This project would include a variety of timber and fuels vegetative management activities totaling 1,113 acres within a 1,787-acre project area. Trees killed by beetles or infected by dwarf mistletoe would be removed to achieve project objectives.
Location
The project is located in the vicinity of Half Moon Park, Whiskey Creek, and the historic Ute Lookout Tower on the Flaming Gorge Ranger District of the Ashley National Forest.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
04/29/2013
2
Comment Period
01/31/2017
3
Objection Period Start
05/02/2017
4
Decision
08/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2017 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Half Whiskey Moon Lookout Forest Restoration Project | Decision Signed Date: 08/07/2017 |
| Forests | Ashley National Forest |
| Districts | Flaming Gorge Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |