USFS releases Savery impact statement

The U.S. Forest Service recently released the North Savery Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Draft Record of Decision.

The project, which encompasses about 45,000 acres in Carbon County, would implement vegetation management, transportation system and travel management actions in the northwest Sierra Madre Range on the Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District, Medicine Bow National Forest.

The purpose of the project is to improve ecosystem health, forest productivity and restore landscape resiliency through vegetation, fuels and road action. Included in the proposal is appro...