Cold Springs Project

This project is intended to reduce the risk of mountain pine beetle caused mortality in ponderosa pine stands in an area managed primarily for timber production. Commercial and non-commercial thinning as well as prescribed burning are being proposed.

Location Summary

The southwest corner of the Northern Hills Ranger District in the vicinity of O'Neil Pass

District: Northern Hills Ranger District

Project Documents

• Decision

  • Cold Springs Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact (PDF 201kb)

• Analysis

  • Cold Springs EA (full text) (PDF 9264kb)

• Scoping

  • Cold Springs Scoping Brochure (PDF 650kb)
  • Map of Proposed Non-Commercial & Fuels Treatments (PDF 7595kb)
  • Map of Proposed Commercial Treatments (PDF 7644kb)
  • Map of Existing Insect Risk by Stand (PDF 7973kb)
  • Map of Transportation System (PDF 3786kb)

• Supporting

  • Cold Springs Wildlife & Fisheries Biological Evaluation (PDF 660kb)
  • Cold Springs Forest Vegetation Report (PDF 1282kb)
  • Cold Springs Botany Biological Evaluation (PDF 278kb)
  • Cold Springs Scenery Report (PDF 5435kb)
  • Cold Springs Fuels Report (PDF 499kb)
  • Cold Springs Hydrology and Soils Report (PDF 1859kb)