The forest contains 1.5 million acres, crossing parts of the Wasatch Awapa, Sevier and Fishlake Plateus as well as all of the Tushar Mountains and the Canyon and Pahvant Ranges.
The largest natural mountain lake in the state, it offers trophy fishing and bird watching. The mountains of the Fishlake are a source of water for many of the neighboring communities and agricultural valleys in the region. Elk, deer, black bear, cougar and moose can be found on the Forest, as well as wild turkey and mountain goats.
On the Fishlake, the most common forest type in percent of forested area is pinyon-juniper with 44 percent, followed by aspen, 15 percent, spruce-fir, 9 percent, white fir, 7 percent, mountain mahogany and Douglas-fir, each with 6 percent, oak and Engelmann spruce, each with 4 percent, and pure juniper and ponderosa pine, each with approximately 2 percent. Limber pine and maple forest types make up the remaining 1 percent of the area.
Pando the “Trembling Giant” has lived in the Fishlake National Forest of southern Utah for 80,0000 years. It is a “clonal colony” of quaking aspen; genetic analysis has shown the entire forest is one single male individual connected by a massive root system.
Fishlake National Forest in Utah
