BLM authorizes Little Desert livestock water storage tank installation in Duchesne County
BLM authorizes installation of the Little Desert Livestock Tank
The Bureau of Land Management Vernal Field Office has issued Categorical Exclusion (CE) documentation for the Little Desert Livestock Tank: DOI-BLM-UT-G010-2026-0066-EA. The Responsible Official signed a decision record under which the BLM will authorize the permitee on the Little Desert Grazing Allotment (the applicant) to install a buried 10,000‑gallon livestock water storage tank and associated 500-gallon trough. The permittee is responsible for legally obtaining any water to be used, which would be trucked to the site. The project location is an old well pad in the NWNE of Section 28, Township 10 South, Range 17 East (SLM), in Duchesne County, Utah.
The decision record can be found at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home/?id=92E01EDF-FE52-F111-BEC6-001DD804183B
For more information, please contact JD Mallory at 801-539-4089 or [email protected], or the Vernal Field Office at 435-781-4400.
The BLM manages about 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.