Monroe Mountain - Timber Harvest & Prescribed Fire Tour

Background

The 15th Annual Timber Harvest Tour included stops on Monroe Mountain that highlighted restoration efforts including prescribed fire and various treatments. 

Objectives

The objectives of this tour were to highlight areas on Monroe Mountain that have undergone aspen treatments, hand-cutting operations, thinning of white fir, a salvage sale in Engelmann spruce, and to showcase preparation treatments in advance of a prescribed broadcast burn.

Partners

USU Extension, Utah Division of Natural Resources - Forestry, Intermountain Society of American Foresters, U.S. Forest Service, Southern Rockies Fire Science Network, Monroe Mountain Working Group