BLM – West Desert District – Fuels Management
Fuels Management
Fact Sheet—West Desert District (WDD); Salt Lake Field Office
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages and facilitates activities across more than 245 million acres of public land under its jurisdiction. About 62 million visits are made annually to BLM-managed lands and waters, supporting more than 43,900 jobs nationwide and contributing almost $6 billion to the country’s economy.
Quick Facts about the BLM’s WDD Fuels Management Program
- The purpose of the Hazardous Fuels Reduction (HFR) programs within the Department of the Interior (DOI) is to reduce hazardous fuels (HF) and risks to human communities and improve the health of
the land by creating fire-resilient landscapes and restoring fire-adapted ecosystems.
- All HFR treatment projects will comply with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and all other regulatory requirements.
- All HFR projects will be monitored to determine if treatment objectives were met and to document weather, fire behavior, fuels information, and smoke dispersion. Evaluation reports are to be completed and maintained in the project file.
- Implementing strategies toward resilient landscapes.
- Cooperative hazardous fuel reduction projects through the Watershed Restoration Initiative.
- Reducing fire’s impact on Sage grouse.
Current WDD Fuels Management Projects for 2017/2018
Tooele County
Erickson Pass Bullhog Phase 1
Focus: Restoration of sagebrush habitat
Acreage: 1,079
Timeframe: October 2017-March2018
South Willow Bullhog
Focus: A partnership with Stansbury Mountain Catastrophic Fire Interagency Workgroup including private landowners, Tooele County, NRCS, BLM, US Forest Service and Utah DNR. The project is to reduce the potential for catastrophic wildfire along the east bench of the Stansbury Mountains.
Acreage: 532
Timeframe: October 2017-March 2018
Stockton WUI
Focus: Reducing hazardous fuels in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) through cutting followed by prescribed fire.
Acreage: 55
Timeframe: Ongoing; Began 2015, will continue through 2018.
Pine Canyon, Lincoln Lakepoint
Focus: Reducing hazardous fuels within the WUI through mowing, herbicide and disking.
Acreage: 600
Timeframe: Ongoing; Began in 2009, will continue through 2018.
Box Elder County
Warm Spring Hills Bullhog Phase 1
Focus: Restoration of sagebrush habitat.
Acreage: 1,487
Timeframe: November 2016-March 2017. Completed this past spring but will continue follow-up work in fall 2017 to improve range conditions.
Warm Spring Hills Bullhog Phase 2
Focus: Restoration of sagebrush habitat.
Acreage: 4,320
Timeframe: October 2017-March 2018
Dry Basin Greenstrip (Harrow, spray, seed)
Focus: Through a federal, state and private landowner relationship a fuel break was completed to protect sagebrush habitat.
Acreage: 125 (BLM), 91 (Private)
Length: 13 Miles
Timeframe: April-November 2016. Completed last fall, follow-up work may be included.
For more information please contact Paul Corrigan at 801-977-4300
Millard County (Fillmore Field Office)
Meadow Pile Burn
Focus: Reduce the amount of woody and herbaceous fuels resulting from fuels treatment activites (Juper trees were cut and have dried out prior to burning)
Acreage: 207
Time frame: Spring/Fall 2018
Little Valley RX
Focus: Reduce fire hazards, protect communities from wildfires, and improve wildlife habitat and grazing opportunities.
Acreage: 338
Time frame: May 2018