The Sanpete District Ranger is proposing a mechanical treatment of approximately 2,806 acres of pinyon/juniper encroachment into sagebrush-steppe vegetation types to improve winter habitat for deer and elk.
Location
Dairy Fork drainage
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
02/25/2011
2
Comment Period
02/28/2011
3
Decision
06/2011 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2011 (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; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements |
| Dairy Fork Wildlife Habitat Improvement and Fuels Reduction Project | Decision Signed Date: 06/14/2011 Legal Notice Date: 06/14/2011 |
| Forests | Manti-Lasal National Forest |
| Districts | Price Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T.10S. R.5E. Sections 20-23 and 26-29. |