COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service is asking for feedback on the Pikes Peak Vegetation Management and Restoration Project, located on the Pikes Peak Ranger District, between December 5 and December 17.

The Forest Service is looking for feedback on the proposal to continue refining the proposal before starting the environmental analysis. El Paso, Teller, and Douglas counties are all in the project area on the Pikes Peak Ranger District.

Treatments would occur on approximately 195,000 acres of USFS-managed lands and non-USFS land where agreements are in place.

USFS is proposing a combination of vegetation treatments and prescribed fires to protect communities, watersheds, wildlife and recreation.

Within the area, treatments will occur in

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