Angeles National Forest

The Forest Service now has an on-line, web-based SOPA located on the nationalwebsite. This program will allow anyone with access to a computer to view allSOPAs produced at all forests within the agency.

The current SOPA Report contains a list of proposed actions that will begin or are currently undergoingenvironmental analysis and documentation. Questions and comments regarding projects listed in the SOPAshould be directed to the Project Contact shown in the SOPA.

For access to all SOPA reports, click on the NationalSOPA Website link to begin your search.

» NOTICE:

Notice to architects, engineers, contractors: to search for contracting opportunities related to these and other projects on the Angeles National Forest, you can periodically check for RFPs by going to www.fbo.gov, then:

select "opportunities"

select "advanced search"

under "Agency/Office/Locations,"select "specific agency/ office/ location

ine the agency search box, type "Department of Agriculture - Forest Service"

click on "show/update office locations for selected agencies"

select "Forest Service/EROC Southwest" for Stimulus Act projects, and "Forest Service/R-5 Southern California Province, Angeles N.F." for other (non-stimulus) projects.

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» Angeles National Forest seeks public comment on off-highway vehicle grant application

Angeles National Forest officials will submit a cooperative grant application to the State of California Off-highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division for 2010/2011 "Green Sticker" grants, and are seeking public comment on the application. Comments on the application must be received between March 2, 2010, and April 5, 2010.

Green Sticker grants provide funding to help protect, maintain, and enhance the Forest's designated off-highway vehicle (OHV) system. If awarded, grant money would be used for facilities maintenance, signage, wildlife and cultural resource protection, restoration projects, and law enforcement support at OHV areas. Public comments can be posted on the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation website on the Grants tab, beginning March 2nd.

Santa Clara Mojave Rivers Ranger District Plantation Maintenance Project

The Plantation Maintenance project consists of eleven plantations primarily located along Liebre Ridge between Bald Mountain on the west and Lake Hughes/Grass Mountain on the east. Three additional plantations are located along Bouquet Canyon Road from the southern forest boundary to Bouquet Reservoir. The plantations are located in areas classified as Backcountry, Back Country, Non-motorized and Developed Area Interface by the Angeles National Forest.

The Angeles National Forest Land Management Plan identifies a need to complete 1,000 acres of mortality removal, 600 acres of thinning and 100 acres of reforestation in order to move the Angeles towards the desired condition of community protection and healthier forests. This proposed action supports this resource management program emphasis.

Lake Hughes Restoration Project

The objective of the proposed action is to restore areas within the Christian and Taylor Plantations that have been disturbed by unauthorized Off-Highway vehicle (OHV) activity. This disturbance in the form of trails and cleared areas has caused increased soil erosion, dispersal of non-native plant species, destruction of native plants, compaction of soil, and loss of wildlife habitat.

The project area is in T5N, R16W, Section 3 (Warm Springs Quadrangle) of the Santa Clara Mojave River Ranger District, Angeles National Forest.

» Scoping Notice: Four Proposed Projects

The Santa Clara Mojave Rivers Ranger District (SCMRRD) is undertaking environmental analysis on four proposed projects throughout the district and requesting your comments on the following: The SCMRRD Plantation Maintenance Project, The Sawmill Liebre Forest Health Project, The Guffy Vegetation and Fuels Management Project, and The Tule Ridge/South Portal Fuels Project.

No herbicides will be used in these projects. These projects are located within the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and will help provide increased protection from wildfire to nearby communities.

All interested parties are encouraged to participate in the scoping process. Please submit in writing your comments to Bob Blount, District Ranger Attention: Tasha Hernandez at 28245 Ave. Crocker Suite 220 Valencia, CA 91355 by the 30-day comment period deadline of December 17, 2009.

» Scoping Notice: Williamson Rock Temporary Closure Resolution

The Angeles National Forest is asking for Public comments on a proposal to resolve the existing temporary closure in the Williamson Rock vicinity.

Williamson Rock is located on National Forest System lands within the Santa Clara-Mojave Rivers Ranger District, in upper Little Rock Canyon, Los Angeles County, California. The proposed action involves portions of T. 3N, R. 9W, Section 7, and T. 3N, R. 10W, Sections 11, 12, 13, and 14, SBM. The proposed action would reopen the area to dispersed recreation while providing required protection for Federally-listed biological species. The Forest is soliciting public input for the issues to be addressed in the environmental analysis.

