Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)
01/01/2021 to 03/31/2021
Plumas 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
-  R5 - Pacific Southwest Region, Plumas National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
-  R5 - Pacific Southwest Region, Plumas National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
-  R5 - Pacific Southwest Region, Plumas National Forest,  Beckwourth Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
-  R5 - Pacific Southwest Region, Plumas National Forest,  Feather River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
-  R5 - Pacific Southwest Region, Plumas National Forest,  Mt. Hough Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Projects Occurring Nationwide  

 
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Locatable Mining Rule - 36 CFR 228, subpart A.
EIS
 - Regulations, Directives, Orders  In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register 09/13/2018
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 11/2021  		Expected:12/2021
  		12/2021 Nancy Rusho
202-731-9196
nancy.rusho@usda.gov 
Description: The U.S. Department of Agriculture proposes revisions to its regulations at 36 CFR 228, Subpart A governing locatable minerals operations on National Forest System lands.A draft EIS & proposed rule should be available for review/comment in late 2020
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=57214
Location: UNIT - All Districts-level Units. STATE - All States. COUNTY - All Counties. LEGAL - Not Applicable. These regulations apply to all NFS lands open to mineral entry under the US mining laws. More Information is available at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/geology/minerals/locatable-minerals/current-revisions.
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Plumas National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)  

R5 - Pacific Southwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Plumas National Forest Over-Snow Vehicle (OSV) Use Designation
EIS
 - Recreation management  In Progress:
Objection Period Legal Notice 08/21/2019
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 01/2021  		Expected:03/2021
  		08/2021 Katherine Carpenter
530-283-7742
katherine.carpenter@usda.gov 
Description: Designate over-snow vehicle (OSV) use on National Forest System roads and trails and areas on National Forest System lands as allowed, restricted, or prohibited. Identify trails for snow grooming for OSV use would be conducted.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=47124
Location: UNIT - Plumas National Forest All Units. STATE - California. COUNTY - Butte, Lassen, Plumas, Sierra, Yuba. LEGAL - Not Applicable. National Forest System lands administered by the Plumas National Forest (forest-wide).
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Plumas National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)  

R5 - Pacific Southwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
2020 PNF Road and Trail Maintenance Project
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Recreation management
- Road management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 05/20/2020  		Expected:07/2021
  		07/2021 Katherine Carpenter
530-283-7742
kacarpenter@fs.fed.us 
Description: This project proposes to maintain 177 miles of NFS roads and trails by removing and replacing existing road surfaces, guard rails, signs, and culverts; reshaping road surfaces; cleaning ditches and culverts; and abating hazard trees.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=58203
Location: UNIT - Mt. Hough Ranger District, Beckwourth Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - T25N R11E Sections 1, 11-13; T25N R12E Sections 1, 5-6, 8-18, 20-24; T25N R13E Sections 3, 5-10, 16-18; T26N R11E Section 36; T26N R12E Sections 1-5, 7-17, 20-29, more in "other project information". South of Antelope Lake, west of Wheeler Peak, north of Mt. Ingalls, and east of Doyle Crossing on the Beckwourth and Mt. Hough Ranger Districts, of the Plumas National Forest, Plumas County, CA.
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Plumas National Forest,   Beckwourth Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R5 - Pacific Southwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Feather River Inn Water System
CE
 - Special use management  On Hold  N/A  N/A Robert Hawkins
916-849-8037
rhhawkins@fs.fed.us 
Description: Re-Issue a 30 year special use authorization to Schomac, Inc. for the Feather River Inn water system. The water system includes two diversion structures, a storage tank, waterlines and road and trail access.
Location: UNIT - Beckwourth Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - Section 3, T. 22 N., R. 12 E., Mt Diablo Meridian. The water system is located along Bonta Creek just north of the National Forest boundary and the Feather River Inn.
Haskell Project
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Road management 		 Completed  Actual: 09/24/2020  10/2020 Keli Ward
(530) 836-7157
Keli.Ward@usda.gov 
Description: Improve forest health and enhance resistance to insect and disease attacks. Proposed activities may include: mechanical thinning, hand thinning, grapple piling, pile burning, underburning, and decommissioning of non-system roads.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=52569
Location: UNIT - Beckwourth Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project is located 4 to 6 miles Southeast of Graeagle, CA and 10 miles south of Portola in Plumas and Sierra Counties, California.
Mapes Project
EA

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Special area management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management 		 Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2020  		Expected:04/2021  05/2021 Keli Ward
530-836-7157
Keli.Ward@usda.gov 
Description: Improve forest health and resilience, wildlife habitat, and water quality utilizing mechanical thinning, mechanical fuels treatments, hand thinning, prescribed fire, and road maintenance, reconstruction, and decommissioning.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=56644
Location: UNIT - Beckwourth Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project area extends north from Portola, along the east side of Lake Davis to approximately two miles south of Antelope Lake. The east side of the project area generally parallels County Road 177.
