ELDORA MOUNTAIN RESORT SKI AREA PROJECTS FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT APPENDICES FEBRUARY 2015 USDA FOREST SERVICE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION ROOSEVELT NATIONAL FOREST The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. APPENDICES APPENDIX A: CUMULATIVE EFFECTS PROJECTS APPENDIX B: PROPOSED FOREST PLAN AMENDMENTS APPENDIX C: FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCY COMMENT LETTERS ON THE DRAFT EIS APPENDIX D: RESPONSE TO COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT EIS Eldora Mountain Resort Ski Area Projects Final Environmental Impact Statement Appendices Appendix A Cumulative Effects Projects Appendix A: Cumulative Effects Projects APPENDIX A: CUMULATIVE EFFECTS PROJECTS The following past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects have been identified by the Forest Service as relevant for analysis in Alternatives 1, 2, and 3 from a cumulative effects context. Basic information provided here for each project is complimented in corresponding analyses in Chapter 3. Not all resources will be affected by all of these projects. More detailed project descriptions follow Table A-1. Cumulative effects analyses presented in Chapter 3 resource sections are based on these descriptions and the best available information for each project. Projects are located on NFS lands, unless otherwise noted. Table A-1: Cumulative Effects Matrix Project Lynx Location Project Analysis Unit Resources Project Area Project (Project Status) (Straight Line Project Description Approval/ where the Potentially (acres/length) Distance to Implementation Project is Affected EMR SUP) Located ELDORA MOUNTAIN RESORT PROJECTS Fish and EMR prepared a Master Plan, which was Wildlife Within EMR accepted by the Forest Service in February Watershed SUP and on 2011. The projects in the Master Plan that Wetlands adjacent private are not part of this Proposed Action and/or Accepted: Scenery 2011 Master Plan N/A Boulder lands within ski Alternatives 3 would require their own site 2011 Socio-econ area operational specific NEPA analysis prior to Recreation boundary implementation but are considered Plants reasonably foreseeable future actions. Traffic/Parking Noise Eldora Mountain Resort Ski Area Projects Final Environmental Impact Statement A-1 Appendix A: Cumulative Effects Projects Table A-1: Cumulative Effects Matrix Project Lynx Location Project Analysis Unit Resources Project Area Project (Project Status) (Straight Line Project Description Approval/ where the Potentially (acres/length) Distance to Implementation Project is Affected EMR SUP) Located Replace snowmaking pipe on Around the Horn trail; widen Cascade trail by removing approximately 90 trees; clean up downed Scenery trees in gladed areas in Corona and Indian Plants Peaks pods; glade maintenance between Fish and 2012 Summer Salto Glades and the Corona trail along Wildlife EMR SUP 2012 20 acres/misc. Boulder Operating Plan with the area between Muleshoe and Bryan Forest Health Glades; road maintenance including Recreation grading, cleaning culverts, and maintaining Watershed ditches; corona grading project; and Soils mountain pine beetle (MPB) mitigation, including spraying. Replace snowmaking pipe on Around the Horn trail; brush, stump, and deadfall removal in Corona and Indian Peaks pods; glade maintenance between Muleshoe and Plants Bryan Glades; clear 20’x20’ area at top/left Fish and Wildlife 2011 Summer of Labelle trail for ski racing start shack; Forest Health Operating Plan EMR SUP construction of five winch cat pick points 2011 20 acres/misc. Boulder on the following trails: Powderhorn, Recreation Ambush, Muleshoe, Corona, and Cascade; Watershed road maintenance including grading, Soils cleaning culverts, and maintaining ditches; and MPB mitigation, including tree removal and spraying. Eldora Mountain Resort Ski Area Projects Final Environmental Impact Statement A-2 Appendix A: Cumulative Effects Projects Table A-1: Cumulative Effects Matrix Project Lynx Location Project Analysis Unit Resources Project Area Project (Project Status) (Straight Line Project Description Approval/ where the Potentially (acres/length) Distance to Implementation Project is Affected EMR SUP) Located Normal snowmaking infrastructure and trail Plants maintenance; clean up Corona Pod Glades; Fish and Wildlife 2009 Summer slope doze and grade section