Improve sage grouse & deer habitat.Mechanically treat juniper with bullhog/masticator (approx. 2,500 acres), lop & scatter (approx. 5700 acres). Use prescribed fire following mechanical treatment. Close & rehab up to 24 miles user-created roads/trail
Location
Spanish Fork Ranger District - Vernon and Sheep Rock Management Units
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
04/05/2010
2
Comment Period
04/05/2010
3
Decision
09/2010 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
03/2011 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Species Habitat Improvements |
| West Vernon Project | Decision Signed Date: 09/29/2010 Legal Notice Date: 10/01/2010 |
| Forests | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest |
| Districts | Spanish Fork Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T9S R7W sections 10, 11, 14, 15, 22, 23, 25-27 and 36; T9S R6W sections 4 - 9, 16, 22, 23, 25-27, 31, 35, and 36; T9S R5W sections 28 and 33; T10S R7W 1, 12, 13 and 24; T10S R6W sections 6, 7 and 18; |