Projects are proposed actions that are analyzed through the NEPA process (EIS, EA, or CE) that involves analyzing different alternatives to the proposed action, requires public notice and comment, and results in a NEPA decision (ROD, DN, or DM) which, subject to an administrative appeals process, and is implemented on the ground. The Forest Projects below are projects that we are analyzing or have analyzed under the NEPA process. Projects that are "Developing Proposal" or "Under Analysis" may have an opportunity for public collaboration and input on the proposed actions and the analysis being conducted.
Developing Proposal
Middle Paintrock Trail #066 Reroute
Reroute approx. 1/4 mile of motorized ATV trail to remove access to a steep user created section of trail and to enhance resource protection. This decision will comply with direction to offer 30-day notice and comment appeal opportunities.
Under Analysis
Crater Ridge Vegetation Management Project
The FS proposes to manage forested stands in the Crater Ridge project area by commercially harvesting timber to restore forest health and resilience in lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce, and subalpine fir stands.
Old West Adventures Outfitter Guide Special Use Permit Amendment
Old West Adventures has requested two assigned sites and an extension of the permitted area. This decision will comply with direction to offer 30-day notice and comment and appeal opportunities.
Rocky Mountain Oil Field Warehouse, Inc. Communication Use Lease Reissuance, Little Goose Site
Reissue Rocky Mountain Oil Field Warehouse, Inc.?s current Communication Use Lease for the operation and maintenance of a communication facility located at the Little Goose Communication Site.
Rocky Mountain Oil Field Warehouse, Inc. Communication Use Lease Reissuance, Medicine Mountain Site
Reissue Communication Use Lease for the operation and maintenance of the facility at the Medicine Mountain Communication Site. This decision will comply with direction to offer 30-day notice-and-comment and appeal opportunities, as appropriate.
White-Nose Syndrome: Caves and Abandoned Mines
The US Forest Service is preparing an environmental analysis for cave and abandoned mine management options for the bat disease commonly known as white-nose syndrome (WNS).
Analysis Completed
Beaver Trap Outfitters Outfitter Guide Permit Issuance
Beaver Trap Outfitters Special Use Permit re-issuance. Addition of 4 areas from a vacated permit on MWPR district. This decision will comply with the direction to offer 30-day notice-and-comment and appeal opportunities, as appropriate.
Billings Mobile Communication Use Lease Reissuance
Reissue Communication Use Lease for Billings Mobile Communication building at the Medicine Mountain Communication Site. This decision will comply with direction to offer 30-day notice-and-comment and
appeal opportunities, as appropriate.
Escapee #1 Revised Operations Mining Project
Revised plan of operations for the mine to include utilization of a towable ride-on trencher/backhoe with a 1.24 cubic foot bucket. This decision will comply with direction to offer 30-day notice and comment and appeal opportunities.
Poison Creek and Caribou Mesa Timber Sale
Timber harvest project on approximately 2,000 acres w/in approximate 10,000 acre project area. Harvest methods are mix of small clearcuts (<5 acres), thinning and overstory removal. Aspen and fuels treatments also included.
Triple Three Outfitters and 4 H Mountain Camp Permit Reissuances
Reissue a term SUP to 4-H Mountain Camp for a 20 yr term and a outfitter guide SUP to Triple Three Outfitters for a 10 yr term. This decision will comply with direction to offer 30-day notice-and-comment and appeal opportunities, as appropriate.
Washakie County Sheriff's Office Communication Use Lease Reissuance
Reissue Communication Use Lease for the operation and maintenance of facility at Meadowlark Mountain Communication Site. The decision will comply with the direction to offer 30-day notice-and-comment and appeal opportunities, as appropriate.
Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Special Use Permit Reissuance
Reissue Special Use Permit for Story Fish Hatchery water diversion structure located on South Piney Creek. This decision will comply with direction to offer 30-day notice-and-comment and
appeal opportunities, as appropriate.
YMCA of the Bighorns Fish Pond Maintenance Proposal
Improve fish habitat in a pond by removing approximately 1000 cubic yards of sediment and installing a sediment trap in the existing human-made channel. This decision will comply with direction to offer 30-day notice and comment appeal opportunities.
Cancelled
Meadowlark Lake Day Use Trail
The Bighorn National Forest Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan of January 1998 identified a need for a day use trail along the Cloud Peak Byway, US 16 West of Buffalo, WY. This is the project to realize that identified need.