Ramelli Ranch Erosion Improvement, Pipeline and Corral Maintenance Project
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Grazing management
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Watershed management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/17/2019  		Expected:03/2021
  		04/2021 Martha Roberts
530-836-7166
martha.roberts@usda.gov 
Description: The project proposes to authorize maintenance of irrigation pipeline, address erosion concerns near the river corridor, and authorize reconstruction of an existing corral. This will improve watershed and riparian habitat for wildlife.
Location: UNIT - Beckwourth Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - T23N, R14E, Sections 27 and 28. The Ramelli Ranch Allotment is located approximately 2 miles west of Beckwourth and south of State Highway 70 on National Forest Systems Lands in Plumas County, California.
Thompson Meadow Restoration Project
EA

           *UPDATED* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Grazing management
- Watershed management 		 Completed  Actual: 12/17/2020  04/2021 Joseph Hoffman
530-283-2050
jahoffman@fs.fed.us 
Description: To restore historic floodplain function and the historic meadow water table elevation along a 0.6 mile reach of Thompson Creek, a tributary to McReynolds Creek, which flows to Red Clover Creek.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=52760
Location: UNIT - Beckwourth Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - Township 25N, Range 13E, Sections 25 and 36. Approximately 11 air miles north of Portola, CA in Plumas County, California.
Two Rivers Soccer Camp Permit Re-issue
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Special use management  On Hold  N/A  N/A Jeremy Dorsey
909 382-2837
jdorsey02@fs.fed.us 
Description: Re-issue a 20 year permit to Two Rivers Soccer Camp for the following uses: bridge, road, parking area, portion of a soccer field, water transmission lines, storage tank and spring boxes.
Location: UNIT - Beckwourth Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - Sections 30, 31, 32, T. 22 N., R. 12E., Mt. Diablo Meridian. Two Rivers Soccer Camp is located near Blairsden, California.
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Plumas National Forest,   Feather River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R5 - Pacific Southwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Berry Brush WUI Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Road management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/08/2020  		Expected:07/2021
  		09/2021 Eric Murphy
530-532-8922
ejmurphy@fs.fed.us 
Description: Treat no more than 3,000 acres using a variety of restoration techniques for wildlife habitat and fire- and climate-resilience; salvage cut, hand-cut-and-pile brush, burn brush piles, plant trees in the ground, masticate brush, prune, dig fire-lines.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=59232
Location: UNIT - Feather River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Butte. LEGAL - Not Applicable. From Bloomer Hill to the southwest to Junction House to the northeast, and include NFS lands nearby Oro-Quincy Highway, Bald Rock Road, Stephens Ridge, Brush Creek, and Mountain House.
Buzzards Roost Trail and Trail Maintenance Project
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Recreation management  On Hold  N/A  N/A Maria Cisneros
530-532-7444
mcisneros@fs.fed.us 
Description: Sections of older existing trails are not constructed to Forest Service standards and can create impacts to soil and water quality, and are not sustainable as built. Minor reconstruction and sometimes more extensive realignments are needed.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=58344
Location: UNIT - Feather River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Buzzards Roost Trail, Minerva Bar Trail, Butte Bar Trail, Hartman Bar Trail, and Table Rock Bar Trail.
Concow Resilience Project
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management 		 Completed  Actual: 09/30/2020  10/2020 Clay Davis
907-747-4225
clayrdavis@fs.fed.us 
Description: Proposes to undertake a series of reforestation, revegetation, and brush control activities following high-severity fire in and around the Concow Basin.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=57311
Location: UNIT - Feather River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Butte. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Lands of the Lassen National Forest administered by the Plumas National Forest in the Concow Basin, east of Paradise, California off CA Highway 70.
FRRD Abandoned Mine Closures 2020
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Minerals and Geology  Completed  Actual: 09/30/2020  05/2021 Donna Duncan
530-283-7614
dmduncan@fs.fed.us 
Description: These abandoned mines currently pose a safety and health risk to the public. There are open shafts and open adits, surrounded by unstable rock and possibly trash at some sites. Within the underground workings, unstable rock, rotting timbers, rusting
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=58818
Location: UNIT - Feather River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Butte, Plumas, Sierra, Yuba. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Soapstone-Tractor, Union-Keystone Point, Queen City, Three Ravines, Hornet Mine.
