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Pitkin County staff to file detailed Forest Service comments on Twin Peaks vegetation project to protect streams, wildlife and roads
Summary
County staff will submit comment on the U.S. Forest Service Twin Peaks vegetation-management environmental assessment, supporting the project for forest health and fire planning but requesting protections: raptor surveys, avoidance of cavity trees, seasonal work windows to protect elk and nesting birds, riparian buffers, fewer stream crossings, erosion controls, burn-pile scheduling and native-seed rehabilitation.
Pitkin County staff said on Feb. 24 they will submit detailed comments to the U.S. Forest Service on the Twin Peaks Vegetation Management environmental assessment, which covers roughly 2,600 acres in the Thompson Creek area.
Staff told the board the county supports the project’s regional forest-health and strategic-fire-management goals but urged the Forest Service to include additional protective measures. Key county recommendations include raptor-nesting surveys and avoidance of trees with cavity nests, preserving creekside vegetation along…
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