of Corona Forest Health Operating Plana EMR SUP trail; and MPB mitigation on private land 2009 20 acres/misc. Boulder and infected areas adjacent to Hornblower, Recreation Around The Horn, Wayback, LaBelle, Watershed Windmill, Corona, and Muleshoe trails. Soils Plants Normal snowmaking infrastructure and trail Fish and maintenance; clean up Corona Pod Glades; Wildlife 2008 Summer slope doze and grade section of Corona EMR SUP 2008 20 acres/misc. Boulder Forest Health Operating Plan trail; and MPB mitigation on private land Recreation and infected areas adjacent to Hornblower, Ambush, and Around The Horn trails. Watershed Soils Plants Normal snowmaking infrastructure and trail Forest Health maintenance; tower snow gun installations 2007 Summer Fish and EMR SUP on Lower Ambush, Lower Diamondback, 2007 20 acres/misc. Boulder Operating Plan Wildlife and Hornblower; clean up Corona Pod Glades; and mitigation of MPB. Recreation Noise Normal snowmaking infrastructure and trail maintenance; clean up Corona Pod Glades; Scenery 2006 Summer ongoing chairlift and electrical EMR SUP 2006 5 acres/misc. Boulder Plants Operating Plan maintenance; painting Cannonball chairlift; and ongoing chairlift and electrical maintenance. Eldora Mountain Resort Ski Area Projects Final Environmental Impact Statement A-3 Appendix A: Cumulative Effects Projects Table A-1: Cumulative Effects Matrix Project Lynx Location Project Analysis Unit Resources Project Area Project (Project Status) (Straight Line Project Description Approval/ where the Potentially (acres/length) Distance to Implementation Project is Affected EMR SUP) Located Normal snowmaking infrastructure and trail maintenance; clean up Corona Pod Glades; 2005 Summer Plants EMR SUP ongoing chairlift and electrical 2005 5 acres/misc. Boulder Operating Plan maintenance; and ongoing chairlift and electrical maintenance. Normal snowmaking infrastructure and trail maintenance; touch up painting on various Scenery chairlifts; ongoing chairlift and electrical 2004 Summer Plants EMR SUP maintenance; private property 2004 5 acres/misc. Boulder Operating Plan Watershed improvements to water treatment facility; and ongoing chairlift and electrical maintenance. Normal snowmaking infrastructure and trail maintenance; touch up painting on various Scenery 2003 Summer chairlifts; ongoing chairlift and electrical EMR SUP 2003 5 acres/misc. Boulder Operating Plan maintenance; retro-fitting of water Plants treatment facility to single point filtration; Watershed and ongoing chairlift and electrical maintenance. Replace snowmaking lines on Jolly Jug and Windmill, Sunset, International, Corkscrew, Scenery and Chute; reposition pipe on Westridge; Plants Forest Health 2002 Summer trail maintenance and deadfall removal in EMR SUP 2002 20 acres/misc. Boulder Operating Plan Salto and Bryan Glades and Jolly Jug Road; Fish and touch up painting on various chairlifts; Wildlife ongoing chairlift and electrical Recreation maintenance; and initiate discussion about Watershed backcountry gate/Lost Lake area. Eldora Mountain Resort Ski Area Projects Final Environmental Impact Statement A-4 Appendix A: Cumulative Effects Projects Table A-1: Cumulative Effects Matrix Project Lynx Location Project Analysis Unit Resources Project Area Project (Project Status) (Straight Line Project Description Approval/ where the Potentially (acres/length) Distance to Implementation Project is Affected EMR SUP) Located Transport snowmaking pipe to Westridge construction area prior to snow melting; install tower guns on Little Hawk Scenery Mountain, Challenge Mountain, and Plants Corona Bowl pods; ongoing snowmaking Fish and 2001 Summer infrastructure and trail maintenance; minor Wildlife EMR SUP tree cutting on Jolly Jug Road; touch up 2001 25 acres/misc. Boulder Operating Plan Recreation painting on various chairlifts; ongoing chairlift and electrical maintenance; Watershed ongoing maintenance of mountain roads; Soils redefinition of water bars on certain trails; Noise reseeding of disturbed areas; and construction of new skier services building. Snowmaking projects on Westridge, Corona Tower 7 Cut, and Muleshoe; tower Scenery gun installations on all three pods; ongoing Plants snowmaking infrastructure and trail Fish and 2000 Summer maintenance; glading of Salto Glades and Wildlife EMR SUP 2000 25 acres/misc. Boulder Operating Plan Bryan Glades; minor tree cutting on Jolly