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The Vernal Field Office (VFO) is located in the northeast corner of Utah and administers lands within Daggett, Duchesne and Uintah Counties, plus a small portion of Grand County. The area includes the south slope of the Uinta Mountains, the Uinta Basin, and the Book Cliffs region. The Uintah Mountains is one of the few mountain ranges which lie in an east-west orientation. The primary economy throughout the VFO is based on extracting natural resources, including petroleum, natural gas, phosphate and uintaite (more commonly known as Gilsonite). Tourism also plays a role in the basin’s econo…