The San Juan National Forest will take public comments until March 6 on a Draft Environmental Assessment to salvage dead and dying spruce trees on 800 acres in Mineral County on Wolf Creek Pass.
The Fall Creek Spruce Salvage project includes reforestation on an additional 190 acres, erosion control and fisheries improvement, and construction of two corrals to improve rangeland and efficiency of the deferred rotation grazing system used on the East Fork San Juan allotment.
The draft EA describing the proposed action, along with maps, is at http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/sanjuan/projects.
For more information call Matt Tuten at 264-2268 or e-mail mtuten@fs.fed.us.
Submit comments to Pagosa District Ranger Kevin Khung, PO Box 310, Pagosa Springs CO 81147 or hand deliver to the ranger district office, 180 Pagosa St., between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on normal business days. Comments may be faxed to (970) 264-1538, attn. Max Tuten. Online comments should be sent to comments-rocky-mountain-san-juan-pagosa@fs.fed.us.
