NW Colorado • Entered by Cristina Harmon (R) on December 8, 2023
Walton Peak Est Vegetation Manage3ment Plan
December 5, 2023
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 1 |
| Post Admin hours | 1 |
| Activity Hours | 2 |
| Participants | 2 |
| Total Hours | 6 |
Key Issue: Public Lands Health & Protection
Activity Type: Advocacy (rallies, lobbying, meeting decision makers, letters/calls/emails)
Landscape/area: Medicine Bow – Routt National Forest (CO) (2210327 acres)
Short Description of Activity
Meeting With USFS personnel regarding the plan to log anmanage vegetation on the east side of Rabbit Ears pass to mitigate wildfire danger. USFS shared their plan for vegetation treatments and record comments as part of cooperation with stakeholders. This mitigation plan will be conducted in 2024-26 as part of a Categorical Exclusion. decision as directed by congress.
Reflection/Evaluation
Those of us who attended were happy to have the opportunity to interface with personnel regarding the plan implementation. Discouraging to discover that the proposal must follow the 20 or so year old RMP and not consider more current science however we were also heartened that the Forrester in charge understood this and was prepared to make on the ground adjustments to the plan. Always good to meet and interact with agency personnel.