Environmental Assessment Completed

Mitchell Spring Vegetation Improvement Project

Dixie National Forest Garfield, Utah Escalante Ranger District

Improve forest health by removing dead/dying Douglas fir and restore aspen and ponderosa pine stands.

Location

The upper portion of the Birch Creek Watershed, adjacent to Main Canyon Road (FH 17) and downslope from Griffen Top Road (FR 140).

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/21/2014
2
Comment Period
07/21/2014
3
Objection Period Start
10/03/2015
4
Decision
12/2015 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
01/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green)
Mitchell Spring Vegetation Improvement ProjectDecision Signed Date: 12/10/2015
ForestsDixie National Forest
DistrictsEscalante Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT 34N R 1W, Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24,25, 26, & 27; T 34N R 1E Sections7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20 & 30
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)