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 Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Watershed Improvements |
| Lackey Basin Aspen Restoration Project | Decision Signed Date: 11/19/2012 Legal Notice Date: 11/29/2012 |
| Forests | Manti-Lasal National Forest |
| Districts | Moab Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T28S, 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 |