Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) 07/01/2012 to 09/30/2012 Idaho Panhandle National Forest
This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
Report Contents (click to jump to a section) : - Projects Occurring Nationwide - R1 - Northern Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide) - R1 - Northern Region, Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest) - R1 - Northern Region, Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide) - R1 - Northern Region, Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Bonners Ferry Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) - R1 - Northern Region, Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Coeur d'Alene Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) - R1 - Northern Region, Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Priest Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) - R1 - Northern Region, Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Sandpoint Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) - R1 - Northern Region, Idaho Panhandle National Forest, St. Joe Ranger DistricT (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Projects Occurring Nationwide
Project Name	Project Purpose	Planning Status	Decision	Expected Implementation	Project Contact
Gypsy Moth Management in the United States: A Cooperative Approach EIS	- Vegetation management (other than forest products)	In Progress: DEIS NOA in Federal Register 09/19/2008 Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 10/2012	Expected:10/2012	01/2013	Noel Schneeberger 610-557-4121 nschneeberger@fs.fed.us
Description: The USDA Forest Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service are analyzing a range of strategies for controlling gypsy moth damage to forests and trees in the United States. Web Link: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/wv/eis/
Location: UNIT - All Districts-level Units. STATE - All States. COUNTY - All Counties. Nationwide.
Land Management Planning Rule EIS	- Regulations, Directives, Orders	Completed	Actual: 03/23/2012	08/2012	Brenda Halter-Glenn 202-260-9400 bhalterglenn@fs.fed.us
Description: The Department of Agriculture proposes to promulgate a new planning rule, which will set out the process for development, revision, and amendment of National Forest System land management plans. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/planningrule
Location: UNIT - All Districts-level Units. STATE - All States. COUNTY - All Counties. Agency-wide Rule.
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R1 - Northern Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide)
Project Name	Project Purpose	Planning Status	Decision	Expected Implementation	Project Contact
Upper Lochsa Land Exchange EIS	- Land ownership management	In Progress: DEIS NOA in Federal Register 11/18/2011 Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 11/2012	Expected:11/2012	02/2013	Teresa Trulock 208-935-4256 ttrulock@fs.fed.us
Description: The Forest Service (FS) is considering a land exchange with Western Pacific Timber. The FS would receive approx. 40,000 acres of WPT land in the upper Lochsa River drainage and WPT would recieve an equal value of Forest Service land in north Idaho. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=26227
Location: UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District, Palouse Ranger District, North Fork Ranger District, Red River Ranger District, Powell Ranger District , Clearwater Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Bonner, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah. The lands to acquire are in the upper Lochsa River drainage on the border of ID and MT. The federal lands to exchange out of are scattered on the Idaho Panhandle, Clearwater, and Nez Perce NF's.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)	R1 - Northern Region
Project Name	Project Purpose	Planning Status	Decision	Expected Implementation	Project Contact
IPNF Noxious Weed Treatment Project EIS	- Vegetation management (other than forest products)	In Progress: NOI in Federal Register 10/28/2011 Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 08/2012	Expected:02/2013	06/2013	David Cobb 208-443-6854 dcobb@fs.fed.us
Description: Management of non-native invasive plant species utilizing herbicides, biological control agents, cultural and mechanical methods for weed control.
Location: UNIT - Idaho Panhandle National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho, Montana, Washington. COUNTY - Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone, Lincoln, Sanders, Pend Oreille. Various locations across the forest.
Idaho Panhandle and Kootenai National Forest, Forest Plan Revision EIS	- Land management planning	In Progress: DEIS NOA in Federal Register 01/13/2012 Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 11/2012	Expected:01/2013	03/2013	Kent Wellner 208-265-6601 / 208-443-6801 kwellner@fs.fed.us
Description: Forest Plan Revision Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=894
Location: UNIT - Idaho Panhandle National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone. Northern Idaho.
NIC Outfitter Guide Special Use Permit CE	- Special use management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/24/2012	Expected:07/2012	07/2012	Claire Pitner 208-769-3033 cpitner@fs.fed.us
Description: North Idaho College (NIC) has requested a temporary Outfitter Guide Special Use Permit to conduct guided activities such as cross-country skiing, avalanche education, kayaking, fly-fishing, hiking, biking and camping on the CDA River RD.
Location: UNIT - Idaho Panhandle National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Shoshone. LEGAL - Multiple across the IPNFs. Specific open system trails, access sites, and dispersed campsites across the Idaho Panhandle National Forests.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)	R1 - Northern Region
Project Name	Project Purpose	Planning Status	Decision	Expected Implementation	Project Contact
Authorization of Frontier Communication's Existing Telephone and Fiber Optic Lines CE	- Special use management	In Progress: Scoping Start 07/01/2010 Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 07/2012	Expected:12/2012	06/2013	Leann Maupin 208-765-7275 lmaupin@fs.fed.us
Description: Special use authorization
Location: UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District, Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner, Boundary. Throughout North Idaho: Bonners Ferry, Priest Lake and Sandpoint Ranger Districts.
North Zone Roadside Salvage EA	- Forest products - Fuels management - Road management	Completed	Actual: 05/15/2012	07/2012	Anita Hanson 208-267-6761 achanson@fs.fed.us
Description: Provide community and economic stability and wood products by salvaging dead standing and down timber from alongside roads. Road maintenance consisting of spot gravel placement, removing vegetation from cut/fill slopes, and improve public safety. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=29812
Location: UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District, Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner, Boundary. Various road systems on Bonners Ferry, Sandpoint, and Priest Lake Ranger Districts.
Selkirk Mountain Range Winter Travel Plan EIS	- Recreation management	On Hold	N/A	N/A	Michael Thom 208-443-6839 mthom@fs.fed.us
Description: Travel management plan for motorized winter recreation use within the Selkirk Mountain Range on the Bonners Ferry, Priest Lake Ranger District and Sandpoint Ranger District. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=15349
Location: UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District, Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho, Washington. COUNTY - Bonner, Boundary, Pend Oreille. Priest Lake, Sandpoint, and Bonners Ferry Ranger Districts.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Bonners Ferry Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)	R1 - Northern Region
Project Name	Project Purpose	Planning Status	Decision	Expected Implementation	Project Contact
Boundary County Translator District - Moyie Repeater Site CE	- Special use management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/13/2012	Expected:07/2012	08/2012	Leann Maupin 208-765-7275 lmaupin@fs.fed.us
Description: Replace current 40' guyed pole and 600 watt windmill with a 30' tower and 1000 watt windmill. Remove eight 25 gallon propane canisters. Repair access trail.
Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - T64N, R2E, section 12, BM. Moyie Repeater Site - access is via Road 2517 Map #4.
Elk Mountain Farms Water Diversion and Transmission Special Use Permit CE	- Special use management	In Progress: Scoping Start 04/01/2010 Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/2012	Expected:04/2012	04/2012	Leann Maupin 208-765-7275 lmaupin@fs.fed.us
Description: Issue a Special Use Permit for maintenance and use of an existing water system.
Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - Section 22, T64N, R1W, B.M. Fisher Creek drainage. Map #33.
Leonia EA	- Forest products	Completed	Actual: 04/02/2012	05/2012	Jennifer Anderson 208-267-6758 jlanderson02@fs.fed.us
Description: Vegetation and fire regime restoration Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=31989
Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - National Forest System lands in Sections 6, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29, T61N, R3E of the Boise Meridian. Leonia Knob at approximately 11 miles up Katka Road, west of the Kootenai River and east of Gable Creek in the Lower Boulder Creek and Kootenai River above Bonners Ferry watersheds. Map #2.