Forbestown Fire Salvage Project
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Forest products
- Fuels management 		 Completed  Actual: 11/09/2020  11/2020 Eric Murphy
530-532-8922
ejmurphy@fs.fed.us 
Description: Areas north of Lower Forbestown Road and Old Forbestown Road were burned in the North Complex Fire. The area is classified as wildland-urban interface (WUI). We propose salvage activities on approximately 100 acres within the project area.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=59018
Location: UNIT - Feather River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Butte. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Areas within the Forbestown IRSC, north of Lower Forbestown Road and Old Forbestown Road burned in the North Complex Fire. The project area is in and around the community of Forbestown, California.
French Creek I Hazardous Fuels Reduction
CE
 - Forest products
- Fuels management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/11/2019  		Expected:12/2020
  		01/2021 Jason Vermillion
530-532-7434
jvermillion@fs.fed.us 
Description: The French Creek I project proposes to reduce hazardous fuels and stand density through commercial and pre-commercial thinning, mastication of brush and prescribed burning using GTR-220 and 237 methods. The project will treat no more than 3,000 acres
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=56798
Location: UNIT - Feather River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Butte. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Located ~ 10 miles north of Berry Creek, at elevations ranging between 2,300 and 4,500 feet. Annual precipitation ranges between 55 and 70 inches. The Camp Fire burned through the majority of the area.
French Creek II Insect and Disease Resilience Project
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Forest products
- Fuels management 		 On Hold  N/A  N/A Jason Vermillion
530-532-7434
jvermillion@fs.fed.us 
Description: Proposes to reduce stand density and hazardous fuels through commercial and pre-commercial thinning, mastication of brush, and prescribed burning. Residual stands will be more open, increasing the amount of available soil moisture and sunlight.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=58343
Location: UNIT - Feather River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Butte. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Between Four Trees and Coyote Gap in the French Creek Basin.
Granite Basin OHV Trail Development Project
EA

           *UPDATED* 		- Recreation management
- Road management 		 On Hold  N/A  N/A Clay Davis
530-532-8940
clay.davis@usda.gov 
Description: The Forest Service is proposing to meet the need for additional OHV riding opportunities for the Granite Basin recreation area. This proposal has two components: construction/reconstruction of OHV trail and road reclassification to authorize OHV use.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=55986
Location: UNIT - Feather River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Granite Basin.
Mooreville Ridge Fire Salvage SIR and CE
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Forest products
- Fuels management 		 Completed  Actual: 10/29/2020  10/2020 Eric Murphy
530-532-8922
ejmurphy@fs.fed.us 
Description: The Mooreville Ridge I&D Resilience Project decision was signed May 6, 2020. The Mooreville IRTC was awarded July 23, 2020. On September 8, 2020 the North Complex fire driven by extreme winds burned into the Mooreville project killing many trees.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=59013
Location: UNIT - Feather River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - Not Applicable. about 2 miles west and southwest of La Porte, California at elevations ranging between 3,700 and 5,900 feet.
PG&E Overhead Powerline River Crossing at Pulga Special Use Request
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Special use management  Completed  Actual: 09/30/2020  10/2020 Maria Cisneros
530-532-7444
mcisneros@fs.fed.us 
Description: PG&E is proposing new overhead electric distribution (12kV) line over the North Fork Feather River in the Plumas National Forest to replace the existing river crossing that services Pulga and Union Pacific railroad.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=58816
Location: UNIT - Feather River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Butte. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Highway 70 along North Fork Feather River at Pulga, Butte County, California.
Strawberry Wildfire Resilience Project
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management 		 Completed  Actual: 12/01/2020  01/2021 Eric Murphy
530-532-8922
ejmurphy@fs.fed.us 
Description: Reduce hazardous fuels and reduce the risk of insect and disease-caused tree mortality through mechanical and hand thinning, mastication of brush, grapple and hand piling, targeted grazing, and prescribed and pile burning.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=55801
Location: UNIT - Feather River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Butte, Plumas, Yuba. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Located nearby Sly Creek Reservoir on and near the La Porte Quincy Highway, Strawberry Valley, CA, is one of a number of small, rural communities surrounded by the Plumas National Forest (WUI).
YWA - Cottage Creek Dam Modification Special Use
CE
 - Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/31/2020  		Expected:11/2020
  		04/2021 Clay Davis
907-747-4225
clayrdavis@fs.fed.us 
Description: Yuba Water Agency has requested authorization to modify a 1960 earthen dam partially occupying NFS lands. The dam is not within the FERC boundary and is not currently authorized through a special use. We propose to authorize modification and operatio
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=57979
Location: UNIT - Feather River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Yuba. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Cottage Creek Dam is located in northeastern Yuba County, approximately 30 miles northeast of Yuba City, at an approximate elevation of 2,000 feet, on Plumas National Forest and YWA-owned land that is directly adjacent to the Tahoe National Forest.
