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Monroe Mountain Ecosystem Restoration Project; Fishlake National Forest, Sevier and Piute Counties, UT
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Notice is hereby given that the Forest Service, USDA, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to implement proposed actions to maintain or restore the long-term health and productivity of lands within the Monroe Mountain Ecosystem Restoration Project area, on the Richfield Ranger District, Fishlake National Forest. The purpose of these proposals is to initiate actions that would: (1) Reduce the loss of aspen through succession to mixed conifer and sagebrush; (2) restore watershed values that favor increases in water yield to restore riparian conditions; (3) reduce the risk of large intense wildfires and the potential of epidemic level spruce beetle outbreaks and other diseases; (4) recover the value of merchantable trees while performing ecosystem restoration; (5) contribute to the restoration of aspen and grass/forb communities to improve habitat for wildlife and livestock. The proposals include: (1) commercial and noncommercial regeneration treatment of aspen and mixed conifer/aspen forests, and associated road construction, maintenance and closures; (2) commercial salvage, sanitation and density management timber harvest in spruce forests, and associated road construction, maintenance and closures; (3) treatment of aspen and mixed conifer/aspen forests using ignited prescribed fire; (4) treatment of dense sagebrush vegetative types of ignited prescribed fire, disking, or Dixie harrowing. Multiple decisions may be issued upon completion of the analysis; however, the cumulative effects of all the proposed actions will be disclosed in the EIS. The proposed actions would be completed within a five-year period. The project is located approximately twelve miles southeast of Richfield, Utah. The project would be implemented in accordance with direction of the Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP, 1986) for the Fishlake National Forest. The agency gives notice that the environmental analysis process is underway. During the analysis process, an issue surfaced that warranted disclosure of effects under an EIS. This issue is the high degree of interest associated with the potential to alter the undeveloped character of portions of the project area due to proposed vegetative treatments within inventoried roadless areas. Public scoping and issue development identified issues involving: biological diversity; land stability; soil erosion and productivity; water and water resources; vegetative vigor and health; fire and fuel loading; wildlife and fisheries; transportation system; range; visual landscape; economics; recreation; cultural resources; and air quality.
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Monroe Mountain Ecosystem Restoration Project; Fishlake National Forest, Sevier and Piute Counties, UT; Federal Register Vol. 64, Issue
NOTICE
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
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Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
Notice is hereby given that the Forest Service, USDA, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to implement proposed actions to maintain or restore the long-term health and productivity of lands within the Monroe Mountain Ecosystem Restoration Project area, on the Richfield Ranger District, Fishlake National Forest. The purpose of these proposals is to initiate actions that would: (1) Reduce the loss of aspen through succession to mixed conifer and sagebrush; (2) restore watershed values that favor increases in water yield to restore riparian conditions; (3) reduce the risk of large intense wildfires and the potential of epidemic level spruce beetle outbreaks and other diseases; (4) recover the value of merchantable trees while performing ecosystem restoration; (5) contribute to the restoration of aspen and grass/forb communities to improve habitat for wildlife and livestock. The proposals include: (1) commercial and noncommercial regeneration treatment of aspen and mixed conifer/aspen forests, and associated road construction, maintenance and closures; (2) commercial salvage, sanitation and density management timber harvest in spruce forests, and associated road construction, maintenance and closures; (3) treatment of aspen and mixed conifer/aspen forests using ignited prescribed fire; (4) treatment of dense sagebrush vegetative types of ignited prescribed fire, disking, or Dixie harrowing. Multiple decisions may be issued upon completion of the analysis; however, the cumulative effects of all the proposed actions will be disclosed in the EIS. The proposed actions would be completed within a five-year period. The project is located approximately twelve miles southeast of Richfield, Utah. The project would be implemented in accordance with direction of the Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP, 1986) for the Fishlake National Forest. The agency gives notice that the environmental analysis process is underway. During the analysis process, an issue surfaced that warranted disclosure of effects under an EIS. This issue is the high degree of interest associated with the potential to alter the undeveloped character of portions of the project area due to proposed vegetative treatments within inventoried roadless areas. Public scoping and issue development identified issues involving: biological diversity; land stability; soil erosion and productivity; water and water resources; vegetative vigor and health; fire and fuel loading; wildlife and fisheries; transportation system; range; visual landscape; economics; recreation; cultural resources; and air quality.
Written comments to be considered in the preparation of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) should be submitted by March 18, 1999, which is at least 30 days following the publication of this Notice in the Federal Register. The DEIS is expected to be available for review by April, 1999. The Record of Decision and Final Environmental Impact Statement are expected to be available by June, 1999.
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