Lopez Livestock Area Special Use Permit Renewal CE *NEW LISTING*	- Special use management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/26/2012	Expected:07/2012	08/2012	Joseph Holzinger 208-765-7279 jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Renewal of an existing Special Use Permit to maintain a livestock area and approximately 450 feet of fence for an additional 10 year period.
Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - SE ¼ SW ¼ of Section 30, T63N, R3E, BM. Southwest of Solomon Mountain along Forest Road 435.
Northern Lights Amendment No. 28 CE	- Special use management	In Progress: Scoping Start 01/02/2012 Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 05/2012	Expected:08/2012	09/2012	Leann Maupin 208-765-7275 lmaupin@fs.fed.us
Description: Replace 900' of underground cable with a 3" conduit to feed cable through to the Black Mountain communication site.
Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - T61N, R2E, section 30, BM. Black Mountain. Map #7.
Northern Lights, Inc., Robinson Lake Campground CE	- Special use management	Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 04/2012	Expected:06/2012	07/2012	Leann Maupin 208-765-7275 lmaupin@fs.fed.us
Description: Replace an underground power line currently under a supplemental use permit (SUP) servicing the Robinson Lake Campground.
Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - T65N, R2E, Section 21, B.M. Robinson Lake Campground. Map #10.
Patchen Access Road Special Use Permit Renewal CE *NEW LISTING*	- Special use management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/26/2012	Expected:07/2012	08/2012	Joseph Holzinger 208-765-7279 jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Renewal of an existing Special Use Permit for access across National Forest System lands to access private property for an additional 10 year period. The existing road is approximately 599 feet in length and 20 feet in width (0.28 acres).
Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - NW ¼ of Section 20, T63N, R2E, BM. Just north of Dawson Lake.
Twenty Mile Creek EA	- Vegetation management (other than forest products)	In Progress: Scoping Start 03/02/2012 Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 10/2012	Expected:12/2012	02/2013	Douglas Nishek 208-267-6765 dnishek@fs.fed.us
Description: Reduce the risk of sediment entering the drinking water through road improvements, road decommissioning, vegetation and fuels management, and to improve grizzly bear habitat. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37730
Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - T61N, R1E, Sections 25, 26, 35, 36. T61N, R2E, Sections 30, 31. T60N, R1E, Sections 1, 2, 12. T60N, R2E, Sections 6, 7, 18. BM. Twenty Mile Creek and Brown Creek drainages. Map #6.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Coeur d'Alene Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)	R1 - Northern Region
Project Name	Project Purpose	Planning Status	Decision	Expected Implementation	Project Contact
Avista Burke A & B Transmission Line Reconstruction CE *NEW LISTING*	- Special use management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/13/2012	Expected:07/2012	08/2012	Joseph Holzinger 208-765-7279 jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Reconstruction of the existing horizontal transmission pole system (approximately 100 feet wide) into a single 15 feet wide design within the existing right-of-way.
Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Sections 11 and 12, T48N, R5E; Sections 7, 8 and 9, T48N, R6E, B.M. Along Canyon Creek Rd 7623.
Barney Thin CE	- Vegetation management (other than forest products)	On Hold	N/A	N/A	Lauren Goschke 208-769-3046 lgoschke@fs.fed.us
Description: Commercially thin to promote western larch on approximately 70 acres, resulting in an estimated 350 mbf of timber volume. Skyline and tractor yarding will be used, requiring 1/2 mile of temporary road construction and 2 miles of road reconstruction.
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - Sections 27, 28, 33, 34; T52N, R1W, B.M. Map #4 - Barney Creek drainage north of Walker Saddle.
Canfield Trail Section Relocation CE	- Recreation management	Cancelled	N/A	N/A	Andrew Boggs 208-769-3038 aboggs@fs.fed.us
Description: Relocate 1/4-mile section of Canfield Mountain Trail #8, from just before and through the switchback near the National Forest boundary, about 1 mile uphill from Nettleton Gulch parking lot. Once in place, the former section would be obliterated.
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T50N, R3W, Section 5, B.M. (Map #5). Trail 8 of the Canfield Mountain Trail System.
Central Zone 2012/2013 Pre-commercial Thinning and Pruning Project CE	- Vegetation management (other than forest products)	Completed	Actual: 06/14/2012	07/2012	Barbara Hansen 208-769-3050 bjhansen@fs.fed.us
Description: Pre-commercially thin and/or prune approximately 2,400 acres of young trees that have been planted or re-established naturally on previously harvested sites. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37833
Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District, Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai, Shoshone. Various locations on the Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District.
Declaration Bridge CE	- Recreation management	Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 07/2012	Expected:12/2012	09/2013	Andrew Boggs 208-769-3038 aboggs@fs.fed.us
Description: Construct a trail bridge across Declaration Creek on Independence Trail 22. The bridge would replace a puncheon that washed out during 1996 flooding.
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T53N, R1E, Section 33, B.M. (Map #8). Independence Trail 22, across Declaration Creek.
Double Placer CE *NEW LISTING*	- Minerals and Geology	Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 08/2012	Expected:02/2013	05/2013	Mindy Vogel 208-765-7452 msvogel@fs.fed.us
Description: Excavate panel 600' x 30' x 10' and haul pay gravel offsite (private) to process for gold. Gravel returned for reclamation.
Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T49N, R4E, Section 11, B.M. (Map #18). Placer Gulch east of Delta, ID on FR605 in the Trail Creek Drainage.
Elk W Trench CE *NEW LISTING*	- Minerals and Geology	Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 09/2012	Expected:01/2013	05/2013	Mindy Vogel 208-765-7452 msvogel@fs.fed.us
Description: Brushing existing trenches and access roads, performing geophysical surveys and geochemical surveys.
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T49N, R2W, Sections 7, 8, 17, 18, B.M. (Map #25). Beauty Creek drainage, west of Elk Mountain, near Mineral Ridge.
Fernan Rod & Gun Club Permit Re-Issue EA	- Special use management	Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 08/2012	Expected:12/2012	01/2013	Debbie Butler (208) 443-6822 dabutler@fs.fed.us
Description: To authorize the continued operation and maintenance of a target range. The target range has operated under the special use permit since 1990. Permit may be issued for up to a 20-year term.
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T50 N, R3W, NE1/4, NW1/4 Section 2, B.M., Map #3. Fernan Hill/Smith Gulch.
Hogback Ridge/Mt. Coeur d'Alene Road Use Permits CE	- Special use management	In Progress: Scoping Start 04/12/2012	Expected:07/2012	08/2012	Tamara Maiolie 208-769-3071 tmaiolie@fs.fed.us
Description: Requests from Forest Capital and Stimson Lumber Company to use the Forest Road 378 series to haul logs from their property.
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T48N, R2W, Sections 8, 16-18, and 21; and T49N, R3W, Section 22, B.M. (Map #14). Hogback Ridge and Mt. Coeur d'Alene.
Idaho Fish & Game Trail Creek Facility Authorization CE	- Special use management	In Progress: Scoping Start 07/01/2010 Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 07/2012	Expected:08/2012	08/2012	Barbara Hansen 208-769-3050 bjhansen@fs.fed.us
Description: Occupying facility.
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T52N, R2E, sec. 19, B.M., Map #1. Trail Creek drainage, adjacent to Forest Service Road 422.
Idaho Public Broadcasting System Communication Use Lease Amendment #1 CE *NEW LISTING*	- Special use management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/13/2012	Expected:07/2012	08/2012	Joseph Holzinger 208-765-7279 jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Idaho Public Broadcasting System proposes to amend their Communication Use Lease to include a generator and 372 gallon diesel fuel tank to provide emergency backup power at their communication facility on West Canfield Butte.
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - Section 29, T51N, R3W, B.M. Communication Site on West Canfield Butte, Map #20.
Last Rainbow CE	- Minerals and Geology	On Hold	N/A	N/A	Mindy Vogel 208-765-7452 msvogel@fs.fed.us
Description: Excavate ~35 sq. ft. panel to bedrock and dredge inside hole
Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Sec 11, T49N, R4E, BM. Last Creek in the Trail Creek drainage, along Kings Pass Hwy (#605), Map #16.
Lookout Pass Ski Hill Chairlift Installation CE	- Special use management	Completed	Actual: 06/05/2012	07/2012	Michael Leverick 208-783-2112 mleverick@fs.fed.us
Description: Replace an existing tow rope with a beginner chairlift. Seven holes would need to be excavated for concrete support footings. All work would occur on already-disturbed ground. No trees would be removed.
Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T47N, R63, Section 4, and T20N, R32W, Section 32, B.M. (Map #14). Lookout Pass Ski Hill.
