Environmental Assessment Completed

West Vernon Project

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

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 AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Species Habitat Improvements
West Vernon ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/29/2010 Legal Notice Date: 10/01/2010
ForestsUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
DistrictsSpanish Fork Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT9S 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;
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsFuels management