Environmental Assessment Completed

Ponderosa Restoration Prescribed Fire

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Summit, Utah Heber-Kamas Ranger District

Restore ponderosa pine stand and reduce fuel loading on 3,900 acre. Fall dead hazard trees within 150' of Mirror Lake Highway on both sides of road adjacent to prescribed fire area.

Location

Mirror Lake Highway from Coop Creek to east of Soapstone Campground

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/31/2009
2
Comment Period
07/31/2009
3
Decision
04/2010 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2010 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements
Ponderosa Restoration Prescribed FireDecision Signed Date: 04/07/2010 Legal Notice Date: 04/10/2010
ForestsUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
DistrictsHeber-Kamas Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT2S, R7E, Sections 22,23,25,26,27,35,36; T2S, R8E, Section 29, 30, 31, 32; T3S, R7E, Section 1; T3S, R8E, Section 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management