From: FS-Cibola PAO <SM.FS.CibolaPAO@usda.gov>
Date: Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Subject: NEWS RELEASE Comments Sought for Proposed Project - North Sandia Fuels Reduction Project - Sandia Ranger District - Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands
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NEWS RELEASE
Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands
2113 Osuna Road NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113
(505) 346-3900
Comments Sought for Proposed Project
North Sandia Fuels Reduction Project
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – April 3, 2024 – The Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands is seeking scoping comments for the proposed North Sandia Fuels Reduction Project. The Forest is proposing to restore, maintain, and improve forested conditions on approximately 2,956 acres on the Sandia Ranger District, Sandoval and Bernalillo Counties, Sandia Mountains, north of I-40 (see attached map for proposal area and treatment types).
Objectives for the North Sandia Fuels Reduction Project include reducing the impacts of high severity fire, reducing wildfire risk to communities within the wildland urban interface (WUI), and restoring forest structure and composition within the planning area.
Scoping documents for the North Sandia Fuels Reduction Project can be found on the Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands project page at https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/cibola/?project=65654.
How to Comment
Substantive comments are the most useful; they are comments that are within the scope of the proposed action, are specific to the proposed action, have a direct relationship to the proposed action and include supporting reasons for consideration.
Please submit your comments no later than May 3, 2024.
Written comments must be submitted to District Ranger Crystal Powell, ATTN: North Sandia Fuels Reduction Project, Sandia Ranger District, 11776 HWY 337, Tijeras, New Mexico 87059.
Electronic comments must be submitted using the online CARA comment form. The form can be accessed by clicking ‘Comment/Object on Project’ under ‘Get Connected’ on the right side of the project page at https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65654.
To provide oral comments, please call Brittany Lewellen, Planning Program Manager/Project Lead at 505-274-4519. Oral comments must be provided during normal business hours, between 8:30 am and 4:30pm, Monday through Friday.
For additional information, please contact brittany.lewellen@usda.gov.
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