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Forest Service
Saguache Ranger District, Rio Grande
National Forest; Colorado; La Garita
Hills Restoration Project
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Saguache Ranger District,
Rio Grande National Forest (USFS), and
San Luis Valley Field Office, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), propose to
conduct restoration activities on up to
90,000 acres within the 187,778 acre La
Gartia Hills (LGH) analysis area;
approximately 145,709 acres are
managed by the USFS and 33,294 acres
are managed by the BLM. All activities
would occur only on federal lands. The
analysis area is located west and
northwest of the town of La Garita in
Saguache County, in south central
Colorado. Treatment activities could
include mechanical thinning, hand
thinning, mastication, hazard tree
removal, salvage, prescribed fire, tree
planting, and relocation of selected road
segments. The treatments will be used
singularly or in combination to
transition the landscape towards longterm desired future conditions that are
more characteristic of a resilient forest,
as described in the Rio Grande National
Forest and San Luis Resource Area
Management Plans. Resilient landscapes
are more resistant to droughts, insect
outbreaks, diseases, potential large
wildfires, and will also offer additional
protection to identified values at risk
including: adjacent private land and
property, water quality, watershed
health, transportation systems,
recreation sites, wildlife habitats,
heritage sites, and timber resources. The
USFS is the lead agency for the
Environmental Impact Statement and
the BLM is participating as a
cooperating agency.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by
November 17, 2014. The draft
SUMMARY:
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environmental impact statement is
expected in May 2015 and the final
environmental impact statement is
expected in August 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Diana McGinn, Team Leader, San Luis
Valley Public Land Center, 1803 W.
Hwy 160, Monte Vista, CO 81144.
Electronic comments may be submitted
online using the ‘‘Comment on Project’’
option on the project Web page (address
below) or emailed to: comments-rockymountain-rio-grande-saguache@
fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 719–852–
6250, with a subject of LGH Project.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diana McGinn at 719–852–6241 or visit
the Forest Web site: https://
www.fs.usda.gov/projects/riogrande/
landmanagement/projects; look for the
La Garita Hills Restoration Project.
Individuals who use telecommunication
devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8
a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
planting or aspen regeneration would be
used to meet stocking or species
composition/diversity goals in selected
areas. The overall emphasis will be on
reducing conifer density in treated
stands to increase landscape diversity
and patchiness to protect values at risk.
Values at risk include: adjacent private
land and property, water quality,
watershed health, transportation
systems, recreation sites, wildlife
habitats, heritage sites, and timber
resources. Several treatment activities
may occur on the same acres and
treatments will occur across a variety of
vegetation zones ranging from spruce-fir
˜
to pinon-juniper. Several sections of
open National Forest System Roads
(NFSRs) would be relocated to improve
water quality and protect riparian
vegetation. No new system roads would
be constructed, though additional
temporary roads would be needed in
some areas for commercial timber
harvest operations. All land
management plan standards, guidelines,
and best management practices will be
adhered to and incorporated into project
designs.
Purpose and Need for Action
Possible Alternatives
In this EIS we may use the Iterative
Alternative Process to make incremental
changes to our initial proposed action to
ensure that it is viable and responsive
to our ongoing analysis and public
comments. The no-action alternative
will represent no change from current
activities and serves as the baseline for
the comparison among the action
alternatives. Based on comments
received following the initial 2013
scoping, part of one alternative will
include no salvage harvest, except
hazard trees, in the spruce or spruce
mix zones; these vegetation zones are
currently being effected by an ongoing
spruce beetle epidemic.
The recent extended drought and
large wildfires on the Forest and nearby
areas have focused attention on the
continual declining vigor and health of
forests and rangelands in the LGH
project area. The purpose and need for
this project is move toward achieving
long-term desired conditions as
described in the land management plans
for this area regarding maintaining,
improving, or restoring: forest and
rangeland health, wildlife habitats,
stream, riparian, and watershed health,
while providing personal use wood
products, safe recreation use, addressing
fuel buildup, especially near private
lands, and the access to forest products
in support of the local rural economy.
Strategic investments in vegetation
treatments would be used to address
these needs.
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Proposed Action
In response to the conditions
described above, the proposed action is
to effectively treat up to 90,000 acres
within the 187,778 acre analysis area
over a 10 to 15 year period.
Combinations of mechanical harvest
with product removal, mastication,
hand thinning, and prescribed burning
will be used to move toward desired
conditions related to vegetation
structure, species composition, patterns,
fuel loading, and health; recovering
merchantable forest products from
insect or disease mortality areas will
also be an objective, as appropriate. Tree
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Lead and Cooperating Agencies
The USFS is the lead agency for this
EIS, the BLM will be a cooperating
agency.
