Decision Memo Completed

Lackey Basin Aspen Restoration Project

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

Prescribed burn on approximately 3250 acres of aspen, aspen/mixed conifer, and ponderosa pine forest to stimulate regeneration of aspen clones on South Mountain in the La Sals near Moab, UT

Location

5 miles north of La Sal, Utah in the Lackey Basin, Pole Canyon and La Sal Creek drainages, La Sal Mountains

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
11/23/2010
2
Comment Period
09/06/2012
3
Decision
11/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
04/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Watershed Improvements
Lackey Basin Aspen Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 11/19/2012 Legal Notice Date: 11/29/2012
ForestsManti-Lasal National Forest
DistrictsMoab Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT28S, R24E, sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and T28S, R25E, sections 7 and 18 and T27S, R24E sections 34, 35 and 36
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)