Lutherhaven Outfitter Guide Special Use Permit CE	- Special use management	In Progress: Scoping Start 01/09/2012	Expected:07/2012	07/2012	Claire Pitner 208-769-3033 cpitner@fs.fed.us
Description: Lutherhaven Ministries has requested a special use permit to allow guided nature hikes, road biking, horseback riding, and other activities on the Coeur d'Alene River R.D.
Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Multiple across the District. Specific open system trails, access sites, and dispersed camp sites across the Coeur d'Alene River R.D.
Medimont Bank Stabilization Project CE *NEW LISTING*	- Recreation management - Watershed management	In Progress: Scoping Start 04/24/2012 Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 07/2012	Expected:07/2012	08/2012	Claire Pitner 208-769-3033 cpitner@fs.fed.us
Description: Stabilize areas of river bank erosion to protect investments at the Medimont Boat Launch, and reduce exposure to heavy metal contamination in the area.
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - NW 1/2 of Section 28, T48N, R2W, B.M. Map #24 - Chain Lakes Area of the Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District.
Medimont Developed Site Rehabilitation CE	- Recreation management	Completed	Actual: 06/04/2012	05/2012	Claire Pitner 208-769-3033 cpitner@fs.fed.us
Description: Improve Medimont Boat Launch facility by paving road and parking area, decommissioning illegal route from parking lot, installing concrete boat ramp, and installing outhouse.
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T48N, R2W, Sec. 28, B.M. South of Killarney Lake, Map #24.
Moon Digs CE *NEW LISTING*	- Minerals and Geology	Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 08/2012	Expected:01/2013	05/2013	Mindy Vogel 208-765-7452 msvogel@fs.fed.us
Description: Underground mineral exploration involving hand drilling, sampling, and mapping existing adits.
Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T49N, R3E, Section 26, B.M. (Map #23). W. F. Moon Gulch north of Osburn, ID on County Road #930.
Moose Drool EA	- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Watershed management	Completed	Actual: 05/11/2012	07/2012	Katherine Prussian 208-769-3067 katherineprussian@fs.fed.us
Description: Watershed Restoration project aimed to improve water quality and stream habitat across 21,600 acres in the upper Little North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River. Watershed improvement activities include road, riparian area, and in-stream activities. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=34428
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T52N, R1W, BM. Upper Little North Fork Coeur d'Alene River watershed, Map #17.
NIC Yurt Special Use Permit CE	- Special use management	On Hold	N/A	N/A	Claire Pitner 208-769-3033 cpitner@fs.fed.us
Description: North Idaho College (NIC) is requesting a Special Use Permit to construct a yurt on West Willow Peak to be used for academic and extracurricular programs, such as avalanche education, natural resource management, etc.
Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T47N, R5E, Section 11, B.M. Near West Willow Peak in the Boulder Creek drainage, Map #9.
Progress Camp Drill Core Exploration CE	- Minerals and Geology	On Hold	N/A	N/A	Mindy Vogel 208-765-7452 msvogel@fs.fed.us
Description: Lode mineral exploration consisting of drill holes in five different sites.
Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T50N, R5E, Section 19 and T50N, R4E, Section 10, BM. Map #7 - E. Fk. of Eagle Creek near Oregon Gulch and N. Fk. of the Coeur d'Alene River just upriver from the Shoshone Work Center.
Prospecting Duke CE *NEW LISTING*	- Minerals and Geology	Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 08/2012	Expected:10/2012	05/2013	Mindy Vogel 208-765-7452 msvogel@fs.fed.us
Description: Trenching 250" x 30' with 200' temporary access road, gravel will be hauled offsite (private) to process for gold and reeturned for reclamation.
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T49N, R4W, Section 4, B.M. Map # 22 - Prospect Gulch south of Babins Junction on the Coeur d'Alene river Ranger District.
Red Beauty HFRA Project EA	- Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management	In Progress: Objection Period Legal Notice 06/04/2012	Expected:07/2012	09/2012	Michael Jow 208-769-3070 mjow@fs.fed.us
Description: Forest stand management, fuel reduction, road construction, road reconstruction and road decommissioning. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=7423
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T48 and 49N, R2 and 3W, B.M. Map #13 - Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District.
Reissuance of Kootenai Electric Cooperative's Authorization CE	- Special use management	On Hold	N/A	N/A	Leann Maupin 208-765-7275 lmaupin@fs.fed.us
Description: Maintenance of electrical rights-of-way
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T48N, R2W, sec. 28; T48N, R4W, sec. 25; T50N, R3W, sec. 3, 4; T51N, R3W, sec. 1, 11, 23; T51N, R4W, sec. 34; T53N, R4W, sec. 27; T54N, R2W, sec. 14, 22, 26, 27, BM. Multiple locations on the District.
Spyglass Lookout Restoration CE	- Recreation management	Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 07/2012	Expected:08/2012	08/2012	Claire Pitner 928-527-3473 cpitner@fs.fed.us
Description: A multi-year plan to restore Spyglass Lookout groundhouse and association buildings to historic condition.
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T52N, R2E, Section 22, B.M. (Map #15). Spyglass Peak.
Steamboat Aquatic Restoration Project EA	- Watershed management - Road management	On Hold	N/A	N/A	John Ruebke (208) 769-3019 jruebke@fs.fed.us
Description: Upgrade culverts on open roads, decommission (by removing culvert) on closed roads, reroute segments of encroaching roads, and fish habitat rehabilitation
Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T51N, R2E, Sec 1-6, 8-16, 23 & 24; T51N, R3E, Sec 5-7, 18 & 19; T52N, R1E Sec 24, 25; T52N, R2E, Sec 9, 10, 14-36; T52N, R3E, Sec 30-32, B.M. Map #6 - Steamboat and Scott Creek drainages.
Steamboat Snow Groomer Shed CE	- Recreation management	Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 07/2012	Expected:11/2012	08/2013	Andrew Boggs 208-769-3038 aboggs@fs.fed.us
Description: Construct a storage shed 70x24-foot pole building (wood with metal roof and sides) at Steamboat Trailhead for use by snow groomer. Construction/maintenance would be performed by Shoshone County and its Snowmobile Groomer Board.
Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T50N, R2E, Section 24, B.M. (Map #12). Steamboat Creek Trailhead, at the junciton of Shoshone County Road 1C and Forest Road 400.
Trail 241 Causeway CE	- Recreation management	Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 07/2012	Expected:09/2012	09/2012	Andrew Boggs 208-769-3038 aboggs@fs.fed.us
Description: Construct 1,000 feet of causeway through a mud bog area of Marie Creek Trail 241.
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T52N, R2W, Section 15, B.M. (Map #11). One-half mile from the trailhead of Trail 241, along Forest Road 202.
Trails 16, 226 and 113 Redesignation CE	- Recreation management	Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 07/2012	Expected:11/2012	04/2013	Andrew Boggs 208-769-3038 aboggs@fs.fed.us
Description: Redesignate Trails 113, 226 and a portion of Trail 16 (from Trail 133 to Trail 226) from "open to motorized vehicles 50 inches or less" to "4WD vehicles greater than 50 inches." No construction or reconstruction would occur.
Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T47N, R2 and 3E, sections 31, 32, 5, 7, 8, 13-17, B.M. (Map #2). St. Joe Divide Trails 226, 113 and the portion of Trail 16 between its junction with Trails 226 and 113.
W&R Land Company LLC Access Road Special Use Permit Renewal CE *NEW LISTING*	- Special use management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/26/2012	Expected:07/2012	08/2012	Joseph Holzinger 208-765-7279 jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Renewal of an existing Special Use Permit to provide access across Forest Service System lands for an additional 10 year period. The access road is approximately 0.30 miles and 40 feet in width (1.35 acres).
Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - Township 53 North, Range 2 West, NW ¼ SW ¼ Section 27, BM. Along Forest Road 332, Map #19.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Priest Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)	R1 - Northern Region
Project Name	Project Purpose	Planning Status	Decision	Expected Implementation	Project Contact
Grandview Resort Permit Reissue CE	- Special use management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 05/02/2012	Expected:07/2012	08/2012	Debbie Butler (208) 443-6822 dabutler@fs.fed.us
Description: Continue operation and maintenance of one cabin (#11) located on NFSL. The Grandview cabin has operated under permit since 1970. The remainder of the resort is on private property.
Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T61N, R4W, Section 20, BM. Reeder Bay area, just NE of the Ledgewood Recreation Residence Tract. Map #29.
Lakeview-Reeder HFRA Project EIS	- Fuels management	Completed	Actual: 05/09/2012 05/10/2010 12/04/2009	06/2012	Albert Helgenberg 208-265-6643 ajhelgenberg@fs.fed.us
Description: Hazardous fuels reduction on about 2,319 acres Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=6258
Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho, Washington. COUNTY - Bonner, Pend Oreille. LEGAL - T60N, T61N, R4W, R5W, B.M.; T36N, T37N, R45E, R46E, W.M. Map #1 - Kalispell Creek and Granite Creek drainages.
