Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)
07/01/2010 to 09/30/2010
White Mountain 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) :
-  R9 - Eastern Region, White Mountain National Forest,  Androscoggin Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
-  R9 - Eastern Region, White Mountain National Forest,  Pemigewasset Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
-  R9 - Eastern Region, White Mountain National Forest,  Saco Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

White Mountain National Forest,   Androscoggin Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R9 - Eastern Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Aquatic Passage Improvement on Bog Dam Loop Road
CE
 - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management 		 Completed  Actual: 06/08/2010  08/2010 Mark Prout
603-536-6224
mprout@fs.fed.us 
Description: Replace up to 14 existing culverts on tributaries to the Upper Ammonoosuc River to improve passage for aquatic species.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=28677
Location: UNIT - Androscoggin Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos. Bog Dam Loop Road (FR 15).
Dolly Copp Campground Rehabilitation Project
EA
 - Recreation management
- Facility management 		 Completed  Actual: 04/29/2010  07/2011 Thomas Moore
603-466-2713 x226
tmmoore@fs.fed.us 
Description: Repair and improvement of campground facilities including roads, campsites, water and wastewater systems, and restrooms. Installation of pedestal hookups on selected loops, shower facilities, a dump station, and volunteer sites.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=27395
Location: UNIT - Androscoggin Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos. Martin's Location.
Glen Ellis Site Improvement Project
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Recreation management
- Heritage resource management
- Facility management 		 Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 09/2010  		Expected:09/2011  10/2011 Kori Marchowsky
603-536-6108
kmarchowsky@fs.fed.us 
Description: Develop and implement a new Site Plan. New plan may consider improving parking, drainage, toilet facilities, hiking trail to falls, and picnic area.
Location: UNIT - Androscoggin Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos. Glen Ellis Falls Day Use Area.
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White Mountain National Forest,   Pemigewasset Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R9 - Eastern Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Access to Gale River Road Inholding
EA
 - Special use management  In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 03/25/2010  		Expected:08/2010
  		10/2010 Kori Marchowsky
603-536-6108
kmarchowsky@fs.fed.us 
Description: Proposal to construct a road approximately one mile long across WMNF lands for access to private inholding completely surrounded by Forest lands south of US Route 3 in Bethlehem, NH.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=24416
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - South of US Route 3 in Bethlehem, NH, within the loop of the Gale River Road. Bethlehem, NH.
Crawford Stewardship Project
EA
 - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Watershed management
- Special use management
- Facility management
- Road management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/12/2010
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 09/2010  		Expected:12/2010
  		10/2011 Sue Wingate
559-920-5235
swingate01@fs.fed.us 
Description: An integrated resource project with activities including maintenance and improvement of existing recreation facilities, wildlife habitat improvement, timber harvesting, timber stand improvement, and watershed improvement.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=24599
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos, Grafton. Coos County, Towns of Carroll and Crawfords Purchase and Grafton County, Town of Bethlehem.
Eliza Brook Shelter Reconstruction
CE
 - Recreation management
- Special area management 		 Completed  Actual: 05/14/2010  09/2010 Kori Marchowsky
603-536-6108
kmarchowsky@fs.fed.us 
Description: Eliza Brook Shelter on the Appalachian Trail is deteriorating and needs replacement. This project would replace the shelter and move it further from Eliza Brook.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=31013
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. Eliza Brook Shelter is along the Appalachian Trail north of the Reel Brook Trail junction and south of South Kinsman peak in the town of Lincoln, NH.
Forest Road 473 Special Use Permit
CE
 - Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/11/2008  		Expected:08/2010
  		09/2010 Kori Marchowsky
603-536-6108
kmarchowsky@fs.fed.us 
Description: Issue a special use permit for maintenance and use of approximately 900 feet of FR 473 across NFS lands to access private property. Maintenance would include improvements to the surface of an historic stone culvert/bridge crossing a small drainage.
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. FR 473 across NFS lands in the town of Benton, NH.
Gale River Trail Relocation
CE
 - Recreation management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/11/2010  		Expected:07/2010
  		08/2010 Kori Marchowsky
603-536-6108
kmarchowsky@fs.fed.us 
Description: This proposed relocation of the Gale River Trail would eliminate two trail crossings of the Gale River which are difficult during moderate or high water conditions. A bridge at one crossing location washed out in 2005 and has not been replaced.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=28116
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. The proposed relocation would begin approximately 2 1/2 miles up the Gale River Trail from the trailhead on the Gale River Loop Road.
Oliverian Brook Watershed Improvement Project
CE
 - Watershed management  Completed  Actual: 06/10/2010  07/2010 Molly Fuller
603-536-6101
mfuller01@fs.fed.us 
Description: Restoration of aquatic and riparian habitat in and adjacent to Oliverian Brook, including removal of fill previously dumped in side channel, removal of old bridge abutments, and rehabilitation of a portion of old Route 25.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=31677
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. Oliverian Brook watershed, primarily in and adjacent to the opening at the base of Owl's Head Cliff in Benton, NH.
