Environmental Assessment Completed

Brian Head Fire Rehabilitation Project

Dixie National Forest Garfield; Iron, Utah Cedar City Ranger District

In the summer of 2017 the Brian Head fire burned more than 71,000 acres of private, state, and federal land. This project focuses on rehabilitation for the burned area and areas immediately adjacent.

Location

Located within Iron and Garfield County Utah. The project boundary extends from the town of Brian head East to Panguitch Lake and Highway 143 North towards Upper Bear Valley.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/20/2017
2
Comment Period
12/20/2017
3
Objection Period Start
05/12/2018
4
Decision
07/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Developed Site Management; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Species Habitat Improvements; Facility Maintenance; Trail Management; Roadless Area Management; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Salvage); Watershed Improvements
Brian Head Fire Rehabilitation ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/10/2018
ForestsDixie National Forest
DistrictsCedar City Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Recreation managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed managementRoad management