Responsible Officials
The Responsible Officials for these
decisions will be the USFS Saguache
District Ranger and BLM San Luis
Resource Area Field Manager located at
46525 State Hwy 114, Saguache, CO
81149.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
An environmental impact statement
(EIS) that discloses the environmental
consequences of implementing the
proposed action or alternatives to the
proposed action, including No Action,
will be prepared. Separate Record of
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Decisions (RODs), prepared by each
Responsible Official, will explain their
decisions regarding the types of
treatments, if any, that will be
implemented, locations of treatments,
monitoring methods to be used, and any
adaptive management strategies that
will be used to provide future
adjustments to the decisions.
Scoping Process
This notice of intent initiates the
scoping process, which guides the
development of the environmental
impact statement. The purpose of the
public scoping process is to determine
the relevant issues related to the
proposed actities in the LGH project
area that will influence the scope of the
anlaysis and alternatives. The Forest
invites public comment and
participation for this project by
publication of this notice. Comments are
also invited by: publication in the USFS
quarterly Schedule of Proposed Actions
(SOPA); public notice regarding this
project in the newspaper of record, the
Valley Courier; letters or other
communications to potentially
interested individuals, tribal
governments, elected officials, and State
and other Federal Agencies. Information
and updates may also be posted on the
Rio Grande National Forest project Web
site as this project progresses. All
comments received during this scoping
period and a previous scoping effort in
2013 will be considered.
Comments received in response to
this solicitation, including names and
addresses of those who comment will be
part of the public record for this
proposed action. Comments submitted
anonymously will be accepted and
considered; however anonymous
comments will not provide the Agency
with the ability to provide the
respondent with subsequent
environmental documents.
Notice of Importance of Public
Participation in Subsequent
Environmental Review
Since the analysis area includes
federal lands managed by both the
Forest Service and BLM, there will be a
combined analysis with separate
decisions. For the Forest Service, this
project will proceed under the objection
process (36 CFR part 218 (Subparts A
and B)) which provides for an objection
period prior to a final decision being
made. In order to be eligible to file an
objection, specific written comments
relating to this project must be
submitted; comments must be within
the scope of this project and be directly
related to this project and be submitted
during scoping or other public
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involvement opportunities and should
clearly articulate the reviewer’s
concerns and contentions. For this
project, opportunities for public
participation will include this comment
period following publication of this
Notice of Intent and the 45-day
comment period on the draft EIS
following publication by the
Enviornmental Protection Agency of the
Notice of Availability in the Federal
Register. It is the responsibility of
persons providing comments to submit
them by the close of the comment
periods. Only those who submit timely
and specific written comments will
have eligibility (36 CFR 218.5) to file an
objection under 36 CFR 218.8.
Dated: October 9, 2014.
James Pitts,
District Ranger.
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Dated: October 10, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
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Chapter 35).
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review by OMB.
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recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
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within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: October 10, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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Chapter 35).
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received for a commercial purpose,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Saguache Ranger District, Rio Grande National Forest; Colorado;
La Garita Hills Restoration Project
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
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SUMMARY: The Saguache Ranger District, Rio Grande National Forest
(USFS), and San Luis Valley Field Office, Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), propose to conduct restoration activities on up to 90,000 acres
within the 187,778 acre La Gartia Hills (LGH) analysis area;
approximately 145,709 acres are managed by the USFS and 33,294 acres
are managed by the BLM. All activities would occur only on federal
lands. The analysis area is located west and northwest of the town of
La Garita in Saguache County, in south central Colorado. Treatment
activities could include mechanical thinning, hand thinning,
mastication, hazard tree removal, salvage, prescribed fire, tree
planting, and relocation of selected road segments. The treatments will
be used singularly or in combination to transition the landscape
towards long-term desired future conditions that are more
characteristic of a resilient forest, as described in the Rio Grande
National Forest and San Luis Resource Area Management Plans. Resilient
landscapes are more resistant to droughts, insect outbreaks, diseases,
potential large wildfires, and will also offer additional protection to
identified values at risk including: adjacent private land and
property, water quality, watershed health, transportation systems,
recreation sites, wildlife habitats, heritage sites, and timber
resources. The USFS is the lead agency for the Environmental Impact
Statement and the BLM is participating as a cooperating agency.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis must be received
by November 17, 2014. The draft
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environmental impact statement is expected in May 2015 and the final
environmental impact statement is expected in August 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Diana McGinn, Team Leader, San Luis
Valley Public Land Center, 1803 W. Hwy 160, Monte Vista, CO 81144.
Electronic comments may be submitted online using the ``Comment on
Project'' option on the project Web page (address below) or emailed to:
comments-rocky-mountain-rio-grande-saguache@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile
to 719-852-6250, with a subject of LGH Project.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana McGinn at 719-852-6241 or visit
the Forest Web site: https://www.fs.usda.gov/projects/riogrande/landmanagement/projects; look for the La Garita Hills Restoration
Project. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-
877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through
Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
The recent extended drought and large wildfires on the Forest and
nearby areas have focused attention on the continual declining vigor
and health of forests and rangelands in the LGH project area. The
purpose and need for this project is move toward achieving long-term
desired conditions as described in the land management plans for this
area regarding maintaining, improving, or restoring: forest and
rangeland health, wildlife habitats, stream, riparian, and watershed
health, while providing personal use wood products, safe recreation
use, addressing fuel buildup, especially near private lands, and the
access to forest products in support of the local rural economy.
