Decision Memo Completed

U of U Research Proposal: Forecasting Climate Change Impacts on Conifer Forests of the Intermountain

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Salt Lake, Utah Salt Lake Ranger District

The U of U proposes to conduct a 3-year study, using a combination of observational and manipulative field experiments combined with modeling and synthesis three conifer forests spanning an elevation gradient in Big Cottonwood Canyon.

Location

Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/04/2009
2
Decision
09/2009 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2009 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations; Research And Development
University of Utah Research ProposalDecision Signed Date: 09/03/2009
ForestsUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
DistrictsSalt Lake Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT2S, R2E, Sec.s 13 & 14
ResearchSpecial use management