Skip to main content
  • Left Hand Fork of Beaver Creek Order

    Forest Order that outlines the restrictions and closure in the Left Hand Fork of Beaver Creek on the Heber-Kamas Ranger District, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

Alert Start Date: May 9th, 1997

Alert End Date: N/A

Order Number: 04-19-47

Associated Documents

Forest Order

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE

8230 FEDERAL BUILDING, 125 SOUTH STATE STREET 

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84138

 

LEFT HAND FORK OF BEAVER CREEK 

SPECIAL ORDER OF FOREST SUPERVISOR

WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST

Kamas Ranger District

 

The Left Hand Fork Area of Beaver Creek, located on the Kamas Ranger District, Wasatch-Cache National Forest has been closed to cattle trespass, horse tethering, and/or camping to protect watershed, riparian areas and stream banks from damage. 

 

Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50 (a) & (b), the following acts are prohibited on the areas shown on the attached map and described in this order. All areas affected are located on the Kamas Ranger District, Wasatch-Cache National Forest. This order is in effect until further notice.

  1. Placing or allowing livestock to enter or be upon the areas described in this order. [36 CFR 261.53 (f)]
  2. Camping in the Left Hand Fork Area. [36 CFR 261.58(e)]
  3. Hitching, tethering or hobbling a horse or other saddle or pack animal in the Left Hand Fork Area. [36 CFR 261.58(aa)]

Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50 (e), the following acts, or persons, are exempt from this order:

  1. Persons with a permit or contract authorizing the otherwise prohibited act.
  2. Authorized Federal, state, or local officers, or members of an organized rescue or firefighting force in the performance of official duty, when authorized by the District Ranger.

Area Described: Part of the National Forest Lands in Sections 12, 13, 23 &24, Township 2 South, Range 6 East and Sections 7 & 18, Township 2 South, Range 7 East, Salt Lake Base and Meridian. (See Attached Map)

 

/s/Pamela Gardiner                                          May 9, 1997

for Forest Supervisor

Wasatch Cache National Forest

 

Violation of these prohibitions is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of not more than 6 months or both. (16USC 551; 18USC 3571(b) (6)) 

 

This order supersedes any previous order for the above described area and prohibitions. 

 

Order Number 04-19-47

Contact Name:

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest

Contact Number:

(801) 999-2103

Contact Email:

sm.fs.uwc_info@usda.gov

Maps

Images below will open full size in a new window.

Last updated March 19th, 2025