Firewood permits can be purchased
Permits to cut firewood on public lands managed by the San Juan National Forest and Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office are on sale at:
San Juan Public Lands Center, 15 Burnett Court.
Kroegers Ace Hardware, 8 Town Plaza.
Columbine Ranger District, 367 South Pearl, Bayfield.
Silverton Public Lands Office, 246 Blair St., Silverton.
Dolores Public Lands Office, 29211 Colorado Highway 184, Dolores.
City Market, 508 E. Main, Cortez.
Dolores Food Market, 400 Railroad Ave., Dolores.
Cox Conoco, 201 E. Railroad Ave., Mancos.
Pagosa Ranger District, Second and Pagosa St., Pagosa Springs.
A minimum purchase of $20 allows the bearer to gather 2½ cords of firewood from federal lands for personal use before Dec. 31. Each tag is good for one-half cord of firewood. One household may purchase permits for as many as 10 cords of firewood per year for personal use. Gathering firewood for resale requires a commercial permit.
For more information, visit www.fs.usda.gov/sanjuan/ and click “Road and Motorized Trail Information” in the right hand column to be directed to “Current Road Status.”
For more information, call 247-4874.
Chimney Rock meeting to address management
The San Juan National Forest will host an open house from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at the Archuleta County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall, 344 Colorado Highway 84 in Pagosa Springs, to begin the management planning effort for Chimney Rock National Monument.
Chimney Rock was designated as a national monument by presidential proclamation in September 2012. For the next two years, the Forest Service, with help from Native American tribes, local government and the public, will develop a management plan to ensure that the public lands and resources administered by the Forest Service at the monument are managed in accordance with the proclamation, as well as all applicable laws, policies and guidelines.
At the open house, Pagosa District Ranger Kevin Khung will give a brief presentation about the proclamation and the process for creating the management plan. Afterward, members of the public will be able to talk with Forest Service staff, ask questions and provide comments. The Chimney Rock Interpretive Association also will be available to provide information.
For more information, visit www.chimneyrockco.org or view the proclamation at www.fs.usda.gov/sanjuan.
LPEA issued special-use permit
The San Juan National Forest Columbine District has issued a special-use permit to La Plata Electric Association for the installation this fall of an underground electric utility line to the Grassy Mountain communications site.
The power line route will tie into an existing electric line in the Forest Lakes subdivision, be buried along a private subdivision road for about one mile and then be buried within the right of way of Forest Service Road No. 802 for 1.7 miles to the communications site.
The total area of disturbance will be 4.2 acres. The project is anticipated to take 60 to 90 days. The project will include installation of equipment on the existing tower infrastructure to allow LPEA to remotely transmit electrical use information, so the site will need to be accessed only as needed for maintenance of equipment.
The decision memo approving the project can be found at www.fs.usda.gov/projects/sanjuan/landmanagement/projects.
For more information, call Lynn Wodell at 884-1433.
Herald Staff
