BLM Approves Treatments to Improve Sagebrush Habitat near Vernal
Utah
Green River DO
Vernal FO
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Vernal Field Office
October 9, 2026
The Bureau of Land Management Vernal Field Office has issued Categorical Exclusion documentation for the Sunday School Sagebrush Restoration: DOI-BLM-UT-G010-2026-0146-CE. The Responsible Official signed a decision record approving lop and scatter vegetation treatments to remove pinyon and juniper trees encroaching into sagebrush habitat and minimize wildfire risk. The project area is 2,742 acres of BLM-administered lands in the Sunday School Canyon area, about 50 miles south of Vernal in Uintah County, Utah (T. 13 S., R. 22 E., Sections 14-17, 19-23, 26-29, 33-34; T. 14 S., R. 22 E., Section 3). The decision record can be found at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home/?id=7EC9CE17-F5AD-F111-AAAB-001DD80D733D. For more information, please contact the Vernal Field Office at 435-781-4400.
