Management of Selected Vegetation Stands in the Nebo Management Area: Spanish Fork Ranger District, Uinta National Forest, Utah County, UT

Zusammenfassung

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to document the analysis of the effects of alternatives for management of white fir timber stands infested with fir engraver beetles (Scolytus Ventralis) within the Nebo Management Area of the Spanish Fork Ranger District of the Uinta National Forest. The proposed action is to implement management activities that will support the desired future condition for the Nebo Management Areas outlined in the Uinta National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) in accordance with the requirements of 36 CFR 219.17 and 219.27. The project area is located south of Payson, Utah, and northeast of Nephi, Utah, on lands accessible from the Mt. Nebo Loop Scenic Byway. The largest concentration of infected timber stands are in the Sheepherder Hill area (Sections 15, 22-24, 28, 29, T10S, R2E, Salt Lake Meridian). The purpose of this proposed management action is to save the remaining healthy trees by removing the competition that may be posed by dead and dying conifer trees and planting seedlings to accelerate the recovery time for reestablishing a healthy forest. Implementation of