Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Smiths Fork Vegetation Restoration Project

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

The Forest Service proposes treatments to reduce both the amount and continuity of woody fuels, to remove hazard trees associated with travel ways, to harvest beetle-killed or infested trees, and to create a mix of tree ages and species.

Location

Smiths Fork watershed approximately 25 miles southwest of Mountain View, Wyoming.

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
06/11/2012
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
08/30/2013
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
03/06/2014
4
Objection Period Start
03/06/2014
5
Decision
08/2014 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
08/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics)
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Salvage)
Smiths Fork Vegetation Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/01/2014
ForestsUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
DistrictsEvanston-Mountain View RD
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Forest productsFuels management