Environmental Assessment Completed

Paunsaugunt Vegetation Management

Dixie National Forest Garfield; Kane, Utah Powell Ranger District

The Powell Ranger District proposes a project on the Paunsaugunt Plateau to perform the following vegetation treatments: commercially harvest 866 acres of mixed conifer forest, regenerate 413 acres of aspen, reforest 194 acres of wildfire impacted...

Location

Paunsaugunt Plateau south of Tropic Resevoir near juction of Upper Kanab Creek and East Fork Sevier River.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/30/2011
2
Comment Period
08/30/2011
3
Decision
05/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
09/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Timber Sales (Green)
DN and FONSI for the Paunsaugunt Vegetation Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/22/2012 Legal Notice Date: 05/22/2012
ForestsDixie National Forest
DistrictsPowell Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT 38 S, R 4 W, T 39 S, R 5 W, T38 S, R 41/2 W, T 39 S, R 4 1/2 W, and T 39 S, R 4 W multiple sections
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Wildlife, fish, rare plants