Salt Lake Ranger District - (801) 733-2660
The FAA will complete their maintenance work on the Farmington Canyon road on May 24th and the road will open to the intersections with the Francis Peak and Skyline Drive late afternoon May 24th. The Francis Peak road and Skyline Drive on the Farmington side are scheduled to open June 1st and on the Ward Canyon side Skyline Drive and the Sessions Mountain road are scheduled to open July 1st. Campground/Picnic Areas/Road/Trails Update Cottonwood Canyons Foundation
Pleasant Grove Ranger District - (801) 785-3563
The Alpine Loop is scheduled to open May 25, 2018 Campground/Picnic Areas/Roads/Trails Update The wet trail closure is no longer in effect in
American Fork Canyon. Please keep in mind that if it rains there may still be times that the trails are too wet to ride. Some of the higher elevations of Ridge 157, East Ridge 038 may still be inaccessible. Please turn around if muddy conditions are encountered to avoid causing trail damage.A big shout out to Chris Waller with Canyon Volunteer Maintenance, Steve Winters with URMB and the Uinta Trail Council. Steve and Chris have been up AF Canyon for the last month clearing trees, picking up litter, clearing drainage and keeping up on trail conditions so we could get them open as quickly as possible. Volunteers from the UTC brought two crews down to do a larger trail sweep and cut out remaining trees on today. It is due to these volunteers and all of their efforts that the trails are cleared and ready to open.Thank you everyone for adhering to the closure the trails are in great shape this year,
Logan Ranger District- (435) 755-3620 Volunteer Opportunities on the Logan Ranger District
The Logan Ranger District has opened up the following roads:
Forest Service road #048, High Creek (First gate only, access to campground) Forest Service road #049, Smithfield Canyon
Forest Service road #050, Green Canyon (First gate only)
Forest Service road #024, Card Canyon Forest Service road #245, Lefthand Fork (First gate, access to Blacksmith Fork Guard Station) The Tony Grove road is not passable for wheeled vehicles. The paved road is clear of snow to the first overlook only. Snowmobiler’s are using this overlook to get their trailers turned around and get close to the retreating snow. Campground/Picnic Areas/Roads/Trails Update
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Prescribed Fire Info
Forest fire personnel will continue to burn slash piles in different areas on the forest to reduce hazardous fuels December 2017through April 2018.
There are no current wildfires on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Secure Rural School Act/Resource Advisory Committees:
The Secure Rural School Act authorizes the use of Resource Advisory
Committee (RACs) as a mechanism for local community collaboration
with federal land managers in recommending Title II projects on federal
lands or that will benefit resources on federal lands.
RAC members are appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
SAGE GROUSEComments on Greater Sage-Grouse Plans Received and Summarized
The Northern, Intermountain, and Rocky Mountain Regions of the Forests Service incorporated standards and guidelines for the conservation of greater sage-grouse into forest plans in 2015. As plans have been implemented, potential inefficiencies and difficulties have been identified. To thoroughly and transparently explore the effectiveness of the plans, the Forests Service asked for comments from the public during a comment period which ran from November 21, 2017 to January 19, 2018. The comments received are summarized into a report that is available online.
View the latest news about the Forest Service’s Greater Sage-Grouse conservation efforts. US Forest Service making a difference for Sage-Grouse and the sagebrush ecosystem video.
The American pika is a low-profile mammal that lives at high altitudes. Related to rabbits and hares, these small, big-eyed creatures spend much of the summer preparing for a harsh winter high above the timberline. Starting in mid-September, a DWR biologist will visit an established pika area above Brighton ski resort to check on population growth.
Cottonwood Canyons Foundation invites you: 2016/2017 FREE Snowshoe With a Naturalist Tour. Learn about the natural and cultural history of the canyons on the Salt Lake Ranger Dist.
The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache NF is experiencing significant beetle activity, reaching epidemic levels in some areas particularly on the North Slope of the Uinta Mountains.
The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Spanish Fork Ranger District recently received the Joint Chief’s Grant for restoration projects in the Vernon Management Unit.
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