Approximately six million board feet of Engelmann spruce may be
salvaged.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48126
Location:
La Garita Creek Fish Barrier
UNIT - Saguache Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Saguache. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
project area is located 18 miles northwest of Saguache, Colorado, Saguache County. The project analysis area
encompasses 3,996 acres.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
On Hold
CE
N/A
N/A
Barry Wiley
719-852-6228
bgwiley@fs.fed.us
Description: Construct a fish migration barrier approximately 100 feet wide and 5 feet tall utilizing boulders and/or concrete.
Location:
La Garita Hills Restoration
Project
EIS
*UPDATED*
Diana McGinn
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:10/2016
10/2016
719-852-6241
- Forest products
NOI in Federal Register
dmcginn@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
10/17/2014
(other than forest products)
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
- Fuels management
Register 04/2016
- Watershed management
Description: Management activities needed to promote forest health and resiliency, improve wildlife habitat, salvage spruce
beetle killed trees, remove trees hazardous to infrastructure or public safety, manage WUI fuels, and improve
watersheds
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42001
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
UNIT - Saguache Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Saguache. LEGAL - T41N, R6E, Section
6. Project is located approximately 7 miles southwest of La Garita, CO.
UNIT - Saguache Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Saguache. LEGAL - T42N, R3E, Sec. 2, 3,
10; T42N, R 4 E. Sec. 1-4, 9¿16; T42N, R5E, Sec. 1-26; T42N, R6E, Sec. 1¿9, 18, 19, 30; T43N, R3E, Sec.1-5,
8¿16, 21-28, 33-36, T.43N, R4E, Sec. 1-30, 32-36; T43N. R5E, Sec. 1-36. One mile west of Saguache, CO,
south and west along District boundary.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
Luders Lodgepole
CE
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Saguache Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
On Hold
N/A
Project Contact
N/A
James Pitts
505-257-4095
jamespitts@fs.fed.us
Description: Treat by using salvage harvest, bark beetle infested lodgepole pine trees in and adjacent to the Luders
Campground.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43766
Location:
UNIT - Saguache Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Saguache. LEGAL - T45N, R3E, sections 1
and 12, NMPM. In and around Luder%u2019s Campground.
Dwight Irwin
Saguache Park Prescribed Burn - Vegetation management
On Hold
N/A
N/A
Project
719-655-6110
(other than forest products)
dirwin@fs.fed.us
CE
Description: The Saguache District proposes to burn 132 acres of spruce bark beetle killed Engelmann spruce within Saguache
Park to regenerate aspen.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46397
Location:
Saguache Park Wells
UNIT - Saguache Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Saguache. LEGAL - T44N R2E Sections 32
& 33. Approximately 30 miles West of Saguache.
- Grazing management
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
Dayle Funka
719-655-2547
daylesfunka@fs.fed.us
Description: Contruct two wells for livestock water improvements in the Saguache Park Allotment to provide reliable water for
livestock and wildlife.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43768
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
UNIT - Saguache Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Saguache. LEGAL - Proposed Well #1Continental Divide Well (T44N R1E S20); Proposed Well #2- Salthouse Well (T45N R2E S11). In and around
Saguache Park.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Project Name
Rio Grande National Forest
Sangre de Cristo AML
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Saguache Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Minerals and Geology
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/13/2014
Expected:08/2014
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
09/2014
Patrick Moran
719-852-6286
patrickjmoran@fs.fed.us
Description: For public health and safety we will locate and identify abandoned mine portals for closure. Evaluation will include
wildlife surveys primarily for bat use, botanical surveys and historical evaluation prior to any closure work being
initiated.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43771
Location:
UNIT - Saguache Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Saguache. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Sangre
de Cristo Mountain Range, north of the community of Crestone, in and around Pole Creek, Major Creek, Burnt
Gulch.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial
status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited
bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at
(202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA
is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
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Rio Grande National Forest