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For Immediate Release: December 7, 2022
Contact: Margaret Horner, 775-234-7562, margaret_horner@nps.gov or Bryan Hamilton, 775-234-7563, bryan_hamilton@nps.gov
BAKER, NV – Great Basin National Park is planning a thinning project in Can Young Canyon, approximately five miles southwest of Baker, NV. The project would reduce fuels and improve aspen stand conditions on approximately 22 acres within the project area. Project goals are to reduce competition and shading to improve the condition of aspen, riparian vegetation, and wildlife habitat. Chainsaws would be used to cut pinyon pine, Utah juniper, mountain mahogany, and white fir. Aspen and Ponderosa pine would not be cut. Slash and other cut material would be piled for future burning.
The project is being completed in partnership with the Nevada Department of Wildlife. Thinning would be completed by a contractor. Thinning treatments are scheduled to begin in 2023. Future pile burns would be completed by NPS fire crews, and the public notified before burn operations.
Project information can be accessed through the National Park Service Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) website https://parkplanning.nps.gov/canyoung.The comment period for this project closes on December 16, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific. Comments should be submitted through the PEPC website or by mail. Written comments can be mailed to:
Attn: Can Young Canyon Aspen Restoration Project
100 Great Basin National Park
Baker, NV 89311.
For additional information or questions, contact Margaret Horner, 775-234-7562, margaret_horner@nps.gov or Bryan Hamilton, 775-234-7563, bryan_hamilton@nps.gov.
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Last updated: December 8, 2022