SITLA
 State and Institutional Trust Lands Administration
A Report on Conditions for the Beaver Mountain / Beaver Creek Parcel
This report was produced by The Bear River Watershed Council

In January of 1999 about 3,000 acres were transferred from the Forest Service to SITLA. After that time the Forest Service no longer maintained the many dispersed campsites and trails. In a request for help in maintaining these campsites and trails SITLA acknowledged it "does not have the funds or personnel to maintain" the existing recreational uses.

A 1999 study by two Utah State University departments, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, and Forest Resources, recommended that a short-term solution be implemented to monitor and control dispersed and unmanaged summer recreation. Also that "the portion of the parcel at the fork of the two dirt roads [RT 110 Sink Hollow and RT 011 Beaver Creek] is heavily degraded with camping spots and worn areas dissecting the landscape."


Location: Approximately 26 miles or 45 minutes up Logan Canyon on U.S. 89.
 
 
The following information is compiled from volunteers with BRWC's Motorized Use Data Project (Project MUD) walking routes and documenting impacts with digital cameras and GPS units.
  
  (After linking to photo sets, click on "image info" for waypoint data )  
Severely impacted area that is approximately .20 miles long, has 18 entry points, 33 fire rings, 9 fire areas w/o rocks, trash, off-route spurs west of the campground, bare soil, and vegetation impacts.

Illegal Routes
#1 and #2

Routes weave and connect RT 110 Sink Hollow and RT 011 Beaver Creek. Well-used, off-route spurs with bare soil and vegetation impacts. In SITLA's help request they asked for help in closing these routes.
Illegal Route
#3		 Route starts just north of the dispersed campground. The beginning of the route is signed with a FS sign stating "No Vehicles." A SITLA map indicates it's a "dirt road." However, the route crosses into FS land and continues motorized use.
Route has numerous braiding or widening spurs due to erosion and early-spring travel.
Route #011
Beaver Creek		 Several dispersed camping areas with many right next to Beaver Creek. Some trash and a few short, off-route spurs.