36 CFR Ch. II (7–1–13 Edition) § 294.49
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APPEAL of DECISION NOTICE, GUNNISON RANGER DISTRICT Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
APPEAL OF DECISION NOTICE, GUNNISON RANGER DISTRICT Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests DOUBLE HEART RANCH, ON BEHALF OF LOCAL LANDOWNERS AND INTERESTED CITIZENS APPELLANTS Notice of Appeal, Statement of Reasons and Request for Relief Regarding the Geothermal Lease Nomination COC- 73584 EA and DN v. CHARLES RICHMOND GMUG FOREST SUPERVISOR AND JOHN MURPHY GUNNISON RANGER DISTRICT RESPONDENTS NOTICE OF APPEAL STATEMENT OF REASONS AND RELIEF REQUESTED DATED this 25 th day of March, 2011 Matthew R. Jones Double Heart Ranch 7500 County Road 887 Gunnison, CO 81230 Direct: (512) 635-7814 Fax: (214) 378-7501 Email: [email protected] David Brown Ranch Manager: (970) 641-0690 1 NOTICE OF APPEAL On February 10, 2011, Forest Supervisor Charles Richmond signed the Decision Notice for Geothermal Lease Nomination COC-73584. This is a Notice of Appeal of that decision pursuant to 36 C.F.R. Part 215. The Double Heart Ranch, Local Landowners, and a great many others use and enjoy the Tomichi Dome, and the surrounding lands covered by this decision. Further, DH Ranch submitted comments at every stage of this process to every agency involved to be considered for this National Environmental Policy Act process. DH Ranch also attended every public meeting, even when notice was grossly insufficient and public comment was inappropriately restricted and prevented. This appeal is timely pursuant to 36 C.F.R. §215.14. Appellant requests that the DN be withdrawn, a proper NEPA process be conducted, and a new decision of No Action be issued, protecting our public resources. THE APPELLANTS The Double Heart Ranch is a historic Colorado property wholly situated on or around the Tomichi Dome and the property encompassed by this decision. -
Gunnison National Forest Travel Management Record of Decision
APPENDICES A-D Gunnison National Forest Travel Management Record of Decision June 2010 Gunnison National Forest Travel Management Appendices for ROD — 1 Record of Decision (ROD) Gunnison National Forest Travel Management DECISION TABLE KEY FOR APPENDICES A-D Decision Code Description F Trail open to and designed for Foot travel l HO Trail designed for Pack and Saddle (P&S) use, allowed use is Foot and P&S U Unmanaged Foot/P&S trail, not a part of the maintained or signed trail system NM/MB Trail open to non-motorized uses, where trail is built to mountain bike trail design standards NM/HO Trail open to non-motorized uses, where trail is built to pack and saddle design standards MO Trail open to and designed for Single Track motorized travel ATV Trail open to and designed for motorized vehicles less than 50 inches in width JEEP OHV Trail - opened to all motorized vehicles, managed as a trail HC High clearance road (Level 2) open to motorized use; non licensed vehicles allowed PSG3 High clearance road (Level 2) open to motorized use; non licensed vehicles allowed PSG3_NNL High clearance road (Level 2) open to motorized use; non licensed vehicles allowed PSG4 Passenger vehicle road (Level 4) licensed and non-licensed vehicles allowed PSG5 Passenger vehicle road (Level 5) licensed vehicles only D Route is identified to be closed DE Route is currently decommissioned and will remain closed A Administrative road, motorized travel is allowed by permit A-TRAIL Non motorized trail allowing administrative use by motorized vehicles less than 50 in. -
Meeting Record
BULL MOOSE SPORTSMENS ALLIANCE/COLORADO BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS AND ANGLERS/COLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED/COLORADO WILDLIFE FEDERATION/NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION/THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP/TROUT UNLIMITED/WESTERN NATIVE TROUT INITIATIVE Sportsmen's Recommendations for Supporting the Proposed Colorado Roadless Rule Problem 1: At 562,000 acres, the upper tier category in the preferred alternative is too small and fails to include much of the most important fish and wildlife habitat. Solution: After further upper tier areas are included by the agency for the Pike-San Isabel and Rio Grande national forests, the acreage of upper tier lands in the preferred alternative should increase to a total of at least 1.4 million acres (33% of Colorado's road less acres) using the prioritized list of road less areas below. Upper tier lands bordering Community Protection Zones may be cut back in acreage so the bordering areas are not included in the upper tier (the overlap is roughly 22,000 acres total). All Alternative 2 lands already placed in upper tier should remain there. Rationale: The upper tier category has been created to balance narrowly defined exceptions in the CO rule such as coal mining, ski area development, and community protection zone logging. This is very similar to the "Primitive" and "Wild Land Recreation" categories used to balance development allowances in the Idaho roadless rule. While important, the preferred alternative (alt. 2) acres are limited to areas where forest plans already prohibit road building. Using these acres as upper tier does not address key fish and wildlife habitat nor does it illustrate a commitment by the Forest Service to go beyond their current plans and create a truly protective rule. -
