Holistically review the Snowy Range and Sierra Madre mountain ranges to identify strategies to best mitigate the negative effects of the current beetle epidemic to the various resources found within each mountain ranges.
Project Information
Expected Analysis Type
Environmental Impact Statement
Special Authority
HFRA Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
HFRA Title I: Municipal Watersheds
HFRA Title I: Threats to Ecosystem Components (such as insect or disease epidemics)
HFRA Title I: Threatened and Endangered Species Habitat
Lead Management Unit
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest All Units
Notice and Comment Regulation
218 (2013) HFRA
Project Purpose
Vegetation management (other than forest products); Fuels management; Land management planning; Forest products
Project Activity
Fuel treatments (non-activity fuels); Forest vegetation improvements; Special products sales; Timber sales (salvage)
Project Status
Current Status
Analysis Completed
Project Milestones
All planning milestones have been completed.
Project Decision Information
Medicine Bow Landscape Vegetation Analysis (LaVA) Project Record of Decisio
Decision Signed Date
2020-08-13
Medicine Bow Landscape Vegetation Analysis (LaVA) Project
Decision Signed Date
2020-08-13
Last Updated: 08/27/2021