Rolnictwo i żywność · 18/04/2003

Carson National Forest, New Mexico, Agua/Caballos Proposed Projects

The Carson National Forest, El Rito Ranger District is preparing a supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) to disclose new information relevant to the analysis of proposed projects in the Agua/Caballos analysis area. Proposed projects include the allocation of old growth, harvesting of trees for sawtimber and forest products, prescribed burning, thinning, construction of new roads and reconstruction or closure of existing roads. A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement was published in the Federal Register on April 22, 1997 (62 FR 195342). A Notice of Availability (NOA) for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was published in the Federal Register on February 19, 1999 (64 FR 8356). An NOI to prepare a supplement to the DEIS was published in the Federal Register on December 20, 1999 (64 FR 771101). An NOA for the supplement to the DEIS was published in the Federal Register on August 18, 2000 (65 FR 50522). A Record of Decision was signed on May 9, 2002 and an NOA was subsequently published in the Federal Register on July 19, 2002 (67 FR 47538). The decision was appealed before the Regional Forester of the Southwestern Reg