Decision Memo Completed

Desolation/Dog Lake trails reroute

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

The SLRD is proposing to reroute a steep and eroded section (approx. 2,500 %u2018) of trail in Big Cottonwood Canyon from the Mill D trail (#1158), below Dog Lake, to the Desolation trail (#1159).

Location

Trail #s 1158 & 1159, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, UT

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/09/2013
2
Decision
06/2014 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (1), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(1)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityDispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Trail Management; Watershed Improvements
DM for Desolation Trail Relocation between Dog Lake and Desolation LakeDecision Signed Date: 06/23/2014
ForestsUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
DistrictsSalt Lake Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT1S, R2E, Sec. 5
Recreation management