ALBUQUERQUE, NM – October 9, 2024 – The Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands (NF & NGs) is seeking comments on the environmental assessment (EA) for the Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands (KRBNGs) Vegetation Management Project. The KRBNGs have prepared an EA to analyze the effects of the proposal to manage vegetation to improve wildlife habitat, reduce build-up of fuels, and restore shortgrass prairie, pinyon-juniper, and sand sage vegetation habitats. The analysis area is approximately 228,936 acres across the KRBNGs, excluding select riparian areas in the Mills Canyon area previously analyzed under the 2021 Northern New Mexico Riparian, Aquatic, and Wetland Restoration EA.
Documents for the KRBNGs Vegetation Management Project can be found on the Cibola NF & NGs project page at https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=61818 and a copy of the EA is available to view at the KRBNGs district office (address below).
How to Comment
The legal notice is expected to publish in the Union County Leader on October 9, 2024. This legal notice is the exclusive means for calculating the comment period for the proposed action in the EA. Comments will be accepted for 30 days following the date of publication of the legal notice.
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.
Written comments must be submitted to District Ranger, Levi Irwin, ATTN: KRBNG Vegetation Management Project, 714 Main Street Clayton, NM 88415.
Electronic comments can be submitted at
Oral comments must be provided during normal business hours, between 8:30 am and 4:30pm, Monday through Friday (in person at the address above or call 575-374-9652.
For additional information, please contact KRBNGs Project Lead:
