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United States Forest Medicine Bow—Routt Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District <br /> USDA Department of Service National Forests and 925 Weiss Drive <br /> Agriculture Thunder Basin National Steamboat Springs,CO 80487-9315 <br /> Grassland http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/mbr/hpbe.htmi <br /> File Code: 1950-1 <br /> Date: 12/16/2009 <br /> Dear Interested Party, <br /> Enclosed you will find the Decision Notice/FONSI for the Little Snake North Timber Sale and Fuels <br /> Reduction Project. The Hahns Peak/Bears Ears District Ranger Jamie Kingsbury signed the Decision on <br /> December 16, 2009. <br /> The Decision is to implement the proposed action. <br /> The proposed action will treat approximately 6,445 total acres and would address the purpose and need <br /> with the following actions: Salvage on approximately 4,580 acres with areas of dense understory <br /> excluded from treatment to retain snowshoe hare foraging habitat. Aspen regeneration cutting would <br /> occur on approximately 276 acres and prescribed burning for regeneration of aspen would occur on 1,589 <br /> acres. <br /> Soil and water improvements to resource damaged areas would include maintenance, re-routing, or <br /> decommissioning of approximately 9.6 miles of existing road segments and restoration of 31 sites that are <br /> contributing to soil and water resource damage. These site locations are typically around culverts and <br /> ditches where resource damage has or is occurring. <br /> The existing roads in the project area would be used with some road reconstruction, reopening,and pre- <br /> haul maintenance. There are approximately 17.2 miles of proposed temporary roads,2.2 miles of <br /> proposed specified roads, and 18.8 miles of existing roads that would need to be re-opened for the project, <br /> all temporary roads will be obliterated and closed after treatments are completed. <br /> `1,vo existing gravel pits,approximately five acres eae>1,�dne'off of NFSR 500 and one off of NFSR 550, <br /> would be reopened to provide native "pit run"material to existing road surfaces. <br /> Please contact Brian Waugh (970-870-2185)for additional information or to discuss any concerns. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> `JAMIE NGSBURY 1 <br /> Dis anger <br /> Eizd <br /> Caring for the Land and Serving People Printed on Recycled Pape, �'� <br />