Commercial timber harvest as well as non-commercial vegetation management across 665 acres of heavy mountain pine beetle caused mortality and lodgepole pine dwarf mistletoe infection.
Location
The project area is located approximately 13 miles southwest of Manila, Utah along Forest Service Road 001 between Hickerson Park and Spirit Lake.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
03/31/2016
2
Comment Period
04/25/2017
3
Objection Period Start
08/01/2017
4
Decision
10/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2017 (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) |
| Spirit Lake Forest Restoration Project | Decision Signed Date: 10/17/2017 |
| Forests | Ashley National Forest |
| Districts | Flaming Gorge Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | All Salt Lake Meridian: T1N, R17E, all or portions of sections 3 and 10; T2N R17E, all or portions of sections 24, 25, 26, 34, and 35; and T2N R18E, all or portions of sections 18, 19, and 30. |