Reduce hazard fuels and associated risk to forest resources, life, and property by mechanical thinning (logging, bullhog, and chainsaw) and prescribed burn (about 1800 acres). Blanding City municipal watershed & Boy Scout Camp permit area.
Location
7 miles from Blanding, UT municipal watershed surrounding Dry Wash Reservoir & Nizhoni Campground; Johnson Creek drainage.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
01/21/2009
2
Objection Period Start
07/07/2010
3
Decision
09/2010 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2011 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Hfra Title I: Municipal Watersheds |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 |
| Project Activity | Road Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green) |
| DN & FONSI for the Johnson Creek Hazard Fuels Project EA | Decision Signed Date: 09/27/2010 |
| Forests | Manti-Lasal National Forest |
| Districts | Monticello Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T34S, R22E and T35S, R22E, SLM. |