Comments must be received within 45 days from the publication date of this notice (09/12). This comment period provides interested parties, including those affected by the proposal, an opportunity to make their concerns known. Comments may be mailed to Williamson Rock ID Team, ATTN: Darrell Vance, Angeles National Forest, 701 N. Santa Anita Ave, Arcadia, CA 91006, or electronically at dvance@fs.fed.us.

» Arcadia Supervisor's Office Building Replacement and Rincon Fire Station Consolidation

The Angeles National Forest is asking for Public comments on two Environmental Assessments: one to replace the Supervisor's Office in Arcadia; and another to consolidate the Rincon, Crystal Lake, and East Fork fire stations at Rincon, in the San Gabriel Canyon.

Comments must be received within 30 days from the publication date of this notice (Sep 2). This comment period provides interested parties, including those affected by the proposal, an opportunity to make their concerns known prior to the decision being made. Comments may be mailed to Jody Noiron, Forest Supervisor, Angeles National Forest, 701 N. Santa Anita Ave, Arcadia, CA 91006. For more information please contact George Farra at 626-574-5301 or gfarra@fs.fed.us.

» Fuels Reduction — Chilao Flat area

The Los Angeles River Ranger District (LARRD) of the Angeles National Forest (ANF) is conducting an environmental analysis under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to evaluate a fuels reduction project west of the Chilao Flate area, in the ANF. We are soliciting public input of the issues to be addressed in the environmental analysis. Initiation of this fuels reduction project is proposed to begin in FY2011 and involves vegetation treatments on 70 acres surrounding private land inholdings.

Comments should be submitted in writing and will be accepted until September 29, 2009. Issues and concerns should be addressed to:

Comments may also be submitted via FAX to (818) 8896-6727 or electronically to mmcintyre@fs.fed.us

» Fuels Reduction — La Cresenta area

The Los Angeles River Ranger District (LARRD) of the Angeles National Forest (ANF) is conducting an environmental analysis under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to evaluate a fuels reduction project in the La Cresenta area. We are soliciting public input of the issues to be addressed in the environmental analysis. Initiation of this fuels reduction project is proposed to begin in FY2011 and involves vegetation treatments on 280 acres.

Comments should be submitted in writing and will be accepted until September 29, 2009. Issues and concerns should be addressed to:

Comments may also be submitted via FAX to (818) 8896-6727 or electronically to mmcintyre@fs.fed.us

» Fuels Reduction — Monrovia area

The Los Angeles River Ranger District (LARRD) of the Angeles National Forest (ANF) is conducting an environmental analysis under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to evaluate a fuels reduction project north of the City of Monrovia, in the ANF. We are soliciting public input of the issues to be addressed in the environmental analysis. Initiation of this fuels reduction project is proposed to begin in FY2011 and involves vegetation treatments on 75 acres.

Comments should be submitted in writing and will be accepted until September 29, 2009. Issues and concerns should be addressed to:

Comments may also be submitted via FAX to (818) 8896-6727 or electronically to mmcintyre@fs.fed.us

» Fuels Reduction — Sunland area

The Los Angeles River Ranger District (LARRD) of the Angeles National Forest (ANF) is conducting an environmental analysis under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to evaluate a fuels reduction project north of the City of Sunland, in the ANF. We are soliciting public input of the issues to be addressed in the environmental analysis. Initiation of this fuels reduction project is proposed to begin in FY2011 and involves vegetation treatments on 500 acres.

Comments should be submitted in writing and will be accepted until September 29, 2009. Issues and concerns should be addressed to:

Comments may also be submitted via FAX to (818) 8896-6727 or electronically to mmcintyre@fs.fed.us

» Angeles Crest Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan

The Angeles Crest Scenic Byway was designated a California State Scenic Highway on March 12, 1971 and a National Forest Scenic Byway on October 5, 1990. This 55-mile stretch of California State Route 2 travels through the San Gabriel Mountains and provides access to spectacular scenery, geological features, historic sites, recreational opportunities, important ecological and biological areas, and mountain communities within driving distance of Los Angeles. The western terminus begins in La Canada Flintridge, California in the greater Los Angeles Basin, and extends north and east through the Angeles National Forest to the Los Angeles/ San Bernardino County line west of Wrightwood, California. The portion of Route 2 that continues east to the intersection of State Highway 138 is eligible for state scenic designation. For more info, see the report links below :