Swan's Way Nordic Trail Relocation, Waterville Valley Nordic Ski Area
CE
 - Recreation management
- Watershed management
- Special use management 		 Completed  Actual: 06/08/2010  08/2010 Kori Marchowsky
603-536-6108
kmarchowsky@fs.fed.us 
Description: Reroute less than 500 feet of nordic ski trail around a wet area affected by nearby beaver activity.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=31005
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. Swan's Way Trail, Waterville Valley Nordic Ski Area, Waterville Valley, NH.
Tripoli Road Campsite Redesign Project
EA
 - Recreation management
- Watershed management 		 Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 09/2010  		Expected:05/2012  01/2013 Kori Marchowsky
603-536-6108
kmarchowsky@fs.fed.us 
Description: Relocation and redesign of some of the campsites along Tripoli Road and adjacent spur roads to mitigate safety and resource concerns.
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. Tripoli Road, Mack Brook Road and Hix Mountain Spur Road between Exit 31 on I-93 and the town of Waterville Valley.
World Cup T-Bar Extension Project, Waterville Valley Alpine Ski Area
CE
 - Recreation management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 07/2010  		Expected:09/2010  09/2010 Kori Marchowsky
603-536-6108
kmarchowsky@fs.fed.us 
Description: Extend the existing World Cup T-Bar approximately 800 lineal feet upslope to the Slalom Start area in order to enable this lift to provide access to additional trails and skiable terrain.
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. Waterville Valley Alpine Ski Area.
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White Mountain National Forest,   Saco Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R9 - Eastern Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Chatham Land Exchange
CE
 - Land ownership management
- Land acquisition 		 Completed  Actual: 03/18/2010  03/2010 Lauren Oswald
603-447-5448x109
lmoswald@fs.fed.us 
Description: The White Mountain National Forest is proposing a value for value land exchange in Carroll County, New Hampshire. The exchange involves 4 parcels, 2 federal and 2 non-federal. Three are in the Town of Chatham and one is in the Town of Bartlett
Web Link:  http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=26273
Location: UNIT - Saco Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Carroll. Town of Chatham, New Hampshire.
Deer Hill Mineral Site
CE
 - Recreation management
- Forest products
- Minerals and Geology 		 Cancelled  N/A  N/A Rodney Wilson
603-447-5448 (120)
rmwilson@fs.fed.us 
Description: This project will include small permanent openings in the forest canopy and clearing of about an acre of the forest. The openings will be used for recreational mining to replace exhausted adjacent openings within the Deer Hill Mineral Site.
Location: UNIT - Saco Ranger District. STATE - Maine. COUNTY - Oxford. Deer Hill Mineral Site, Town of Stow, Maine.
McCrillis Path Trail Relocation Project
EA
 - Recreation management
- Special area management
- Land ownership management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/01/2008
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 07/2010  		Expected:09/2010
  		11/2010 Rodney Wilson
603-447-5448 (120)
rmwilson@fs.fed.us 
Description: Relocation of approximately 2500 feet of trail from private property onto the White Mountain National Forest. This relocation will restore public access to the McCrillis Path.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=24573
Location: UNIT - Saco Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Carroll. Town of Sandwich, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
Moat Mountain Trail System Project
EA
 - Recreation management  In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/22/2010  		Expected:08/2010
  		10/2010 Jana Johnson
603-447-5448
janajohnson@fs.fed.us 
Description: Proposal: Add approximately 12 miles of non-system trails, primarily designed for mountain biking, to the National Forest System
Web Link:  http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=30375
Location: UNIT - Saco Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Carroll. Towns of Albany, Bartlett, Conway, and Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire, on the Saco Ranger District.
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Special Use Permit
CE
 - Special use management
- Facility management 		 Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 08/2010  		Expected:09/2010  10/2010 Rodney Wilson
603-447-5448 (120)
rmwilson@fs.fed.us 
Description: The project and decision is whether or not to approve a Special Use Permit to the National Science Foundation to set up and maintain a (4 acre) scientific data collection and monitoring site for up to ten years on the Bartlett Experimental Forest.
Location: UNIT - Saco Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Carroll. A 4 acre site on Bartlett Experimental Forest, Bartlett, New Hampshire.
Northeast Swift Integrated Resource Management Project
EA
 - Recreation management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Watershed management
- Road management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/24/2010
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 01/2011  		Expected:03/2011
  		09/2011 Desiree Johnston
603-447-5448 x128
dajohnston@fs.fed.us 
Description: An integrated resource project that considers activities to move the NE Swift HMU toward the desired condition through timber, wildlife habitat, recreation, fisheries and aquatic management, road improvements or decommissioning, and other activities.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/white_mountain/projects/projects
Location: UNIT - Saco Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Carroll. UNIT - Saco Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Carroll. North of Swift River, East of Douglas Brook.
Switchback Snowmobile Trail Relocation
EA
 - Recreation management   On Hold  N/A  N/A Lauren Oswald
603-447-5448x109
lmoswald@fs.fed.us 
Description: Relocation of the Switchback Snowmobile Trail, including construction/ reconstruction of approximately 4 miles of snowmobile trail and closure of approximately 3.5 miles of snowmobile trail on WMNF land. Previously listed on SOPA as Slippery Brook.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=12739
Location: UNIT - Saco Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Carroll. Towns of Jackson and Chatham, Carroll County, NH.
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This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.