Create openings in the sagebrush canopy with a Dixie Harrow. Reseed the area with grasses and forbes. Intent is to create age and structural class diversity in the sagebrush, increase understory diversity. Reduce fuel loading.
Location
Approximately 3 miles southwest of Vernon, Utah
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
11/01/2007
2
Comment Period
11/01/2007
3
Decision
08/2008 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2008 (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); Species Habitat Improvements |
| Diagonal Electric Sagebrush Improvement Project | Decision Signed Date: 08/14/2008 Legal Notice Date: 08/17/2008 |
| Diagnal/Electric Sagebrush Improvement | Decision Signed Date: 08/14/2008 Legal Notice Date: 08/17/2008 |
| Forests | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest |
| Districts | Spanish Fork Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T9S, R6W, Sections 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, SLM, Tooele County, Utah |