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Forest Service updates county on Manti-La Sal plan revision, final documents expected after related decisions in 2025
Summary
Forest Service staff told the Utah County Commission the Manti-La Sal National Forest plan has been under revision for eight years, summarized thousands of public comments and said final documents will be prepared after related Bears Ears and Old Growth decisions expected in early 2025.
The U.S. Forest Service updated the Utah County Commission on the Manti-La Sal National Forest plan revision on Sept. 4, outlining the eight-year process, major themes from public input and the next steps toward a final environmental review.
Acting forest planner Josie Muse said the revision began with an assessment in 2016 and noted the current management plan dates to 1986 and has been amended 23 times. Muse summarized rounds of public comment in which the agency said it had collected roughly 900 comments during the initial assessment, about 6,300 comments around its notice of intent in 2021 and more than 8,200 comment letters on the 2023 draft, from which staff extracted over 2,000 comments and grouped them into…
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