Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) |
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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, Custer National Forest, Ashland Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) - R1 - Northern Region, Custer National Forest, Beartooth Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) - R1 - Northern Region, Custer National Forest, Sioux Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) | |||||
Projects Occurring Nationwide |
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| Project Name | Project Purpose | Planning Status | Decision | Expected Implementation | Project Contact |
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Land Management Planning Rule EIS |
- Regulations, Directives, Orders |
In Progress: NOI in Federal Register 12/18/2009 Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 12/2010 |
Expected:11/2011 |
12/2011 |
Larry Hayden 202-205-1559 lhayden@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 |
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| Location: UNIT - All Districts-level Units. STATE - All States. COUNTY - All Counties. Agency-wide Rule. | |||||
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Nationwide Aerial Application of Fire Retardant on National Forest System Lands. EIS *NEW LISTING* |
- Regulations, Directives, Orders |
In Progress: NOI in Federal Register 08/27/2010 Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 01/2011 |
Expected:12/2011 |
01/2012 |
Glen Stein 208-869-5405 gstein@fs.fed.us |
| Description: The Forest Service will prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement for the continued nationwide aerial application of fire retardant on National Forest System lands.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/retardant/index.html |
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| Location: UNIT - All Districts-level Units. STATE - All States. COUNTY - All Counties. Nationwide. | |||||
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R1 - Northern Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide) |
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| Project Name | Project Purpose | Planning Status | Decision | Expected Implementation | Project Contact |
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East Boulder Mine Post Closure Water Management Plan and BOE Ranch LAD Alternative EIS |
- Minerals and Geology |
In Progress: NOI in Federal Register 07/27/2001 Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 12/2010 |
Expected:02/2011 |
04/2011 |
Peter Werner 406-587-6962 pgwerner@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Analysis of operational and post-closure water management at the East Boulder Mine, GNF, Big Timber District. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Beartooth Ranger District, Big Timber Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Carbon, Stillwater, Sweet Grass. East Boulder River near confluence with Dry Fork Creek. | |||||
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Custer National Forest, Ashland Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) |
R1 - Northern Region | ||||
| Project Name | Project Purpose | Planning Status | Decision | Expected Implementation | Project Contact |
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15-Elk HFRA Project EA |
- Forest products - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management |
On Hold | N/A | N/A |
Walt Allen 406-784-2344 wallen@fs.fed.us |
| Description: 15 Elk Fuels Reduction Project's purpose will be to reduce wildfire risk within the project area through strategic hazardous fuels reduction. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Ashland Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Powder River. LEGAL - T5 & 6 S, R(s) 45, 46, &47. NFS lands within the 15 mile and Elk Creek drainages. | |||||
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Beaver Creek Landscape Management Project EIS |
- Forest products - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management - Road management |
In Progress: NOI in Federal Register 04/02/2010 Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 10/2010 |
Expected:04/2011 |
06/2011 |
Dan Seifert 406-446-4520 dseifert@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Manage forest vegetation in a manner that increases resilency of the ecosystem to future wildland fires. Proposed vegetation treatments will consist of a variety of hand and mechanical thinning (commercially/noncommercially) & prescribed burning. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Ashland Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Powder River. 17 miles east of Ashland, Montana, north of Hwy 212. | |||||
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Cow Creek Prescribed Fire Project CE |
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management |
On Hold | N/A | N/A |
Gregory Juvan 406-784-2344 gjuvan@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Prescribed burning in 2000 Stag Fire perimeter to reduce heavy dead and down fuel loadings. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Ashland Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Powder River. LEGAL - T6S, R45E, in portions of Sec(s) 9-17, 20-23, and 27-28; and T6S, R46E, Sec 18-19. Cow Creek drainage. | |||||
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Cow Creek Rangeland Project EA |
- Grazing management | On Hold | N/A | N/A |
Megan Dawson 406-784-2344 mbdawson@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Conduct environmental analysis of livestock grazing on the 16,189 acres Cow Creek allotment. The District Ranger will decide whether or not to authorize grazing, & if so, the site specific livestock grazing preseciptions to be implemented. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Ashland Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Powder River, Rosebud. LEGAL - T6S, R45E, various number of sections. Cow Creek Allotment, 20 miles south of Ashland, Montana. | |||||
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Roads 4409 & 44236 Junctions Re-alignment, Reconstruction, Road Maintenance & Improvement Project EA *NEW LISTING* |
- Road management | Completed | Actual: 08/28/2010 | 10/2010 |
Mark Slacks 406-657-6205 ext. 240 mslacks@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Re-align Road #4409 and Trail #44236 junctions where these roads intersect with the East Fork Otter Creek Road. Reconstruct 2.53 miles of Road #4409. Reconstruction includes constructing rolling dips, gravel surfacing, grade reduction, & re-alignment | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Ashland Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Powder River. Road 4409 (Cook Mountain Divide road) and Trail 44236. | |||||
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Custer National Forest, Beartooth Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) |
R1 - Northern Region | ||||
| Project Name | Project Purpose | Planning Status | Decision | Expected Implementation | Project Contact |
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Beartooth Mountain Christian Ranch Special Use Permit CE |
- Special use management | Completed | Actual: 06/15/2010 | 07/2010 |
Allie Wood 406-446-2103 awood01@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Issue a five-yr. outfitter & guide special use permit to the Evangelical Church of North Americal DBA Beartooth Mountain Christian Ranch for 400 service user days for summer horseback day ride in the Little Rocky Crk area. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Beartooth Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Carbon, Stillwater. LEGAL - T5S, R16E, Sec(s) 16 & 17. Little Rocky Creek and Benbow area. | |||||
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Beartooth Ranger District Aquatic Organism Passage Project, Little Rocky Creek Culvert Replacement CE |
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Watershed management - Road management |
In Progress: Scoping Start 12/08/2009 |
Expected:11/2010 |
12/2010 |
Thomas Whitford 406-657-6200 twhitford@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Replace two smaller dia. culverts w. a large dia. culvert on Benbow Rd (2414), as well as reconstruct the west approach btwn the culverts & the Benbow millsite. This project was separated from the Benbow portion of project #31906. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Beartooth Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Stillwater. LEGAL - T5S, R16E, Sec 21. Benbow Rd #2414, Little Rocky drainage. | |||||
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Big Ice Cave Mineral Withdrawal EA |
- Land ownership management | Completed | Actual: 01/21/2009 | 07/2010 |
Mark Slacks 406-657-6205 ext. 240 mslacks@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Big Ice Cave Mineral Withdrawal | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Beartooth Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Carbon. LEGAL - T8S, R27E, Sec 3, SE1/4 and Sec. 10 N1/2 N1/2 NW1/4 NE1/4, PMM. Big Ice Cave and the surrounding 170 acre area. | |||||
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Camp Manito-Wish Special Use Outfitter & Guide CE CE *NEW LISTING* |
- Recreation management - Special use management |
Completed | Actual: 05/06/2010 | 06/2010 |
Jeff Gildehaus 406-446-4584 jgildehaus@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Progessive backpacking trips provided by outfitter and guide operations via a special use permit. Five year priority use special use permit. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Beartooth Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass. Beartooth Ranger District, Custer NF; Gardiner Ranger District, Gallatin NF; Wapati Ranger District, Shoshone NF. | |||||
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Fishtail Butte Fuel Reduction Project CE |
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management |
Completed | Actual: 09/22/2010 | 10/2010 |
Tim Bumgarner 406-446-4528 tbumgarner@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Hazardous fuels reduction (thinning, hand piling, and pile burning) across approximately 75 acres within Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) along the Forest boundary. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Beartooth Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Stillwater. LEGAL - T4S, R16E, SE1/4, S15. SW of Fishtail Butte, adjacent to Meadow Crk Subdivision, BLM land, and Benbow Rd #2414. | |||||
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Grizzly Peak Radio Repeater CE |
- Facility management | Completed | Actual: 09/15/2010 | 10/2010 |
Drew Brown 406-446-2103 dbrown@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Install temporary radio repeater tower for Forest Service administrative use. If site proves adequate, install permanent approx. 8' X 16! building and 40' tower. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Beartooth Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Carbon. LEGAL - T7S, R19E, Sec 35. Grizzly Peak, Red Lodge Mountain Ski Area. | |||||
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Initial Creek ROW and Trail Construction CE |
- Recreation management - Land acquisition |
On Hold | N/A | N/A |
Allie Wood 406-446-2103 awood01@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Secure legal ROW and construct trail acros one mile of patented mineral land and construct a bridge to provide trail access from Initial Crk campground to the WF Stillwater River. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Beartooth Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Sweet Grass. LEGAL - T5S, R14E, Sec. 14. Initial Creek Trail, West Fork Stillwater River. | |||||
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Nevoro Montana, Inc. West Vez Project Plan of Ops for Mineral Exploration - Custer & Gallatin NFs CE |
- Minerals and Geology |
In Progress: Scoping Start 05/14/2010 |
Expected:10/2010 |
07/2011 |
