The Fishlake National Forest and the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands plan to prescribe burn approximately 7,500 acres of a variety of different kinds of vegetation. The project started Sept. 7 and will run through Nov. 20 in Sevier County east of Salina between I-70 and Accord […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Several national forests are ready to sell permits to allow Utahns to cut their own Christmas trees. Fishlake and Manti-La Sal national forests are already selling the permits, which allow holders to cut down a tree through December 31st. Ashley, Dixie and Uintah-Wasatch-Cache national forests […]
Richfield, Utah— Fishlake National Forest Motorized Trail Program Manager, Bryan Carter, was inducted into the Paiute Trail Hall of Fame during a banquet hosted by the Paiute Trail Committee in Richfield on Sept. 17. Carter, who has held the position since 2006, was recognized for his exceptional management of the […]
CEDAR CITY — Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information after two bull elk were recently killed and left to waste in Sevier County. Both bull elk were shot and killed in the Browns Hole area on Fishlake Mountain. Investigators believe one of the elk — a […]
Beaver, Utah – Color Country Interagency Fire Mangers are expanding Stage 1 fire restrictions to include Beaver County beginning July 1, 2022 at 12:01 a.m. on all unincorporated county, state and federally administered public lands in the following Utah counties: Washington, Kane, Garfield, Iron and Beaver (excluding Fishlake National Forest, Beaver Ranger District). “In […]
The U.S. Forest Service is seeking the public’s help in finding who is responsible for vandalism found at Fishlake National Forest. Words and images were found spray painted on rocks near Lost Creek in the Richfield Ranger District. Authorities believe this happened in November or December of 2021. Anyone with […]
With the arrival of favorable weather conditions, fire managers on the Fishlake National Forest, Richfield Ranger District will begin igniting prescribed burns in Piute and Sevier Counties Nov. 5 through Nov. 9. The South Monroe Prescribed Fire Project will take place in Piute County, approximately nine miles northeast of Marysvale […]
On Oct. 22, Sevier County Sheriffs Office was dispatched to a capsized boat at Fishlake. According to Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis, “a father, Christopher Winslow age 36 from Cedar City, and son had been fishing with a friend. At 3:30 am they dropped the friend off and the father […]
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information after two bull elk were illegally killed in Sevier County during the month of October. One elk was shot early in the month in Sheep Valley, and the second was shot in mid October near Daniel’s Pass. Both were shot […]
The Fishlake National Forest is proposing to reauthorize livestock grazing on six allotments located on Monroe Mountain. The Southern Monroe Mountain Livestock Grazing Authorization Project is located in south-central Utah; south of Richfield, west of Koosharem, east Marysvale, and northeast of Circleville. The six allotments (Dry Lake, Forshea, Kingston, Koosharem, […]
