Environmental Assessment Completed

Pinto Watershed and Defensible Fire Space Improvement Project

Dixie National Forest Iron; Washington, Utah Pine Valley Ranger District

WUI fuels reduction, winter range enhancement, grass and forbe diversity improvement, and watershed improvement to reduce TMDL to Newcastle reservoir.

Location

Located along the Pinto Road area of Pine Valley RD

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/03/2017
2
Comment Period
10/06/2017
3
Objection Period Start
02/16/2018
4
Decision
04/2019 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2019 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Roadless Area Management; Scenery Management; Watershed Improvements
Pinto Watershed and Defensible Fire Space Improvement Project DecisionDecision Signed Date: 04/03/2019
ForestsDixie National Forest
DistrictsPine Valley Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT37S R13W, T37S R14W, T37S R15W, T37.5S R14W, T38S R14W, and T38S R15W of the Salt Lake Base and Meridian.
Watershed managementHeritage resource managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Wildlife, fish, rare plantsFuels management