Lower Priest EA	- Forest products	In Progress: Scoping Start 02/22/2012 Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 09/2012	Expected:11/2012	03/2013	Albert Helgenberg 208-265-6643 ajhelgenberg@fs.fed.us
Description: Vegetation and fuels management. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37009
Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - Portions of T58N, R5W, Sections 11, 12 and 14; T58N, R4W, Sections 6, 7 and 18-21, B.M. Cottonwood Creek, Dubius Creek and Murray Creek drainages accessed by the Gleason-McAbee Falls County Road. Map #3.
Luby Bay Water Association Permit Renewal CE	- Special use management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 05/02/2012	Expected:07/2012	08/2012	Debbie Butler (208) 443-6822 dabutler@fs.fed.us
Description: Continue authorization for operation and maintenance of an existing community water system that serves 18 recreation residences in the Luby Bay Tract.
Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T 60 N, R 5 W, NW 1/4, NE 1/4, Section 24, B.M. Priest Lake, Luby Bay, Map # 23.
Outlet Water Association SUP Amendment CE	- Special use management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/26/2012	Expected:08/2012	09/2012	Leann Maupin 208-765-7275 lmaupin@fs.fed.us
Description: Amend existing Special Use Permit to include a second well, security fencing and improved access to permitted facilities.
Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - E 1/2, NE 1/4, Section 6, T59N, R4W, B.M. Lamb Creek drainage in the vicinity of Outlet Bay. Map #8.
Priest Lake Cattle & Horse Allotment Management Plans Project EA	- Grazing management	Completed	Actual: 04/16/2012	05/2013	Nancy Kertis 208-265-6616 nkertis@fs.fed.us
Description: Livestock grazing Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=16515
Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - BM, T57N, 58N, 59N, 60N, R5W; T57N , R6W; WM, T33N, 34N, R45E; T33N, 34N, 35N, 36N, R46E. Boswell, Four Corners, Lamb Creek, Lower Squaw Valley, Moores Creek, and Upper Squaw Valley allotments.
Priest Lake Museum Association Permit Renewal CE	- Special use management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 05/02/2012	Expected:07/2012	08/2012	Debbie Butler (208) 443-6822 dabutler@fs.fed.us
Description: 10 year permit renewal. Maintain the artifacts and exhibits at the museum. Provide interpretive services on historical information in the Priest Lake area and provide volunteer staff to provide visitor information services.
Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T. 60 N., R. 5 W., NE ¼ Section 24, B.M. Luby Bay, 38 Priest Lake Museum Road. Map #9.
Selkirk Guiding and Outfitting - Trail Ride Ammendment CE *NEW LISTING*	- Special use management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 05/08/2012	Expected:08/2012	09/2012	Debbie Butler (208) 443-6822 dabutler@fs.fed.us
Description: Guided horseback rides parallel to existing roads near the Priest Lake Ranger District. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39658
Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T61N, R5W, Sections 14, 22, 23, and 15, B.M. Nordman, Reeder Creek, and Bismarck Guard Station.
Solo Quartz Crystal Management Area CE	- Minerals and Geology	In Progress: Scoping Start 01/27/2009 Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 07/2012	Expected:11/2012	06/2013	Mindy Vogel 208-765-7452 msvogel@fs.fed.us
Description: Setting up management parameters for removing crystal material from the site
Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Pend Oreille. LEGAL - T34N R45E Section 1, Willamette Meridian. Map #16 - Solo Creek drainage approximately one mile up Road #659.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Sandpoint Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)	R1 - Northern Region
Project Name	Project Purpose	Planning Status	Decision	Expected Implementation	Project Contact
Falling Drill CE	- Minerals and Geology	Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 11/2012	Expected:05/2013	06/2013	Mindy Vogel 208-765-7452 msvogel@fs.fed.us
Description: Drill core mineral exploration. One drill site is proposed (up to nine holes drilled from one location).
Location: UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T.54N., R.1W., Section 1, BM. Falls Creek. Forest Road 1088 to Falls Creek mine site.
Schweitzer Fuels Reduction CE	- Fuels management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 03/02/2012	Expected:07/2012	11/2012	Sara Savage 208-443-6834 sesavage@fs.fed.us
Description: Fuels treatment. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=32709
Location: UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - Sections 26, 27, and 34, T 58 N, R 2 W, B.M. Sand Creek and Schweitzer Creek, Map # 30.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest, St. Joe Ranger DistricT (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)	R1 - Northern Region
Project Name	Project Purpose	Planning Status	Decision	Expected Implementation	Project Contact
Avery Water & Sewer District’s Special Use Permit Renewal CE *NEW LISTING*	- Special use management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/13/2012	Expected:07/2012	08/2012	Joseph Holzinger 208-765-7279 jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Renewal of the Avery Water & Sewer District’s Special Use Permit for continued operation and maintenance of an existing sewer line along Forest Highway 50 and the Avery administrative site.
Location: UNIT - Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Sections 15 and 16, T45N, R5E, B.M. Along Forest Highway 50 and the Avery administrative site.
Lines Creek BPA Electronic Site Expansion CE *NEW LISTING*	- Special use management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 05/29/2012	Expected:08/2012	09/2012	James McFarland 208-245-2531 lmyhre@fs.fed.us
Description: BPA has requested to upgrade and expand the electronic site used to monitor the Dworshak to Taft transmission line. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39469
Location: UNIT - Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - SW 1/4, SW 1/4, Section 33, T44N, R2E. Map #8 - Lines Creek in the Bussel Creek drainage.
Marble Creek Splash Dam Fish Passage Project CE *NEW LISTING*	- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants	In Progress: Scoping Start 04/26/2012 Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 07/2012	Expected:01/2013	08/2013	Lisa Hawdon 208-245-6045 lhawdon@fs.fed.us
Description: The St. Joe Ranger District is partnering with the USFWS, Idaho DEQ, Idaho Dept. of Fish & Game, and Avista Corp to breach two historic splash dams on Marble Creek to increase amount of habitat available for bull trout. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39210
Location: UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Section 1, T43N, R3E, BM. Several miles upstream of the creek's confluence with the St. Joe River within the U.S. Forest Service's Grandmother Mountain Roadless Area.
St. Joe 2012 Timber Stand Improvement Project CE	- Vegetation management (other than forest products)	Completed	Actual: 05/03/2012	08/2012	Lynette Myhre 208-245-2531 lmyhre@fs.fed.us
Description: Approximately 6,500 acres of precommercial thinning with white pine pruning in some areas to be completed in the next five to ten years. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35051
Location: UNIT - Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Latah, Shoshone. LEGAL - Many sections, townships, and ranges across the St. Joe Ranger District. Across the St. Joe Ranger District.
St. Joe Bridge Replacement #3 CE	- Road management	Completed	Actual: 03/08/2011	03/2011	Lynette Myhre 208-245-6034 lmyhre@fs.fed.us
Description: Bridge replacement on Road 1268 across the Little North Fork of the Clearwater River. This bridge was part of the original St. Joe Remedial Bridge Repair and Replacement Project. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=34471
Location: UNIT - Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Section 15, T43N, R5E, BM. Map #2 - St. Joe Ranger District - Road 1268 LNF Clearwater.
St. Joe Travel Management Plan EA	- Recreation management - Road management	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 09/11/2009	Expected:08/2012	04/2013	Mary Price 208-245-6022 mprice@fs.fed.us
Description: Designating roads and trails for public motorized vehicle use on the St. Joe Ranger District. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=26188
Location: UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District, Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Clearwater, Latah, Shoshone. St. Joe Ranger District including Avery RD & St. Maries RD.
Windy Larch CE	- Forest products - Vegetation management (other than forest products)	In Progress: 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 12/05/2011	Expected:07/2012	05/2013	James McFarland 208-245-6026 jdmcfarland@fs.fed.us
Description: Commercial thinning on approx. 70 acres using skyline and tractor logging systems to improve the health and vigor of the remaining trees, maintain long-lived early-seral tree species, and provide timber products. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37600
Location: UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Section 5, T42N, R3E, BM. Map #7 - 10 miles NW of Clarkia, ID in the Windy Creek and Gold Center Drainages of the St. Maries River.
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Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)
07/01/2012 to 09/30/2012
Idaho Panhandle National Forest

