Environmental Assessment Completed

Anadarko Vegetation Management

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Summit, Utah Uinta-Wasatch-Cache All Units

The UWC proposes to complete fuels reduction and vegetation treatments in the Anadarko project area to reduce fuel loading and better meet desired future conditions. Riparian and stream channel restoration would also occur.

Location

North Slope of the Uinta Mountains from East Fork Bear River on the west to the ridgeline east of West Fork Smiths Fork on the east, from the Forest Boundary on the North, Wilderness to South

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/14/2023
2
Comment Period
04/23/2023
3
07/09/2023
4
Objection Period Start
07/09/2023
5
Decision
08/2023 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
09/2023 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green)
Anadarko Vegetation ManagementDecision Signed Date: 08/30/2023
ForestsUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
DistrictsEvanston-Mountain View RD
Legal Land Description1N 11E Sec 4&5; 2N 10E Sec 11-15 & 22-27; 2N 11E Sec 1-36; 2N 12E Sec 1-31; 2N 13E Sec 4-9, 17-19 & 30; 3N 11E Sec 13-14, 22-26 & 33-36; 3N 12E Sec 13-36; 3N 13E Sec 16-21 & 28-33 SLM
Fuels managementForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed management