Decision Memo Completed

Pleasant Valley Juniper Treatment II

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

Near Hardware Ranch Wildlife Management Area and Pleasant Valley, approximately 15 miles southeast of Logan, Utah.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/29/2017
2
Decision
09/2017 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2017 (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 Juniper Treatment IIDecision Signed Date: 09/05/2017
ForestsUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
DistrictsLogan Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 11 North, Range 3 East, sections 23, 24, 25, 26
Wildlife, fish, rare plants