This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.

Projects Occurring Nationwide

Project Name

Project Purpose

Planning Status

Decision

Expected Implementation

Project Contact

Gypsy Moth Management in the United States: A Cooperative Approach
EIS

- Vegetation management (other than forest products)

In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register 09/19/2008
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 10/2012

Expected:10/2012

01/2013

Noel Schneeberger
610-557-4121
nschneeberger@fs.fed.us

Description: The USDA Forest Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service are analyzing a range of strategies for controlling gypsy moth damage to forests and trees in the United States.
Web Link: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/wv/eis/

Location: UNIT - All Districts-level Units. STATE - All States. COUNTY - All Counties. Nationwide.

Land Management Planning Rule
EIS

- Regulations, Directives, Orders

Completed

Actual: 03/23/2012

08/2012

Brenda Halter-Glenn
202-260-9400
bhalterglenn@fs.fed.us

Description: The Department of Agriculture proposes to promulgate a new planning rule, which will set out the process for development, revision, and amendment of National Forest System land management plans.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/planningrule

Location: UNIT - All Districts-level Units. STATE - All States. COUNTY - All Counties. Agency-wide Rule.

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R1 - Northern Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide)

Project Name

Project Purpose

Planning Status

Decision

Expected Implementation

Project Contact

Upper Lochsa Land Exchange
EIS

- Land ownership management

In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register 11/18/2011
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 11/2012

Expected:11/2012

02/2013

Teresa Trulock
208-935-4256
ttrulock@fs.fed.us

Description: The Forest Service (FS) is considering a land exchange with Western Pacific Timber. The FS would receive approx. 40,000 acres of WPT land in the upper Lochsa River drainage and WPT would recieve an equal value of Forest Service land in north Idaho.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=26227

Location: UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District, Palouse Ranger District, North Fork Ranger District, Red River Ranger District, Powell Ranger District , Clearwater Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Bonner, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah. The lands to acquire are in the upper Lochsa River drainage on the border of ID and MT. The federal lands to exchange out of are scattered on the Idaho Panhandle, Clearwater, and Nez Perce NF's.

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Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)

R1 - Northern Region

Project Name

Project Purpose

Planning Status

Decision

Expected Implementation

Project Contact

IPNF Noxious Weed Treatment Project
EIS

- Vegetation management (other than forest products)

In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register 10/28/2011
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 08/2012

Expected:02/2013

06/2013

David Cobb
208-443-6854
dcobb@fs.fed.us

Description: Management of non-native invasive plant species utilizing herbicides, biological control agents, cultural and mechanical methods for weed control.

Location: UNIT - Idaho Panhandle National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho, Montana, Washington. COUNTY - Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone, Lincoln, Sanders, Pend Oreille. Various locations across the forest.

Idaho Panhandle and Kootenai National Forest, Forest Plan Revision
EIS

- Land management planning

In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register 01/13/2012
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 11/2012

Expected:01/2013

03/2013

Kent Wellner
208-265-6601 / 208-443-6801
kwellner@fs.fed.us

Description: Forest Plan Revision
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=894

Location: UNIT - Idaho Panhandle National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone. Northern Idaho.

NIC Outfitter Guide Special Use Permit
CE

- Special use management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/24/2012

Expected:07/2012

07/2012

Claire Pitner
208-769-3033
cpitner@fs.fed.us

Description: North Idaho College (NIC) has requested a temporary Outfitter Guide Special Use Permit to conduct guided activities such as cross-country skiing, avalanche education, kayaking, fly-fishing, hiking, biking and camping on the CDA River RD.

Location: UNIT - Idaho Panhandle National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Shoshone. LEGAL - Multiple across the IPNFs. Specific open system trails, access sites, and dispersed campsites across the Idaho Panhandle National Forests.

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Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)

R1 - Northern Region

Project Name

Project Purpose

Planning Status

Decision

Expected Implementation

Project Contact

Authorization of Frontier Communication's Existing Telephone and Fiber Optic Lines
CE

- Special use management

In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/01/2010
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 07/2012

Expected:12/2012

06/2013

Leann Maupin
208-765-7275
lmaupin@fs.fed.us

Description: Special use authorization

Location: UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District, Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner, Boundary. Throughout North Idaho: Bonners Ferry, Priest Lake and Sandpoint Ranger Districts.

North Zone Roadside Salvage
EA

- Forest products
- Fuels management
- Road management

Completed

Actual: 05/15/2012

07/2012

Anita Hanson
208-267-6761
achanson@fs.fed.us

Description: Provide community and economic stability and wood products by salvaging dead standing and down timber from alongside roads. Road maintenance consisting of spot gravel placement, removing vegetation from cut/fill slopes, and improve public safety.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=29812

Location: UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District, Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner, Boundary. Various road systems on Bonners Ferry, Sandpoint, and Priest Lake Ranger Districts.

Selkirk Mountain Range Winter Travel Plan
EIS

- Recreation management

On Hold

N/A

Michael Thom
208-443-6839
mthom@fs.fed.us

Description: Travel management plan for motorized winter recreation use within the Selkirk Mountain Range on the Bonners Ferry, Priest Lake Ranger District and Sandpoint Ranger District.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=15349

Location: UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District, Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho, Washington. COUNTY - Bonner, Boundary, Pend Oreille. Priest Lake, Sandpoint, and Bonners Ferry Ranger Districts.

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Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Bonners Ferry Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R1 - Northern Region

Project Name

Project Purpose

Planning Status

Decision

Expected Implementation

Project Contact

Boundary County Translator District - Moyie Repeater Site
CE

- Special use management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/13/2012

Expected:07/2012

08/2012

Leann Maupin
208-765-7275
lmaupin@fs.fed.us

Description: Replace current 40' guyed pole and 600 watt windmill with a 30' tower and 1000 watt windmill. Remove eight 25 gallon propane canisters. Repair access trail.

Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - T64N, R2E, section 12, BM. Moyie Repeater Site - access is via Road 2517 Map #4.

Elk Mountain Farms Water Diversion and Transmission Special Use Permit
CE

- Special use management

In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/01/2010
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/2012

Expected:04/2012

04/2012

Leann Maupin
208-765-7275
lmaupin@fs.fed.us

Description: Issue a Special Use Permit for maintenance and use of an existing water system.

Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - Section 22, T64N, R1W, B.M. Fisher Creek drainage. Map #33.

Leonia
EA

- Forest products

Completed

Actual: 04/02/2012

05/2012

Jennifer Anderson
208-267-6758
jlanderson02@fs.fed.us

Description: Vegetation and fire regime restoration
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=31989

Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - National Forest System lands in Sections 6, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29, T61N, R3E of the Boise Meridian. Leonia Knob at approximately 11 miles up Katka Road, west of the Kootenai River and east of Gable Creek in the Lower Boulder Creek and Kootenai River above Bonners Ferry watersheds. Map #2.

Lopez Livestock Area Special Use Permit Renewal
CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Special use management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/26/2012

Expected:07/2012

08/2012

Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us

Description: Renewal of an existing Special Use Permit to maintain a livestock area and approximately 450 feet of fence for an additional 10 year period.

Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - SE ¼ SW ¼ of Section 30, T63N, R3E, BM. Southwest of Solomon Mountain along Forest Road 435.

Northern Lights Amendment No. 28
CE

- Special use management

In Progress:
Scoping Start 01/02/2012
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 05/2012

Expected:08/2012

09/2012

Leann Maupin
208-765-7275
lmaupin@fs.fed.us

Description: Replace 900' of underground cable with a 3" conduit to feed cable through to the Black Mountain communication site.

Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - T61N, R2E, section 30, BM. Black Mountain. Map #7.

Northern Lights, Inc., Robinson Lake Campground
CE

- Special use management

Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2012

Expected:06/2012

07/2012

Leann Maupin
208-765-7275
lmaupin@fs.fed.us

Description: Replace an underground power line currently under a supplemental use permit (SUP) servicing the Robinson Lake Campground.

Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - T65N, R2E, Section 21, B.M. Robinson Lake Campground. Map #10.

Patchen Access Road Special Use Permit Renewal
CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Special use management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/26/2012

Expected:07/2012

08/2012

Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us

Description: Renewal of an existing Special Use Permit for access across National Forest System lands to access private property for an additional 10 year period. The existing road is approximately 599 feet in length and 20 feet in width (0.28 acres).

Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - NW ¼ of Section 20, T63N, R2E, BM. Just north of Dawson Lake.

Twenty Mile Creek
EA

- Vegetation management (other than forest products)

In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/02/2012
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 10/2012

Expected:12/2012

02/2013

Douglas Nishek
208-267-6765
dnishek@fs.fed.us

Description: Reduce the risk of sediment entering the drinking water through road improvements, road decommissioning, vegetation and fuels management, and to improve grizzly bear habitat.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37730

Location: UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - T61N, R1E, Sections 25, 26, 35, 36. T61N, R2E, Sections 30, 31. T60N, R1E, Sections 1, 2, 12. T60N, R2E, Sections 6, 7, 18. BM. Twenty Mile Creek and Brown Creek drainages. Map #6.

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Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Coeur d'Alene Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R1 - Northern Region

Project Name

Project Purpose

Planning Status

Decision

Expected Implementation

Project Contact

Avista Burke A & B Transmission Line Reconstruction
CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Special use management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/13/2012

Expected:07/2012

08/2012

Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us

Description: Reconstruction of the existing horizontal transmission pole system (approximately 100 feet wide) into a single 15 feet wide design within the existing right-of-way.

Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Sections 11 and 12, T48N, R5E; Sections 7, 8 and 9, T48N, R6E, B.M. Along Canyon Creek Rd 7623.

Barney Thin
CE

- Vegetation management (other than forest products)

On Hold

N/A

Lauren Goschke
208-769-3046
lgoschke@fs.fed.us

Description: Commercially thin to promote western larch on approximately 70 acres, resulting in an estimated 350 mbf of timber volume. Skyline and tractor yarding will be used, requiring 1/2 mile of temporary road construction and 2 miles of road reconstruction.

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - Sections 27, 28, 33, 34; T52N, R1W, B.M. Map #4 - Barney Creek drainage north of Walker Saddle.

Canfield Trail Section Relocation
CE

- Recreation management

Cancelled

N/A

Andrew Boggs
208-769-3038
aboggs@fs.fed.us

Description: Relocate 1/4-mile section of Canfield Mountain Trail #8, from just before and through the switchback near the National Forest boundary, about 1 mile uphill from Nettleton Gulch parking lot. Once in place, the former section would be obliterated.

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T50N, R3W, Section 5, B.M. (Map #5). Trail 8 of the Canfield Mountain Trail System.

Central Zone 2012/2013 Pre-commercial Thinning and Pruning Project
CE

- Vegetation management (other than forest products)

Completed

Actual: 06/14/2012

07/2012

Barbara Hansen
208-769-3050
bjhansen@fs.fed.us

Description: Pre-commercially thin and/or prune approximately 2,400 acres of young trees that have been planted or re-established naturally on previously harvested sites.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37833

Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District, Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai, Shoshone. Various locations on the Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District.

Declaration Bridge
CE

- Recreation management

Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 07/2012

Expected:12/2012

09/2013

Andrew Boggs
208-769-3038
aboggs@fs.fed.us

Description: Construct a trail bridge across Declaration Creek on Independence Trail 22. The bridge would replace a puncheon that washed out during 1996 flooding.

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T53N, R1E, Section 33, B.M. (Map #8). Independence Trail 22, across Declaration Creek.

Double Placer
CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Minerals and Geology

Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 08/2012

Expected:02/2013

05/2013

Mindy Vogel
208-765-7452
msvogel@fs.fed.us

Description: Excavate panel 600' x 30' x 10' and haul pay gravel offsite (private) to process for gold. Gravel returned for reclamation.

Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T49N, R4E, Section 11, B.M. (Map #18). Placer Gulch east of Delta, ID on FR605 in the Trail Creek Drainage.

Elk W Trench
CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Minerals and Geology

Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 09/2012

Expected:01/2013

05/2013

Mindy Vogel
208-765-7452
msvogel@fs.fed.us

Description: Brushing existing trenches and access roads, performing geophysical surveys and geochemical surveys.

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T49N, R2W, Sections 7, 8, 17, 18, B.M. (Map #25). Beauty Creek drainage, west of Elk Mountain, near Mineral Ridge.

Fernan Rod & Gun Club Permit Re-Issue
EA

- Special use management

Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 08/2012

Expected:12/2012

01/2013

Debbie Butler
(208) 443-6822
dabutler@fs.fed.us

Description: To authorize the continued operation and maintenance of a target range. The target range has operated under the special use permit since 1990. Permit may be issued for up to a 20-year term.

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T50 N, R3W, NE1/4, NW1/4 Section 2, B.M., Map #3. Fernan Hill/Smith Gulch.

Hogback Ridge/Mt. Coeur d'Alene Road Use Permits
CE

- Special use management

In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/12/2012

Expected:07/2012

08/2012

Tamara Maiolie
208-769-3071
tmaiolie@fs.fed.us

Description: Requests from Forest Capital and Stimson Lumber Company to use the Forest Road 378 series to haul logs from their property.

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T48N, R2W, Sections 8, 16-18, and 21; and T49N, R3W, Section 22, B.M. (Map #14). Hogback Ridge and Mt. Coeur d'Alene.

Idaho Fish & Game Trail Creek Facility Authorization
CE

- Special use management

In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/01/2010
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 07/2012

Expected:08/2012

08/2012

Barbara Hansen
208-769-3050
bjhansen@fs.fed.us

Description: Occupying facility.

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T52N, R2E, sec. 19, B.M., Map #1. Trail Creek drainage, adjacent to Forest Service Road 422.

Idaho Public Broadcasting System Communication Use Lease Amendment #1
CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Special use management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/13/2012

Expected:07/2012

08/2012

Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us

Description: Idaho Public Broadcasting System proposes to amend their Communication Use Lease to include a generator and 372 gallon diesel fuel tank to provide emergency backup power at their communication facility on West Canfield Butte.

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - Section 29, T51N, R3W, B.M. Communication Site on West Canfield Butte, Map #20.

Last Rainbow
CE

- Minerals and Geology

On Hold

N/A

Mindy Vogel
208-765-7452
msvogel@fs.fed.us

Description: Excavate ~35 sq. ft. panel to bedrock and dredge inside hole

Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Sec 11, T49N, R4E, BM. Last Creek in the Trail Creek drainage, along Kings Pass Hwy (#605), Map #16.

Lookout Pass Ski Hill Chairlift Installation
CE

- Special use management

Completed

Actual: 06/05/2012

07/2012

Michael Leverick
208-783-2112
mleverick@fs.fed.us

Description: Replace an existing tow rope with a beginner chairlift. Seven holes would need to be excavated for concrete support footings. All work would occur on already-disturbed ground. No trees would be removed.

Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T47N, R63, Section 4, and T20N, R32W, Section 32, B.M. (Map #14). Lookout Pass Ski Hill.

Lutherhaven Outfitter Guide Special Use Permit
CE

- Special use management

In Progress:
Scoping Start 01/09/2012

Expected:07/2012

07/2012

Claire Pitner
208-769-3033
cpitner@fs.fed.us

Description: Lutherhaven Ministries has requested a special use permit to allow guided nature hikes, road biking, horseback riding, and other activities on the Coeur d'Alene River R.D.

Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Multiple across the District. Specific open system trails, access sites, and dispersed camp sites across the Coeur d'Alene River R.D.

