Environmental Assessment Completed

Strawberry Ridge Vegetation Management

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

The UWC proposes to complete fuels reduction and vegetation treatments in the Strawberry Ridge project area to reduce fuel loading and better meet desired future conditions. Proposed work would occur both in and out of roadless areas.

Location

Project occurs along Strawberry Ridge, a 23 mile long north to south running ridgeline with Strawberry Reservoir to the east and Diamond Fork drainage to the west.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/25/2023
2
Comment Period
09/01/2023
3
Objection Period Start
02/28/2024
4
Decision
05/2024 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2024 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityIra - Inventoried Roadless Area Activities Requiring Chief's Approval
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Strawberry Ridge Vegetation ManagementDecision Signed Date: 05/20/2024
ForestsUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
DistrictsHeber-Kamas Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Watershed managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Forest productsFuels management