IV. Motorized Recreation Route Recommendations
APPENDIX IV COHVCO – TPA –RMEC COMMENTS 6/1/09 IV. Motorized Recreation Route Recommendations The following roads and trails are recommended by COHVCO, in addition to those in the preliminary proposed alternative, and those submitted as a group recommendation in the Colorado 500 letter dated 15 September 2006. These are intended to be a part of an alternative in the DEIS that more fully responds and addresses a historic and enhanced motorized recreation transportation system for all federal lands in the Gunnison Basin. Recommendations 1. Trail 561 Eyrie Basin Trail. An historically used trail by miners and modern day single track motorcyclists. From Italian Creek Road, it drops steeply into Eyrie Creek Basin where it connects to the Taylor Park Road. This trail accesses private land, but has a landowner interested in maintaining public motorized use. 2. Trail 413 Matchless Mountain Trail. An historical use trail that is a single track motorcycle use trail leading from near the top of Matchless Mountain on the west to the west side of Taylor Reservoir where it heads north to a crossing of the Taylor River just above Rivers End Campground. Scenic route from a 12,300 foot peak to the Reservoir’s Edge, and ridden almost exclusively downhill. Access to Trail 413 is off of Trail 424, the Gunnison Spur Trail. It provides challenge for advanced riders in a low use area. 3. Trail 424 Spur Trail Connector. Connects from the Dinner Station Campground to Road 753.1. A historically used motorcycle trail. The route provides a continuity of access to the entire Spur Trail System from the Taylor Park Road. -
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests Road - Light Duty ¤£87 Q Private Intermittent Stream 550 Disclaimer ¤£ ¤£50 114 U.S
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Tom Sharp's Post
19 Tom Sharp's Post Tom Sharp's Post, a log and adobe Indian trading station, built in 1870, is a familiar sight to those traveling Highway 305, in Huerfano County, between the remnants of Malachite and the top of Pass Creek Pass. The post, flbout a mile from the site of the once-thriving town called Malachite, stands near the Huerfano River crossing of the Gardner-Red Wing. road. Sharp's place was known as Buzzard Roost Ranch be cause hundreds of buzzards roosted in the cottonwood trees along the stream there. A well-traveled Ute Indian trail over the Sangre de Cristo range ran through the ranch, thence to Badito, and on to the Greenhorn Mountains. Ute Chief Ouray and his wife, Chipeta, often visited Sharp while their tribes men camped nearby. W. T. (Tom) Sharp, a native of Missouri, served with the Confederate forces at the beginning of the Civil War. His general was Sterling Price. In 1861, Sharp was paroled from the service because of wounds, and was placed in a wagon bound for the Far West. Surviving the trip across country, he joined a half-breed Indian hunter named "Old Tex,'' and for a time the two sup plied meat to mining camps in California and Oregon . Later Sharp headed eastward. With a partner, John Miller, he contracted to supply telegraph poles for the Union Pacific Railroad, then building into Wyoming. In 1867, he was a de puty sheriff in Cheyenne, Wyoming. In the autumn of 1868, Tom Sharp, John White, and John Williams, with an old prairie wagon, came into the Huerfano Valley looking for a location. -
Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 01/01/2015 to 03/31/2015 San Juan National Forest This Report Contains the Best Available Information at the Time of Publication
Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 01/01/2015 to 03/31/2015 San Juan National Forest This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact. Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact Projects Occurring in more than one Region (excluding Nationwide) Western Area Power - Special use management In Progress: Expected:03/2015 05/2015 Christopher Wehrli Administration Right-of-Way DEIS NOA in Federal Register 435-896-1053 Maintenance and 09/27/2013 [email protected] Reauthorization Project Est. FEIS NOA in Federal EIS Register 01/2015 Description: Update vegetation management activities along 278 miles of transmission lines located on NFS lands in Colorado, Nebraska, and Utah. These activities are intended to protect the transmission lines by managing for stable, low growth vegetation. Location: UNIT - Ashley National Forest All Units, Grand Valley Ranger District, Norwood Ranger District, Yampa Ranger District, Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District, Pine Ridge Ranger District, Sulphur Ranger District, East Zone/Dillon Ranger District, Paonia Ranger District, Boulder Ranger District, West Zone/Sopris Ranger District, Canyon Lakes Ranger District, Salida Ranger District, Gunnison Ranger District, Mancos/Dolores Ranger District. STATE - Colorado, Nebraska, Utah. COUNTY - Chaffee, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Grand, Gunnison, Jackson, Lake, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa, Montrose, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, Dawes, Daggett, Uintah. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Linear transmission lines located in Colorado, Utah, and Nebraska. R2 - Rocky Mountain Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide) Tri-State Montrose-Nucla- - Special use management In Progress: Expected:08/2015 04/2016 Liz Mauch Cahone Transmission Comment Period Public Notice 970-242-8211 Improvement Project 05/05/2014 [email protected] EA Est. -
Rulemaking for Colorado Roadless Areas Map 2
MAP 2 Inventoried Roadless Areas MAP 2 IRA acres 114 Porphyry Peak 3,400 233 Treasure Mountain 20,900 194 115 Puma 8,500 234 Turkey Creek 22,300 193 Platte River Inventoried Roadless Area rounded 116 Purgatoire 13,200 235 West Needle 2,500 Wilderness Names to nearest 207 117 Rampart West 23,700 236 West Needle Wilderness 5,900 4 100 acres ** Map Key ** 24 118 Romley 6,900 237 Williams Creek White Fir Natural Area 500 209 Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest 119 Sangre de Cristo 32,600 White River National Forest 187 204 193 Mount 1 Bard Creek 25,400 120 Scraggy Peaks 8,200 238 Adam Mountain 8,200 195 197 21 Major Roads Zirkel 2 Byers Peak 10,100 121 Sheep Rock 2,200 239 Ashcroft 900 Wilderness 210 205 24 76 208 Rawah 10 25 3 Cache La Poudre Adjacent Areas 3,200 122 Silverheels 6,600 240 Assignation Ridge 13,300 Wilderness 9 11 4 Cherokee Park 7,800 123 Spanish Peaks 5,700 241 Baldy Mountain 6,000 Inventoried Roadless Areas 5 3 5 Comanche Peak Adjacent Areas 46,000 124 Spanish Peaks- proposed 1,300 242 Basalt Mountain A 14,000 196 5 3 3 5 5 Cache La Poudre 6 Copper Mountain 13,500 125 Square Top Mountain 5,900 243 Basalt Mountain B 7,400 5 3 3 3 214 Wilderness 7 Crosier Mountain 7,200 126 St. Charles Peak 11,600 244 Berry Creek 8,600 National Forest System Wilderness & Comanche Peak 28 200 24 8 Gold Run 6,500 245 Big Ridge To South Fork A 35,300 191 Wilderness 127 Starvation Creek 8,200 19 5 9 Green Ridge - East 26,700 128 Tanner Peak 17,800 246 Big Ridge To South Fork B 6,000 Other Congressionally Designated Lands 24 Fort 19 5 10 Green Ridge -
Spanish Peaks Wilderness
Mt. Bierstadt Field Trip Trip date: 6/17/2006 Ralph Swain, USFS R2 Wilderness Program Manager Observations: 1). The parking lot was nearly full (approximately 35 + vehicles) at 8:00 am on a Saturday morning. I observed better-than-average compliance with the dog on leash regulation. Perhaps this was due to my Forest Service truck being at the entrance to the parking lot and the two green Forest Service trucks (Dan and Tom) in the lot! 2). District Ranger Dan Lovato informed us of the District’s intent to only allow 40 vehicles in the lower parking lot. Additional vehicles will have to drive to the upper parking lot. This was new information for me and I’m currently checking in with Steve Priest of the South Platte Ranger District to learn more about the parking situation at Mt. Bierstadt. 3). I observed users of all types and abilities hiking the 14er. Some runners, 14 parties with dogs (of which 10 were in compliance with the dog-leash regulation), and a new- born baby being carried to the top by mom and dad (that’s a first for me)! Management Issues: 1). Capacity issue: I counted 107 people on the hike, including our group of 14 people. The main issue for Mt. Bierstadt, being a 14er hike in a congressionally designated wilderness, is a social issue of how many people are appropriate? Thinking back to Dr. Cordell’s opening Forum discuss on demographic trends and the growth coming to the west, including front-range Denver, the use on Mt. -
Colorado Fourteeners Checklist
