This project includes campground vegetation management, fuel breaks, an emergency pullout, and ponderosa pine restoration and maintenance in Whiterocks Canyon.
Location
Whiterocks Canyon (on the southwestern edge of the Vernal Ranger District)
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
05/08/2014
2
Comment Period
01/26/2016
3
Objection Period Start
05/03/2016
4
Decision
06/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2016 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Hfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface; Hfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics) |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green) |
| Whiterocks Canyon Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project | Decision Signed Date: 06/10/2016 |
| Forests | Ashley National Forest |
| Districts | Vernal Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T2N R1E, sections 5-7; T2N R1W, sections 1 and 12; T3N R1E, sections 30-32; T3N R1W, sections 21-28 and 35-36; all Uintah Meridian |