Decision Memo Completed

Pleasant Valley Springs Juniper Treatment

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Cache, Utah Logan Ranger District

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources desires to conduct a habitat restoration project to prevent loss of understory and Phase II juniper expansion. Juniper trees encroaching into sagebrush and meadow areas would be lopped and scattered.

Location

Approximately 15 miles southeast of Logan, UT. Project area is adjacent to the northwest boundary of Hardware Ranch Wildlife Management Area.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/16/2015
2
Comment Period
05/03/2016
3
Decision
06/2016 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
09/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements
Pleasant Valley Springs Juniper TreatmentDecision Signed Date: 06/14/2016
ForestsUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
DistrictsLogan Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT. 11 N., R. 3 E., within portions of sections 26, 34, 35 Salt Lake Meridian
Wildlife, fish, rare plants