Environmental Assessment Completed

Bartholomew Canyon Vegetation Treatment

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Utah, Utah Spanish Fork Ranger District

Use prescribed fire and mechanical treatment (Bullhog/masticator) to treat 30-60 percent of the oak/maple community to restore age class diversity, structural diversity and understory diversity. Close and reseed roads.

Location

UNIT - Spanish Fork Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Utah.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/08/2008
2
Comment Period
05/08/2008
3
Decision
02/2009 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
05/2009 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Bartholomew Canyon Vegetation TreatmentDecision Signed Date: 02/20/2009 Legal Notice Date: 02/27/2009
ForestsUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
DistrictsSpanish Fork Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSLM T6S, R3E, Section 36; T7S, R4E, Sections 4-10 and 16-18, T6S, R4E, Section 31; T7S, R3E, Section 1 and 2. In the Left Fork of Hobble Creek Canyon.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsFuels management