Create openings in the oak/maple canopy with a bullhog/masticator or similar. Remove invading juniper trees. Create age, structural age class, and understory diversity; reduce fuel loadings; and close and reseed roads. Gate Road 116 for seasonal use.
Location
Billies Mountain area located about 12 miles southeast of Spanish Fork, Utah
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
11/01/2007
2
Comment Period
11/01/2007
3
Decision
01/2008 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
05/2008 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6); 32.2 (10) |
| Special Authority | National Fire Plan - Healthy Forests Initiative Ce |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements |
| Billies Mountain Mechanical Fuels Reduction | Decision Signed Date: 01/07/2008 Legal Notice Date: 01/10/2008 |
| Forests | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest |
| Districts | Spanish Fork Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T9S, R4E, Sections 14, 15, 16, 21, 22. 23, and 26, SLM, Utah County, Utah |