Dan Seifert 406-446-4520 dseifert@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Exploratory core drilling proposed at two sites on the Custer NF and eight sites on the Gallatin NF using small drill rigs transported to the sites via helicopter or pack stock. Total proposed disturbance is less than 0.5 acres. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Beartooth Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Sweet Grass. LEGAL - T4S, R13E, Sec(s) 1, 2, 34; T5S, R14E, Sec(s) 7, 8, 20, & 21. Beartooth Plateau - Iron Mountain and Chrome Mountain. | |||||
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Palisades Electronic Site - Verizon Wireless Special Use Permit CE |
- Special use management | Completed | Actual: 04/23/2010 | 10/2010 |
Terrill Jones 406-446-2103 tcjones@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Proposal to issue a special use permit to Verizon Wireless for the occupancy & use of NFS lands at the Palisades electronic site, as well as install a 100' faux pine tree cellular tower and approx. 12' X 26' shelter to house equipment. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Beartooth Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Carbon. LEGAL - T7S, R19E, NW1/4 Sec 25. Palisades electronic site, adjacent to Red Lodge Mountain Ski Resort. | |||||
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Pryor Mountain Gravel Pits Project CE *NEW LISTING* |
- Minerals and Geology - Road management |
Completed | Actual: 08/09/2010 | 10/2010 |
Mark Slacks 406-657-6205 ext. 240 mslacks@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Re-development of two previously used gravel pits located in the Pryor Mountains, the Upper Pit and Lower Pit. Gravel from which will be used for the Crooked Creek Rd project. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Beartooth Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Carbon. LEGAL - T7S, R26E, Sec(s). 19 & 26. North side of Pryor Mountains, near the Forest boundary. | |||||
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Red Lodge Mountain Reciprocal Access Agreement EA |
- Recreation management - Special use management - Road management |
Completed | Actual: 08/27/2010 | 10/2010 |
Jeff Gildehaus 406-446-4584 jgildehaus@fs.fed.us |
| Description: AG/JMA Red Lodge Realty Holdings, LLC has requested the Forest Service consider a proposal to exchange easements and provide for vehicular access on 2.5 mi & 1.5 mi of road reconstruction on Ski Run Rd (#21479 that extends thru intermingled NFS & RLM | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Beartooth Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Carbon. LEGAL - T7S, R19E, Sec(s) 25 & 26. Red Lodge Mountain (RLM), Ski Run Road #21479. | |||||
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Senia Creek Trail Re-alignment CE |
- Recreation management |
In Progress: Scoping Start 11/09/2007 |
Expected:10/2010 |
10/2010 |
Allie Wood 406-446-2103 awood01@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Re-align a section of Senia Creek trail to establish a new trail at grade within FS trail specifications. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Beartooth Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Carbon. LEGAL - T7S, R18E, Sec(s) 32-33. Senia Creek Trail, Red Lodge Creek Plateau, A-B Wilderness. | |||||
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Stillwater Mining Company, Closure and Post Closure EIS |
- Minerals and Geology |
In Progress: NOI in Federal Register 07/27/2001 Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 10/2010 |
Expected:01/2011 |
04/2011 |
Patrick Pierson 406-657-6205 ppierson@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Determine bonding and management practices necessary once mine ceases operations | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Beartooth Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Stillwater. LEGAL - T5S, R15E, Sec(s) 21, 22. Stillwater Drainage. | |||||
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Custer National Forest, Sioux Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) |
R1 - Northern Region | ||||
| Project Name | Project Purpose | Planning Status | Decision | Expected Implementation | Project Contact |
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Chalk Buttes Range Project EA |
- Grazing management |
In Progress: Scoping Start 05/05/2010 Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 10/2010 |
Expected:12/2010 |
05/2011 |
Mark Buchanan 605-797-4432 mabuchanan@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Analysis of domestic livestock grazing on six allotments located in the Chalk Buttes land unit. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Sioux Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Carter. LEGAL - National Forest System lands in T1S, R57E, Principal and Black Hills Meridian. Chalk Buttes land unit. | |||||
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Crooked Creek Outfitters Special Use Permit CE |
- Special use management | Completed | Actual: 07/28/2010 | 10/2010 |
Tawni Cordell 605-797-4432 tdcordell@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Permit Crooked Creek Outfitters use of NFS lands for 25 service days annually for the 2010 through 2015 archery big game hunting season. Permit would be issued for a 5 yr. term. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Sioux Ranger District. STATE - South Dakota. COUNTY - Harding. South Cave Hills, East Short Pines, and the Slim Buttes land units in South Dakota. | |||||
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Lewton Road Re-alignment CE |
- Road management |
In Progress: Scoping Start 08/04/2010 |
Expected:10/2010 |
06/2011 |
Tawni Cordell 605-797-4432 tdcordell@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Re-align part of Lewton Road to provide better line-of-sight around a blind curve. The work is being proposed so as to provide for better driver safety on the South Dakota portion of Lewton Rd. The Right-of-Way would be updated. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Sioux Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Carter. LEGAL - T1N, R59E, Sec 19. Lewton Road, Long Pines land unit, South Dakota. | |||||
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