Environmental Assessment Completed

Buckeye Reservoir Hazard Fuels Thinning

Manti-La Sal National Forest San Juan; Montrose, Colorado; Utah Moab Ranger District

Reduce hazard fuels within ponderosa pine stands in the Buckeye Reservoir recreation area by reducing tree and deciduous shrub densities through weeding, thinning, and prescribed burning.

Location

Located about 14 air miles from La Sal, Utah on the Moab Ranger District in Colorado

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/26/2008
2
Objection Period Start
08/05/2008
3
Decision
10/2008 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
12/2008 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (10)
Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green)
Buckeye Reservoir Hazard Fuels Thinning ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/26/2006
The Buckeye Reservoir Hazad Fuels Thinning ProjectDecision Signed Date: 10/23/2008
ForestsManti-Lasal National Forest
DistrictsMoab Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT48N, R20W, Sections 1,2,3,12,&13 New Mexico Principal Meridian
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management