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MINUTES Kane County Resource Committee 76 North Main Street Kanab, Utah 84741 August 18, 2021 MINUTES Kane County Resource Committee 76 North Main Street Kanab, Utah 84741 August 18, 2021 Resource Interagency Meeting 9:00 AM Call to Order Byard Kershaw Prayer Rob Van Dyke Pledge of Allegiance Mike Noel Attendees: David Vincelette, NEPA Planner, North Kaibab Ranger District Rob VanDyke, KC Attorney Shae Owens, PLPCO, Mike Herder, District Manager, BLM AZ Strip District Kelly Stowell, KC Resource Committee Byard Kershaw, KC Resource Committee Taylor Glover, KC Public Lands Director Clayton Cutler, KC Public Lands Coordinator Wendy Allan, KC Administrative Assistant Chris Werhli, Powell District Ranger, Dixie National Forest Kevin Wright, Forest Supervisor, Dixie National Forest Bart Battista, KC Resource Committee Mike Noel, KC Resource Committee Spencer Rollo, KC Fire Warden Derrick Starley, KC Assitant Fire Warden Whit Bunting, BLM Kanab Field Office Randy Beckstrand, BLM Kanab Field OFfice Matt Jenkins, Kaibab North Rim Congressional Updates (None) Agency Updates Chris Werhli, Dixie National Forest: DNF, Dept. of Natural Resource and Hogle Zoo have partnered and are releasing oriole toads in an enclosure on the left fork of Kanab Creek. They are still committed to the Robinson Canyon motorized access. The FS is waiting for a proposal/ proposed action to move forward with NEPA. He needs to know where the trail will run, the number of miles, the width, and mitigation. Chris will work with the county on that. Taylor has Interagency Meeting Minutes – August 18, 2021-Pending been in communication with the mine to try to determine if they plan to move. The FS received funding for the Deer Springs project and they are working on contracts for a mastication project. Kevin Wright, Dixie National Forest: DNF is currently out of fire restrictions. The lower portion of Spruces campground is complete. They will now start work on the upper portion. They have put in a proposal with the Great American Outdoors act to do work on the Duck Creek Campground (2023 funding). The new infrastructure bill has a lot of money for fires and fuels mitigation and landscape scale treatments. Mike Noel indicated the sewer system in Duck Creek should be completed by fall. Deer Hollow needs some shoulder pull offs in the area. Iron County has committed 50K to the project. Kelly indicated that there is 750M coming to Utah through the Economic Development Administration. He indicated that a good portion of that is for tourism and outdoor recreation. David Vincelette, Kaibab National Forest: See attachment. Randy Beckstrand, BLM Kanab Field Office: The East Zion initiative is moving forward with ZNF as a joint agency lead. The county will also supply a project lead. This is specifically in reference to the trail system in the Poverty Flats area. East Mesa Trail head that leads out to Observation Point has had an explosion in use. The NPS and BLM met with some private individuals and came up with a short term plan of signage for day use and some road maintenance by the county. They are also working to get some port-a-potties in the area. They will work towards a long term fix that will include NEPA and moving the trail head slightly north. North Coyote Buttes permitting system is now on www.rec.gov . Full implementation is scheduled for next February. All affected parties need to meet together to determine the geo- fencing polygons. Whit Bunting, BLM Kanab Field Office: They are in talks with the county (Commissioner Gant and Camille) to move the North Coyote Buttes walk-in lottery to an online lottery. It would be the same concept/principle. The applicant would need to be in the parameters of the geo-fence to apply and permits would still be picked up in person. BLM lost case with SUWA over the Bull Valley Gorge Bridge. The judge found the BLM to be arbitrary and capricious. They suspect they will have to go back and do NEPA. The BLM sent the county a letter requesting additional information on the Skutumpah Road. Taylor had not seen the letter. Trail Canyon Management Plan is almost completed. They are in the draft 3 stage for Trail Canyon. They will complete the route evaluation for the Paunsagant TMP at the end of this month. They still have not heard anything regarding the boundary changes to the GSENM. Any project that has been proposed in that area is on hold. They have started the cultural part of another phase of the Yellow Jacket Pine Hollow project to the west of the Coral Pink Sand Dunes. The South Fork Indian Canyon project will improve the infrastructure, trail, railing and site to mitigate the graffiti. They are moving forward as usual with Alton Coal. Mike Herder, BLM AZ Strip: He encouraged participation from the county on the Wave issue. They are working with Coconino County to gather