Strategic investments in vegetation treatments would be used to address
these needs.
Proposed Action
In response to the conditions described above, the proposed action
is to effectively treat up to 90,000 acres within the 187,778 acre
analysis area over a 10 to 15 year period. Combinations of mechanical
harvest with product removal, mastication, hand thinning, and
prescribed burning will be used to move toward desired conditions
related to vegetation structure, species composition, patterns, fuel
loading, and health; recovering merchantable forest products from
insect or disease mortality areas will also be an objective, as
appropriate. Tree planting or aspen regeneration would be used to meet
stocking or species composition/diversity goals in selected areas. The
overall emphasis will be on reducing conifer density in treated stands
to increase landscape diversity and patchiness to protect values at
risk. Values at risk include: adjacent private land and property, water
quality, watershed health, transportation systems, recreation sites,
wildlife habitats, heritage sites, and timber resources. Several
treatment activities may occur on the same acres and treatments will
occur across a variety of vegetation zones ranging from spruce-fir to
pi[ntilde]on-juniper. Several sections of open National Forest System
Roads (NFSRs) would be relocated to improve water quality and protect
riparian vegetation. No new system roads would be constructed, though
additional temporary roads would be needed in some areas for commercial
timber harvest operations. All land management plan standards,
guidelines, and best management practices will be adhered to and
incorporated into project designs.
Possible Alternatives
In this EIS we may use the Iterative Alternative Process to make
incremental changes to our initial proposed action to ensure that it is
viable and responsive to our ongoing analysis and public comments. The
no-action alternative will represent no change from current activities
and serves as the baseline for the comparison among the action
alternatives. Based on comments received following the initial 2013
scoping, part of one alternative will include no salvage harvest,
except hazard trees, in the spruce or spruce mix zones; these
vegetation zones are currently being effected by an ongoing spruce
beetle epidemic.
Lead and Cooperating Agencies
The USFS is the lead agency for this EIS, the BLM will be a
cooperating agency.
Responsible Officials
The Responsible Officials for these decisions will be the USFS
Saguache District Ranger and BLM San Luis Resource Area Field Manager
located at 46525 State Hwy 114, Saguache, CO 81149.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
An environmental impact statement (EIS) that discloses the
environmental consequences of implementing the proposed action or
alternatives to the proposed action, including No Action, will be
prepared. Separate Record of Decisions (RODs), prepared by each
Responsible Official, will explain their decisions regarding the types
of treatments, if any, that will be implemented, locations of
treatments, monitoring methods to be used, and any adaptive management
strategies that will be used to provide future adjustments to the
decisions.
Scoping Process
This notice of intent initiates the scoping process, which guides
the development of the environmental impact statement. The purpose of
the public scoping process is to determine the relevant issues related
to the proposed actities in the LGH project area that will influence
the scope of the anlaysis and alternatives. The Forest invites public
comment and participation for this project by publication of this
notice. Comments are also invited by: publication in the USFS quarterly
Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA); public notice regarding this
project in the newspaper of record, the Valley Courier; letters or
other communications to potentially interested individuals, tribal
governments, elected officials, and State and other Federal Agencies.
Information and updates may also be posted on the Rio Grande National
Forest project Web site as this project progresses. All comments
received during this scoping period and a previous scoping effort in
2013 will be considered.
Comments received in response to this solicitation, including names
and addresses of those who comment will be part of the public record
for this proposed action. Comments submitted anonymously will be
accepted and considered; however anonymous comments will not provide
the Agency with the ability to provide the respondent with subsequent
environmental documents.
Notice of Importance of Public Participation in Subsequent
Environmental Review
Since the analysis area includes federal lands managed by both the
Forest Service and BLM, there will be a combined analysis with separate
decisions. For the Forest Service, this project will proceed under the
objection process (36 CFR part 218 (Subparts A and B)) which provides
for an objection period prior to a final decision being made. In order
to be eligible to file an objection, specific written comments relating
to this project must be submitted; comments must be within the scope of
this project and be directly related to this project and be submitted
during scoping or other public
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involvement opportunities and should clearly articulate the reviewer's
concerns and contentions. For this project, opportunities for public
participation will include this comment period following publication of
this Notice of Intent and the 45-day comment period on the draft EIS
following publication by the Enviornmental Protection Agency of the
Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. It is the
responsibility of persons providing comments to submit them by the
close of the comment periods. Only those who submit timely and specific
written comments will have eligibility (36 CFR 218.5) to file an
objection under 36 CFR 218.8.
Dated: October 9, 2014.
James Pitts,
District Ranger.
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