Angeles Crest Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan (PDF 6.6MB)

Angeles Crest Scenic Byway CMP Appendix A (Map) (PDF 1.5 MB)

» SCE Veterans Circuit

The Los Angeles River Ranger District has approved a request from Southern California Edison to allow the replacement and reroute of the overhead and underground conductor, poles and associated appurtenances of the Veteran Circuit damaged or impacted by the Sayre Fire. The reroute of existing line is to avoid impacts to resources as well as to minimize impacts from installation and allow for better long-term maintenance access.

» Crystal Lake High Value Tree Protection Project

The San Gabriel River Ranger District, Angeles National Forest is seeking public comment on the proposed Crystal Lake High Value Tree Protection Project.

The Crystal Lake High Value Tree Protection Project involves approximately 312 acres of National Forest land located at Crystal Lake Campground in the Angeles National Forest. The project is classified as Developed Area Interface in the Angeles National Forest Land Management Plan.

» Crystal Lake Recreation Area Forest Health Improvement

The San Gabriel River Ranger District, Angeles National Forest, proposes to improve forest health in the Crystal Lake Recreation Area located in San Gabriel Canyon.

During the 2002 Curve Fire much of the project area burned, leaving high degree of mortality in the existing pine plantation, natural oak stand and natural conifer stand. Lack of management activity in this area since the fire has lead to the invasion of brush species into these tree stands and has created a situation where a future fire could again spread rapidly and at high intensity, damaging the residual stand.

» San Gabriel River Backbone Fuelbreak

The San Gabriel Backbone fuelbreak represents a strategic series of ridgelines separating backcountry areas on the San Gabriel River Ranger District from the wildland urban interface of Azusa and State Highway 39. The area was burned in several fires between 1997 and 2000, and over time brush has begun to establish back on the fuelbreak reducing its potential effectiveness. There is a need for maintenance of the fuelbreak to assure the viability of this wildland fire control feature to; provide for firefighter safety through use of the fuelbreak as a strategic and tactical barrier to fire spread; and reduce the potential of catastrophic fire spreading from the interface into the Forest, as well as limit fires spreading out of the Forest into the developed interface areas of the front country.

» San Gabriel River Ranger District and San Dimas Experimental Forest Seeks Comment on their Invasive Plant Treatment Project

The San Gabriel River Ranger District and San Dimas Experimental Forest are asking for public comments on a proposal to treat invasive plant species in the San Gabriel, Big and Little Dalton, and San Dimas drainages. The scoping letter, project description, and 11x17 map can be downloaded for viewing and printing or you can request a hard copy at the District office located at 110 N. Wabash Avenue, Glendora, CA 91741 or by calling (805) 220-6388.

We request that your comments be submitted by June 15, 2009 to ensure they are incorporated into the environmental analysis. Presently, the intent is to document the analysis in an Environmental Assessment. If you have any questions regarding the proposal or would like to be included on the mailing list for future notifications, please contact Planning Project Manager Marian Kadota at (805) 220-6388 or by email: mkadota@fs.fed.us.

Projects & Plans

» NOTICE:

» Angeles National Forest seeks public comment on off-highway vehicle grant application

Santa Clara Mojave Rivers Ranger District Plantation Maintenance Project

Lake Hughes Restoration Project

» Scoping Notice: Four Proposed Projects

» Scoping Notice: Williamson Rock Temporary Closure Resolution

» Arcadia Supervisor's Office Building Replacement and Rincon Fire Station Consolidation

» Fuels Reduction — Chilao Flat area

» Fuels Reduction — La Cresenta area

» Fuels Reduction — Monrovia area

» Fuels Reduction — Sunland area

» Angeles Crest Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan

» SCE Veterans Circuit

» Crystal Lake High Value Tree Protection Project

» Crystal Lake Recreation Area Forest Health Improvement

» San Gabriel River Backbone Fuelbreak

» San Gabriel River Ranger District and San Dimas Experimental Forest Seeks Comment on their Invasive Plant Treatment Project

» Angeles NF Land Management Plan