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Show July 1 03.qxd 12/7/2021 4:12 PM Page 12 THE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Page 12 Volume VIII Issue VI July 1, 2003 SCOPING DOCUMENT MONTE CRISTO/WHEATGRASS ASPEN TREATMENTS USDA FOREST SERVICE WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST OGDEN RANGER DISTRICT WEBER, RICH, AND CACHE COUNTY REPLY DUE JULY 14, 2003 WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED? The Ogden Ranger District, is proposing to burn approximately 4,000 – 5,000 acres of aspen, and stands of aspen mixed with conifer. While burning will be the most common method of treatment, the project will also include situations where brush and trees will be cut to help achieve better ignition or protect other resources such as highways, fences, or riparian areas. Hand crews using chainsaws will be the only “mechanical” means of treating the vegetation. The Forest Service only uses fire as a tool under certain conditions, which makes the results predictable. The agency considers weather conditions, season of the year, fuel moisture content and other factors before it can light a prescribed fire. We are proposing to light the fires both on the ground by hand and from the air by using helicopters. Most of this prescribed burning will take place in the fall, though some units may be burned during the spring. An activity associated with burning is the creation of handline. A handline is a line of cleared vegetation that is used to create a defendable limit to the fire. In many cases roads, trails, and natural openings can be used for the same purpose. Wasatch Front Communications LLC 3940 Washington Blvd., Ogden, UT 84403 801-393-1333 1-877-301-DISH (3474) Once the burns have been completed, livestock use within the treatment areas will be curtailed until monitoring has determined that the aspen regeneration has been successful. LOCATION The area being considered for treatment is between the Monte Cristo area and Causey Reservoir, and primarily south of Highway 39. Maps are available that show both treatment area and burn area boundaries. The treatment area is the setting where we intend to burn the vegetation. The burn area boundary is an area that is typically larger than the intended treatment area where fire planners identify limits beyond which the fire should not burn. Only in some instances such as a ridgeline, road, or other firebreak are the treatment area boundary and burn area boundary the same. Based on past experience, we estimate that prescribed fire will burn about half of the acres within the burn area boundary, and nearly all of the vegetation within the treatment area. This results in a desirable mosaic of vegetation composed of different sizes. The following table accounts for these differences. The table shows information on the estimated treatment area, burn boundary acres, total affected acres, and affected livestock allotment by unit. Total affected acres are calculated by subtracting the treatment area acres from the burn boundary acres, dividing by two, and then adding the treatment area acres back in. For example, units 97-15-1 and 97-15-2 are in the same burn boundary. The calculation for the total affected acreas for the burn boundary is: ( 8 2 0 (123+94)/2)+(123+94)=518 Three Months Free offer is valid only on America’s Top 100 Value Pak or higher and requires participation in Free DISH. Free system after equipment credits. Free system requires Social Security number, valid major credit card, and 12-month commitment to a minimum of America’s Top 50 DISH Latino. Pay $49.99 and receive a $49.99 credit on your first bill. Participation is subject to credit approval. Equipment may new or reconditioned based on availability. Offer ends 7/31/03. 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ACRES BY TREATMENT UNIT Units 97-16-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11 are within the recommended South Fork Wilderness Area, which is described in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest Revised Forest Plan (March 2003). PURPOSE AND NEED By using prescribed fire to treat these stands, the following will be achieved: Throughout the pre-settlement period, fire was an integral part of the ecology of the forests of the intermountain west. For the past 150 years, however, fire, in many cases, has been excluded from its natural role, and many of the aspen communities on the east side of the Ogden Ranger District are being replaced by conifers. Also, the overall aspen landscape is primarily old aged and younger replacement aspen are lacking. On the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, the percentage of existing aspen cover type is estimated to by just 34 percent of its historical range. This change from aspen to coniferdominated forests reduces both plant and animal diversity. This reduces the diversity of wildlife habitat and many lower carrying capacities for species that prefer aspen. The process of creating a more desirable balance of age classes will be initiated. Wildlife habitat conditions for species that prefer aspen will be improved. Additional future losses of the aspen vegetation type due to conifer replacement will be curtailed. At the landscape level, the aspen community type will move towards conditions that were present in the past. The effects of and potential for largescale, stand-replacing fires will be reduced. REQUEST FOR COMMENTS Please contact us with any questions, comments, or suggestions you may have regarding this project, or for a copy of the proposed treatment area map. Public comment will be taken until July 14, 2003. Comments can be mailed to the Ogden Ranger District, ATTN: Monte Cristo/Wheatgrass Aspen Treatments, 507 25th Street, Suite 103, Ogden, Utah 84401; or by calling (801) 625-5112. 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