Colorado Fourteeners Checklist Rank Mountain Peak Mountain Range Elevation Date Climbed 1 Mount Elbert Sawatch Range 14,440 ft 2 Mount Massive Sawatch Range 14,428 ft 3 Mount Harvard Sawatch Range 14,421 ft 4 Blanca Peak Sangre de Cristo Range 14,351 ft 5 La Plata Peak Sawatch Range 14,343 ft 6 Uncompahgre Peak San Juan Mountains 14,321 ft 7 Crestone Peak Sangre de Cristo Range 14,300 ft 8 Mount Lincoln Mosquito Range 14,293 ft 9 Castle Peak Elk Mountains 14,279 ft 10 Grays Peak Front Range 14,278 ft 11 Mount Antero Sawatch Range 14,276 ft 12 Torreys Peak Front Range 14,275 ft 13 Quandary Peak Mosquito Range 14,271 ft 14 Mount Evans Front Range 14,271 ft 15 Longs Peak Front Range 14,259 ft 16 Mount Wilson San Miguel Mountains 14,252 ft 17 Mount Shavano Sawatch Range 14,231 ft 18 Mount Princeton Sawatch Range 14,204 ft 19 Mount Belford Sawatch Range 14,203 ft 20 Crestone Needle Sangre de Cristo Range 14,203 ft 21 Mount Yale Sawatch Range 14,200 ft 22 Mount Bross Mosquito Range 14,178 ft 23 Kit Carson Mountain Sangre de Cristo Range 14,171 ft 24 Maroon Peak Elk Mountains 14,163 ft 25 Tabeguache Peak Sawatch Range 14,162 ft 26 Mount Oxford Collegiate Peaks 14,160 ft 27 Mount Sneffels Sneffels Range 14,158 ft 28 Mount Democrat Mosquito Range 14,155 ft 29 Capitol Peak Elk Mountains 14,137 ft 30 Pikes Peak Front Range 14,115 ft 31 Snowmass Mountain Elk Mountains 14,099 ft 32 Windom Peak Needle Mountains 14,093 ft 33 Mount Eolus San Juan Mountains 14,090 ft 34 Challenger Point Sangre de Cristo Range 14,087 ft 35 Mount Columbia Sawatch Range -
Geochronology Database for Central Colorado
Geochronology Database for Central Colorado Data Series 489 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Geochronology Database for Central Colorado By T.L. Klein, K.V. Evans, and E.H. DeWitt Data Series 489 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior KEN SALAZAR, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Marcia K. McNutt, Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2010 For more information on the USGS—the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment, visit http://www.usgs.gov or call 1-888-ASK-USGS For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod To order this and other USGS information products, visit http://store.usgs.gov Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this report is in the public domain, permission must be secured from the individual copyright owners to reproduce any copyrighted materials contained within this report. Suggested citation: T.L. Klein, K.V. Evans, and E.H. DeWitt, 2009, Geochronology database for central Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 489, 13 p. iii Contents Abstract ...........................................................................................................................................................1 Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................1 -
Chapter W-9 - Wildlife Properties
07/15/2021 CHAPTER W-9 - WILDLIFE PROPERTIES Index Page ARTICLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS #900 REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL WILDLIFE 1 PROPERTIES, EXCEPT STATE TRUST LANDS ARTICLE II PROPERTY SPECIFIC PROVISIONS #901 PROPERTY SPECIFIC REGULATIONS 8 ARTICLE III STATE TRUST LANDS #902 REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL STATE TRUST LANDS 53 LEASED BY COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE #903 PROPERTY SPECIFIC REGULATIONS 55 ARTICLE IV STATE FISH UNITS #904 REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL STATE FISH UNITS 71 #905 PROPERTY SPECIFIC REGULATIONS 72 ARTICLE V BOATING RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL DIVISION CONTROLLED PROPERTIES, INCLUDING STATE TRUST LANDS LEASED BY COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE #906 AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES (ANS) 72 APPENDIX A 74 APPENDIX B 75 Basis and Purpose 81 Statement CHAPTER W-9 - WILDLIFE PROPERTIES ARTICLE I - GENERAL PROVISIONS #900 - REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL WILDLIFE PROPERTIES, EXCEPT STATE TRUST LANDS A. DEFINITIONS 1. “Aircraft” means any machine or device capable of atmospheric flight, including, but not limited to, airplanes, helicopters, gliders, dirigibles, balloons, rockets, hang gliders and parachutes, and any models thereof. 2. "Water contact activities" means swimming, wading (except for the purpose of fishing), waterskiing, sail surfboarding, scuba diving, and other water-related activities which put a person in contact with the water (without regard to the clothing or equipment worn). 3. “Youth mentor hunting” means hunting by youths under 18 years of age. Youth hunters under 16 years of age shall at all times be accompanied by a mentor when hunting on youth mentor properties. A mentor must be 18 years of age or older and hold a valid hunter education certificate or be born before January 1, 1949.