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Forest Service project pitches seek state partnership dollars for campgrounds, dispersed‑camping management and Pine View upgrades
Summary
Forest Service presenters outlined a package of campground modernization and dispersed‑camping management projects across Fish Lake, Dixie and other national forests, and a multi‑phase Pine View reinvestment plan; requested state partnership amounts included $4.5M (Meeks Mesa estimate), $3.1M (Bowery Creek), $700K (dispersed management), $500K (Kents Lake) and a slate of Dixie and Pine View requests.
Federal and state forest staff used the commission meeting to seek state partnership funding for a slate of recreation projects across Utah.
Dan Childs of Fish Lake National Forest described four Fish Lake projects. He framed Meeks Mesa as a new campground site adjacent to Capitol Reef National Park intended to replace user‑created dispersed camping that is causing resource damage and safety problems along Highway 24. Childs said the Forest Service’s engineer estimate is $4,500,000; he also described a Forest Service proposal figure in the presentation materials. The project is in an environmental assessment (NEPA kicked off in 2022, with cultural inventories and tribal consultation under way) and would require traffic and geotechnical studies before design and bidding; construction could occur as early as 2026 if funding is secured. Childs said the Forest Service has secured $379,000 for traffic and rockfall mitigation work and that partners (BLM and Wayne County) have committed in‑kind or planning support.
On Bowery Creek (Fish Lake Basin) Childs said the campground (57 sites) needs modernization; the Forest Service secured $6.7 million in Great American…
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