Medimont Bank Stabilization Project
CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Recreation management
- Watershed management

In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/24/2012
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 07/2012

Expected:07/2012

08/2012

Claire Pitner
208-769-3033
cpitner@fs.fed.us

Description: Stabilize areas of river bank erosion to protect investments at the Medimont Boat Launch, and reduce exposure to heavy metal contamination in the area.

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - NW 1/2 of Section 28, T48N, R2W, B.M. Map #24 - Chain Lakes Area of the Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District.

Medimont Developed Site Rehabilitation
CE

- Recreation management

Completed

Actual: 06/04/2012

05/2012

Claire Pitner
208-769-3033
cpitner@fs.fed.us

Description: Improve Medimont Boat Launch facility by paving road and parking area, decommissioning illegal route from parking lot, installing concrete boat ramp, and installing outhouse.

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T48N, R2W, Sec. 28, B.M. South of Killarney Lake, Map #24.

Moon Digs
CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Minerals and Geology

Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 08/2012

Expected:01/2013

05/2013

Mindy Vogel
208-765-7452
msvogel@fs.fed.us

Description: Underground mineral exploration involving hand drilling, sampling, and mapping existing adits.

Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T49N, R3E, Section 26, B.M. (Map #23). W. F. Moon Gulch north of Osburn, ID on County Road #930.

Moose Drool
EA

- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management

Completed

Actual: 05/11/2012

07/2012

Katherine Prussian
208-769-3067
katherineprussian@fs.fed.us

Description: Watershed Restoration project aimed to improve water quality and stream habitat across 21,600 acres in the upper Little North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River. Watershed improvement activities include road, riparian area, and in-stream activities.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=34428

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T52N, R1W, BM. Upper Little North Fork Coeur d'Alene River watershed, Map #17.

NIC Yurt Special Use Permit
CE

- Special use management

On Hold

N/A

Claire Pitner
208-769-3033
cpitner@fs.fed.us

Description: North Idaho College (NIC) is requesting a Special Use Permit to construct a yurt on West Willow Peak to be used for academic and extracurricular programs, such as avalanche education, natural resource management, etc.

Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T47N, R5E, Section 11, B.M. Near West Willow Peak in the Boulder Creek drainage, Map #9.

Progress Camp Drill Core Exploration
CE

- Minerals and Geology

On Hold

N/A

Mindy Vogel
208-765-7452
msvogel@fs.fed.us

Description: Lode mineral exploration consisting of drill holes in five different sites.

Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T50N, R5E, Section 19 and T50N, R4E, Section 10, BM. Map #7 - E. Fk. of Eagle Creek near Oregon Gulch and N. Fk. of the Coeur d'Alene River just upriver from the Shoshone Work Center.

Prospecting Duke
CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Minerals and Geology

Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 08/2012

Expected:10/2012

05/2013

Mindy Vogel
208-765-7452
msvogel@fs.fed.us

Description: Trenching 250" x 30' with 200' temporary access road, gravel will be hauled offsite (private) to process for gold and reeturned for reclamation.

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T49N, R4W, Section 4, B.M. Map # 22 - Prospect Gulch south of Babins Junction on the Coeur d'Alene river Ranger District.

Red Beauty HFRA Project
EA

- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management

In Progress:
Objection Period Legal Notice 06/04/2012

Expected:07/2012

09/2012

Michael Jow
208-769-3070
mjow@fs.fed.us

Description: Forest stand management, fuel reduction, road construction, road reconstruction and road decommissioning.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=7423

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T48 and 49N, R2 and 3W, B.M. Map #13 - Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District.

Reissuance of Kootenai Electric Cooperative's Authorization
CE

- Special use management

On Hold

N/A

Leann Maupin
208-765-7275
lmaupin@fs.fed.us

Description: Maintenance of electrical rights-of-way

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T48N, R2W, sec. 28; T48N, R4W, sec. 25; T50N, R3W, sec. 3, 4; T51N, R3W, sec. 1, 11, 23; T51N, R4W, sec. 34; T53N, R4W, sec. 27; T54N, R2W, sec. 14, 22, 26, 27, BM. Multiple locations on the District.

Spyglass Lookout Restoration
CE

- Recreation management

Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 07/2012

Expected:08/2012

08/2012

Claire Pitner
928-527-3473
cpitner@fs.fed.us

Description: A multi-year plan to restore Spyglass Lookout groundhouse and association buildings to historic condition.

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T52N, R2E, Section 22, B.M. (Map #15). Spyglass Peak.

Steamboat Aquatic Restoration Project
EA

- Watershed management
- Road management

On Hold

N/A

John Ruebke
(208) 769-3019
jruebke@fs.fed.us

Description: Upgrade culverts on open roads, decommission (by removing culvert) on closed roads, reroute segments of encroaching roads, and fish habitat rehabilitation

Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T51N, R2E, Sec 1-6, 8-16, 23 & 24; T51N, R3E, Sec 5-7, 18 & 19; T52N, R1E Sec 24, 25; T52N, R2E, Sec 9, 10, 14-36; T52N, R3E, Sec 30-32, B.M. Map #6 - Steamboat and Scott Creek drainages.

Steamboat Snow Groomer Shed
CE

- Recreation management

Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 07/2012

Expected:11/2012

08/2013

Andrew Boggs
208-769-3038
aboggs@fs.fed.us

Description: Construct a storage shed 70x24-foot pole building (wood with metal roof and sides) at Steamboat Trailhead for use by snow groomer. Construction/maintenance would be performed by Shoshone County and its Snowmobile Groomer Board.

Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T50N, R2E, Section 24, B.M. (Map #12). Steamboat Creek Trailhead, at the junciton of Shoshone County Road 1C and Forest Road 400.

Trail 241 Causeway
CE

- Recreation management

Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 07/2012

Expected:09/2012

09/2012

Andrew Boggs
208-769-3038
aboggs@fs.fed.us

Description: Construct 1,000 feet of causeway through a mud bog area of Marie Creek Trail 241.

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T52N, R2W, Section 15, B.M. (Map #11). One-half mile from the trailhead of Trail 241, along Forest Road 202.

Trails 16, 226 and 113 Redesignation
CE

- Recreation management

Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 07/2012

Expected:11/2012

04/2013

Andrew Boggs
208-769-3038
aboggs@fs.fed.us

Description: Redesignate Trails 113, 226 and a portion of Trail 16 (from Trail 133 to Trail 226) from "open to motorized vehicles 50 inches or less" to "4WD vehicles greater than 50 inches." No construction or reconstruction would occur.

Location: UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T47N, R2 and 3E, sections 31, 32, 5, 7, 8, 13-17, B.M. (Map #2). St. Joe Divide Trails 226, 113 and the portion of Trail 16 between its junction with Trails 226 and 113.

W&R Land Company LLC Access Road Special Use Permit Renewal
CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Special use management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/26/2012

Expected:07/2012

08/2012

Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us

Description: Renewal of an existing Special Use Permit to provide access across Forest Service System lands for an additional 10 year period. The access road is approximately 0.30 miles and 40 feet in width (1.35 acres).

Location: UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - Township 53 North, Range 2 West, NW ¼ SW ¼ Section 27, BM. Along Forest Road 332, Map #19.

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Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Priest Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R1 - Northern Region

Project Name

Project Purpose

Planning Status

Decision

Expected Implementation

Project Contact

Grandview Resort Permit Reissue
CE

- Special use management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 05/02/2012

Expected:07/2012

08/2012

Debbie Butler
(208) 443-6822
dabutler@fs.fed.us

Description: Continue operation and maintenance of one cabin (#11) located on NFSL. The Grandview cabin has operated under permit since 1970. The remainder of the resort is on private property.

Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T61N, R4W, Section 20, BM. Reeder Bay area, just NE of the Ledgewood Recreation Residence Tract. Map #29.

Lakeview-Reeder HFRA Project
EIS

- Fuels management

Completed

Actual: 05/09/2012
05/10/2010
12/04/2009

06/2012

Albert Helgenberg
208-265-6643
ajhelgenberg@fs.fed.us

Description: Hazardous fuels reduction on about 2,319 acres
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=6258

Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho, Washington. COUNTY - Bonner, Pend Oreille. LEGAL - T60N, T61N, R4W, R5W, B.M.; T36N, T37N, R45E, R46E, W.M. Map #1 - Kalispell Creek and Granite Creek drainages.