entities together to establish the geo-fence for Interagency Meeting Minutes – August 18, 2021-Pending the daily lottery. They are working on an integrated vegetation project called East Kanab Creek on the North West edge of the Pine Hollow fire. It is close to 10,000 acres consisting primarily of mastication and lop and scatter. The goal is to refresh the old chaining areas and improve wildlife habitat. That document in currently in the 30 day public comment period. Emergency stabilization rehab work continues on the Pine Hollow fire. Portions of the Arizona trail is now open on the BLM side. They have two applications for meteorological testing equipment. (MET towers). Those are located in Clayhole Valley south of Colorado City and are testing to see if wind farms are feasible in the area. Shae Owens, PLPCO: Five Counties and Six Counties AOG hosted several staffers from back east on a tour of Utah. They learned about PILT, dead timber and forest health, wild horses, and livestock use of federal lands. They also learned about stewardship projects, tourism, national parks, monuments, and reclamation projects. RS2477 is still under Judge Waddoups. SUWA was allowed intervener status on the issue of scope as a matter of right. It is suspected that SUWA will ask for a retrial. Rob Van Dyke, Kane County Attorney, stated that there has not been a final argument on the bellwether trial. It is scheduled for two full days of oral argument in September. Rob talked about the SUWA Bull Valley Gorge lawsuit. He said the county is trying to determine if they need to intervene in that lawsuit. He stressed that the county is considering not giving notice when maintenance repair needs to be done. Bart asked how this would affect utility easements and Title 5 easements. Whit said that the rules are different for easements and as long as you stay within the permitted area there should be no problems. Matt Jenkins, Kaibab North Rim (via phone): They had a staff visit from Congressman O’Halleran’s office, County Supervisor, Lena Fowler and business stakeholders centered on the challenges related to visitation, seasonality of North Rim and impacts of the Mangum Fire. There are many individuals that in support of extending the season. They are working on an infrastructure project, through the American Outdoors Act, to include replacing the failing water supply line, replacing and upgrading the sewage collection, rehabilitating the utility systems and rehabilitating the electrical power. If these are approved, scoping would be in 2022 with a tentative start date in 2023. They will host the Kanab Symphony in September. There is some concern about the Mexican spotted owl habitat and the possibility of the symphony interfering with their breeding season. Scoping meeting for the resurfacing of Hwy 67 from the north entrance to the lodge, approx.14 miles. This is expected to take place in 2023. The Bison reduction project is moving forward. The park received over 45,000 applications for the lethal removal. They have narrowed that down to 12 people. The superintendent’s office on the south rim is working on updating federal contiguous hiring rules. That would allow for more flexibility to hire locally; specifically targeting tribal members with the Southern Paiute, Navajo and Hopi tribes. Interagency Meeting Minutes – August 18, 2021-Pending Local Updates Spencer Rollo, Kane County Fire Warden: The state and unincorporated county is still in stage one fire restrictions. There have been approximately 70 fires this season. He mentioned how difficult it is to work with new landowners. East Zion and the lower North Fork area project are on hold until they can convince the new landowners to allow them to cut trees. They are currently working to support private projects. East Zion is their focus area. Mike Noel, KC Resource Committee/KCWCS: The reservoir is currently at 60% capacity which is 4% higher than last year. Wells in Johnson Canyon have not dropped. Mike stated that any diversion or well installed south of the diversion point does not have any impact on Kanab City Water culinary water or Best Friends. New construction east of Kanab is being supplied by the KCWCD. Based on meter usage they have enough for about 2000 more connections in that area. The water for that area comes out of the wells from Johnson Canyon. They still own 4000-acre feet of water in the Lake Powell Pipeline project. Cove Reservoir, on Cedar Mountain, is moving forward. The notice of intent for the EIS will go on the federal register soon. Bart Battista, KC Resource Committee/Best Friends: Best Friends hosted the Utah Symphony last week. They are developing a CWPP with the fire warden. They are working to create more defensible space. They have been coordinating with the county commissioners on a cell tower at Red Knolls.
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