Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Blacks Fork Salvage Project

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Summit, Utah Evanston-Mountain View RD

The Evanston/Mountain View Ranger District proposes to treat about 3,000 acres of a variety of vegetation types within the 39,760 acre Blacks Fork project area. Proposed treatments include timber harvest, prescribed fire, and mechanical thinning.

Location

Located approximately 25 miles southeast of Mountain View, Wyoming.

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
05/28/2009
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
05/29/2011
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
11/18/2011
4
Decision
11/2011 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage)
Blacks Fork Salvage ProjectDecision Signed Date: 11/07/2011 Legal Notice Date: 11/18/2011
ForestsUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
DistrictsEvanston-Mountain View RD
Legal Land DescriptionT2N, R12E, T3N, Salt Lake Meridian.
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)