Lower Priest
EA

- Forest products

In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/22/2012
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 09/2012

Expected:11/2012

03/2013

Albert Helgenberg
208-265-6643
ajhelgenberg@fs.fed.us

Description: Vegetation and fuels management.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37009

Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - Portions of T58N, R5W, Sections 11, 12 and 14; T58N, R4W, Sections 6, 7 and 18-21, B.M. Cottonwood Creek, Dubius Creek and Murray Creek drainages accessed by the Gleason-McAbee Falls County Road. Map #3.

Luby Bay Water Association Permit Renewal
CE

- Special use management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 05/02/2012

Expected:07/2012

08/2012

Debbie Butler
(208) 443-6822
dabutler@fs.fed.us

Description: Continue authorization for operation and maintenance of an existing community water system that serves 18 recreation residences in the Luby Bay Tract.

Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T 60 N, R 5 W, NW 1/4, NE 1/4, Section 24, B.M. Priest Lake, Luby Bay, Map # 23.

Outlet Water Association SUP Amendment
CE

- Special use management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/26/2012

Expected:08/2012

09/2012

Leann Maupin
208-765-7275
lmaupin@fs.fed.us

Description: Amend existing Special Use Permit to include a second well, security fencing and improved access to permitted facilities.

Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - E 1/2, NE 1/4, Section 6, T59N, R4W, B.M. Lamb Creek drainage in the vicinity of Outlet Bay. Map #8.

Priest Lake Cattle & Horse Allotment Management Plans Project
EA

- Grazing management

Completed

Actual: 04/16/2012

05/2013

Nancy Kertis
208-265-6616
nkertis@fs.fed.us

Description: Livestock grazing
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=16515

Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - BM, T57N, 58N, 59N, 60N, R5W; T57N , R6W; WM, T33N, 34N, R45E; T33N, 34N, 35N, 36N, R46E. Boswell, Four Corners, Lamb Creek, Lower Squaw Valley, Moores Creek, and Upper Squaw Valley allotments.

Priest Lake Museum Association Permit Renewal
CE

- Special use management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 05/02/2012

Expected:07/2012

08/2012

Debbie Butler
(208) 443-6822
dabutler@fs.fed.us

Description: 10 year permit renewal. Maintain the artifacts and exhibits at the museum. Provide interpretive services on historical information in the Priest Lake area and provide volunteer staff to provide visitor information services.

Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T. 60 N., R. 5 W., NE ¼ Section 24, B.M. Luby Bay, 38 Priest Lake Museum Road. Map #9.

Selkirk Guiding and Outfitting - Trail Ride Ammendment
CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Special use management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 05/08/2012

Expected:08/2012

09/2012

Debbie Butler
(208) 443-6822
dabutler@fs.fed.us

Description: Guided horseback rides parallel to existing roads near the Priest Lake Ranger District.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39658

Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T61N, R5W, Sections 14, 22, 23, and 15, B.M. Nordman, Reeder Creek, and Bismarck Guard Station.

Solo Quartz Crystal Management Area
CE

- Minerals and Geology

In Progress:
Scoping Start 01/27/2009
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 07/2012

Expected:11/2012

06/2013

Mindy Vogel
208-765-7452
msvogel@fs.fed.us

Description: Setting up management parameters for removing crystal material from the site

Location: UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Pend Oreille. LEGAL - T34N R45E Section 1, Willamette Meridian. Map #16 - Solo Creek drainage approximately one mile up Road #659.

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Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Sandpoint Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R1 - Northern Region

Project Name

Project Purpose

Planning Status

Decision

Expected Implementation

Project Contact

Falling Drill
CE

- Minerals and Geology

Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 11/2012

Expected:05/2013

06/2013

Mindy Vogel
208-765-7452
msvogel@fs.fed.us

Description: Drill core mineral exploration. One drill site is proposed (up to nine holes drilled from one location).

Location: UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T.54N., R.1W., Section 1, BM. Falls Creek. Forest Road 1088 to Falls Creek mine site.

Schweitzer Fuels Reduction
CE

- Fuels management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 03/02/2012

Expected:07/2012

11/2012

Sara Savage
208-443-6834
sesavage@fs.fed.us

Description: Fuels treatment.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=32709

Location: UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - Sections 26, 27, and 34, T 58 N, R 2 W, B.M. Sand Creek and Schweitzer Creek, Map # 30.

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Idaho Panhandle National Forest, St. Joe Ranger DistricT (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R1 - Northern Region

Project Name

Project Purpose

Planning Status

Decision

Expected Implementation

Project Contact

Avery Water & Sewer District’s Special Use Permit Renewal
CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Special use management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/13/2012

Expected:07/2012

08/2012

Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us

Description: Renewal of the Avery Water & Sewer District’s Special Use Permit for continued operation and maintenance of an existing sewer line along Forest Highway 50 and the Avery administrative site.

Location: UNIT - Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Sections 15 and 16, T45N, R5E, B.M. Along Forest Highway 50 and the Avery administrative site.

Lines Creek BPA Electronic Site Expansion
CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Special use management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 05/29/2012

Expected:08/2012

09/2012

James McFarland
208-245-2531
lmyhre@fs.fed.us

Description: BPA has requested to upgrade and expand the electronic site used to monitor the Dworshak to Taft transmission line.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39469

Location: UNIT - Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - SW 1/4, SW 1/4, Section 33, T44N, R2E. Map #8 - Lines Creek in the Bussel Creek drainage.

Marble Creek Splash Dam Fish Passage Project
CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants

In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/26/2012
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 07/2012

Expected:01/2013

08/2013

Lisa Hawdon
208-245-6045
lhawdon@fs.fed.us

Description: The St. Joe Ranger District is partnering with the USFWS, Idaho DEQ, Idaho Dept. of Fish & Game, and Avista Corp to breach two historic splash dams on Marble Creek to increase amount of habitat available for bull trout.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39210

Location: UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Section 1, T43N, R3E, BM. Several miles upstream of the creek's confluence with the St. Joe River within the U.S. Forest Service's Grandmother Mountain Roadless Area.

St. Joe 2012 Timber Stand Improvement Project
CE

- Vegetation management (other than forest products)

Completed

Actual: 05/03/2012

08/2012

Lynette Myhre
208-245-2531
lmyhre@fs.fed.us

Description: Approximately 6,500 acres of precommercial thinning with white pine pruning in some areas to be completed in the next five to ten years.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35051

Location: UNIT - Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Latah, Shoshone. LEGAL - Many sections, townships, and ranges across the St. Joe Ranger District. Across the St. Joe Ranger District.

St. Joe Bridge Replacement #3
CE

- Road management

Completed

Actual: 03/08/2011

03/2011

Lynette Myhre
208-245-6034
lmyhre@fs.fed.us

Description: Bridge replacement on Road 1268 across the Little North Fork of the Clearwater River. This bridge was part of the original St. Joe Remedial Bridge Repair and Replacement Project.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=34471

Location: UNIT - Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Section 15, T43N, R5E, BM. Map #2 - St. Joe Ranger District - Road 1268 LNF Clearwater.

St. Joe Travel Management Plan
EA

- Recreation management
- Road management

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 09/11/2009

Expected:08/2012

04/2013

Mary Price
208-245-6022
mprice@fs.fed.us

Description: Designating roads and trails for public motorized vehicle use on the St. Joe Ranger District.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=26188

Location: UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District, Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Clearwater, Latah, Shoshone. St. Joe Ranger District including Avery RD & St. Maries RD.

Windy Larch
CE

- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)

In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 12/05/2011

Expected:07/2012

05/2013

James McFarland
208-245-6026
jdmcfarland@fs.fed.us

Description: Commercial thinning on approx. 70 acres using skyline and tractor logging systems to improve the health and vigor of the remaining trees, maintain long-lived early-seral tree species, and provide timber products.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37600

Location: UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Section 5, T42N, R3E, BM. Map #7 - 10 miles NW of Clarkia, ID in the Windy Creek and Gold Center Drainages of the St. Maries River.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).

To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.

Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)07/01/2012 to 09/30/2012Idaho Panhandle National Forest

Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)
07/01/2012 to 09/30/2012
Idaho Panhandle National Forest