Pike's Peak Highway Monitoring

Monitoring the Effectiveness and Validating Response to the Road Related Mitigation Practices Implemented on the Pike’s Peak Highway

In May 2001, a study plan was approved as part of the settlement agreement between the Sierra Club and the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service in Sierra Club v. Venneman, Civil Action No. 98-M-662 (D. Colo.), (U.S. Department of Justice 2002). The original study plan and subsequent amendments call for effectiveness monitoring, designed to assess the on-site effectiveness of the mitigation practices implemented; and validation monitoring, designed to document the off-site impacts on the riparian, wetland, and aquatic systems within the area of influence of the Pikes Peak Highway (USDA Forest Service 2002 and 2003). As specified by the settlement agreement, the Forest Service provides annual reports and data describing the progress of the monitoring. The monitoring effort began in 2003 and ends in 2017.

• 2001 Draft Study Plan (April 9, 2001) (PDF, 67 KB)
• 2003 Study Plan Amendment #1 (April 1, 2003) (PDF, 78 KB)
• 2003 Field Season Annual Report – First Year (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• 2004 Field Season Annual Report – Second Year (PDF, 73.7 MB)
• 2005 Field Season Annual Report – Third Year (PDF, 2.3 MB)
• 2006 Field Season Annual Report – Fourth Year (PDF, 3.0 MB)
• 2007 Field Season Annual Report – Fifth Year (PDF, 0.9 MB)
• 2008 Field Season Annual Report – Sixth Year (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• 2009 Field Season Annual Report – Seventh Year (PDF, 15.6 MB)
• 2010 Field Season Annual Report – Eighth Year (PDF, 3.6 MB)

Associated data for 2003 to 2010 are provided below in compressed self-extracting files. To extract the files' contents, download the file to your computer, double-click on the file, and follow the WinZip Self-Extractor window's instructions. The default target folder for the unzip operation is your temporary directory. You may change the unzip destination in the WinZip Self-Extractor window.

• 2003 Data (.exe, 74.7 MB)
• 2004 Data (.exe, 133.3 MB)
• 2005 Data (.exe, 155.8 MB)
• 2006 Data (.exe, 72.5 MB)
• 2007 Data (.exe, 104.3 MB)
• 2008 Data (.exe, 124.4 MB)
• 2009 Data (.exe, 103.7 MB)
• 2010 Data (.exe, 114.1 MB)

Staff Contact

For project photos and further information, contact:

Patrice Janiga, PMP
Resource Inventory and Monitoring Design and Quality Assurance Specialist
U.S. Forest Service Resource Information Group (RIG)
970-295-5712 or pjaniga@fs.fed.us