Pike & San Isabel National Forests
Cimarron & Comanche National Grasslands

USDA Forest Service
Pike & San Isabel
National Forests
Cimarron & Comanche
National Grasslands
2840 Kachina Drive
Pueblo, CO 81008
719-553-1400

Telephone for the
Hearing Impaired
719-553-1404

Appeals & Litigation

Find out the status and resolution of current appeals and litigation.

Forest Service managers make many resource-management decisions, which may be subject to appeal (request to a higher authority for administrative review of a decision).

Learn about your right to appeal a decision.

Draft Environmental Documents (CE/EA/EIS)

Environmental Analysis

Find out more about the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

• Herring Park Draft EA
• Herring Park Biological Evaluation - Final (4.9 Mb pdf)
• South Park Range Allotment Management Plan EA
• Salida RD, North Trout Creek EA - Salida Ranger District
• Salida RD, North Fork, Boss and O'Haver Reservoir EIS, July 9 2007
• South Park RD, Black Trout Vegetation Management

Freedom of Information Act

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provides that any person has the right to request federal agency records and obtain copies of records unless they are protected from disclosure under exemptions in the law.

National Plans and References

• Appeal Regulations
• National Fire Plan
• NEPA Regulations

Forest Level Plans, Projects and References - Forest Planning

The forest plan is being revised. Learn more about the issues, management practices, monitoring, and public meetings.

• 1984 Land and Resource Management Plan
• Amendment 28 - South Platte Wild and Scenic River Study
• Amendment 30 - MIS Amendment
  • Decision Notice
  • Environmental Assessment
• Forest and Grassland Plan Revision
• Wildlife Project

District Planning

Plans

• National Fire Plan
  The National Fire Plan was developed in August 2000, following a landmark wildland fire season to actively respond to severe wildland fires and their impacts to communities while ensuring sufficient firefighting capacity for the future.

• Roads Analysis Process

Projects

Find information on current and proposed projects for watershed restoration, habitat improvement, recreation sites, timber sales, roads, and more.

Four times a year, the forest publishes a Schedule Of Proposed Actions (SOPA).

• South Colony EA-San Carlos District
• SOPA

Fuels Treatment Projects

• Salida District - Spruce Creek
• Salida RD - Spruce Creek Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project, Decision Memo (PDF 151 Kb)
• 5-Year Stewardship Plan, Pike National Forest
• Interagency Bark Beetle Cooperative
• Nighthawk Thinning
• Troutwest Fuels Reduction

Public Scoping

• Pikes Peak RD, Severy Creek Wetland and Ski Creek Restoration Project - December 2007
• Pikes Peak RD, Rampart Range Shooting Area - November 15, 2007
• Pikes Peak RD, Sunny Glen Project, June 15, 2007
• Pikes Peak RD, Discontinuance of Recreation Residence Special Use Authorizations - April 2007
• Salida RD, Silver Creek Project, March 15, 2007
• Salida RD - Little Annie Project, March 15, 2007
• Salida RD, Spruce Creek, March 7, 2007
• South Park RD, Discontinuance of Recreation Residence Special Use Authorizations, April 2007
• South Platte; Decision Memo: North Rainbow Falls Deposit, June 8, 2007 (pdf 103 kb)
• South Platte, Discontinuance of Recreation Residence Special Use Authorizations - April 2007
• South Platte RD, Terminal Moraine Overlook Trail - March 2007

Species Conservation Project

The project team is compiling information about terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and associated plants and animals, to integrate into scientifically sound, efficient approaches to land management.

• Roadless Initiative
• Forest Service Directives
• Schedule Of Proposed Actions
• Freedom Of Information Act
• Fourmile Management Project
• Buno Gulch Road Closure Order