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Plumas National Forest,   Mt. Hough Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R5 - Pacific Southwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Bud Lee Placer Mining Plan of Operations
EA
 - Minerals and Geology  In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/11/2020
Est. Comment Period Public Notice 11/2020  		Expected:02/2021
  		04/2021 Donna Duncan
530-283-7614
donna.duncan@usda.gov 
Description: Continued mining using heavy equipment to excavate materials from existing pit, and process with a trommel wash plant 7 sluice box. Occupancy of the site during operations will include tents and a portable toilet.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=57744
Location: UNIT - Mt. Hough Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - T25N, R7E, Sec 27. The Bud Lee claim is near Richbar, in the Feather River Canyon.
CA DWR Antelope Trench Sites
CE
 - Special use management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 11/2020  		Expected:01/2021  09/2021 Colleen Heard
530-283-7622
colleen.heard@usda.gov 
Description: In order to better define the location and tectonic activity of the Indian Creek fault, which could influence the safety of Antelope Lake Da. DWR is proposing to excavate up to three locations in the fall 2021. Proposed sites are NW of Antelope Lake
Location: UNIT - Mt. Hough Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - T28N R12E Sec 30-31. L.
China Bar Placer Mining Plan of Operations
EA
 - Minerals and Geology  On Hold  N/A  N/A Donna Duncan
530-283-7614
dmduncan@fs.fed.us 
Description: Placer mining bench gravels in the North Fork Feather River Drainage. Use of a small backhoe and a trommel. Settling ponds will prevent discharge into river.
Location: UNIT - Mt. Hough Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - T26N, R8E, Sec 19. Seneca, CA, China Bar.
Long Valley Forest Health Project
CE
 - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management 		 Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2019  		Expected:02/2020  09/2020 Kyla Sabo
530-283-7652
kylasabo@fs.fed.us 
Description: Improve forest health and fire resiliency within the project area as well as reduce meadow and aspen encroachment by lodgepole pine.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=56891
Location: UNIT - Mt. Hough Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - T26N R8E Sections 11-13, 24, T26N, R9E Sections 7, 18, 19, 30. The project area is South of Round Valley Resevior.
Moonlight-Superior Drill Project
CE
 - Minerals and Geology  On Hold  N/A  N/A Donna Duncan
530-283-7614
dmduncan@fs.fed.us 
Description: Exploratory drilling, drill pad constriction, sump pit excavation, water for drilling, improve some roads, some cross country travel.
Location: UNIT - Mt. Hough Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - T27N, R10E, Sec 1,12, T27N, R11E, Sec 6. Moonlight Valley, north of Taylorsville, CA.
Moore Deck Replacement
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Special use management  Completed  Actual: 11/23/2020  05/2021 Colleen Heard
530-283-7627
colleen.heard@usda.gov 
Description: The new deck will be the same size and shape as the deck being replaced. It will be supported by three new cripple walls built on continuous poured concrete footings instead of the existing individual piers. The deck railing will follow County code.
Location: UNIT - Mt. Hough Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Bucks Lake.
Mouser Bucks Lake RV Park
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/24/2020  		Expected:01/2021
  		01/2021 Colleen Heard
530-283-7627
colleen.heard@usda.gov 
Description: The RV park has been operated on PG&E land for many years. Recent surveys revealed seven RV campsites are partially or fully on National Forest. A special use permit is requested to continue operating the sites on NFS lands.
Location: UNIT - Mt. Hough Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - T23N, R7E, Sec 3 MDBM. Bucks Lake near Haskins Bay.
Mt. Hough Phase 2
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Recreation management  Completed  Actual: 11/19/2020  04/2021 Leslie Edlund
530-283-7650
ledlund@fs.fed.us 
Description: Construction of ~ 37 miles of new motorized trails, which will be added to the Mt. Hough recreational trail system. These trails will provide connectivity between existing routes, and link the system to the communities of Taylorsville and Quincy.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=58684
Location: UNIT - Mt. Hough Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Quincy, CA.
R.E. Dahlens Placer Mining Plan of Operations
EA
 - Minerals and Geology  On Hold  N/A  N/A Donna Duncan
530-283-7614
dmduncan@fs.fed.us 
Description: Placer mining, continuing operation, on North Fork Feather River
Location: UNIT - Mt. Hough Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - T26N, R8e, Sec 16. west of Seneca, CA.
Toilet Removal - Snake Lake and Greenville Campground
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Recreation management  Completed  Actual: 09/16/2020  03/2021 Leslie Edlund
530-283-7620
ledlund@fs.fed.us 
Description: Removal of two vault toilet buildings: one at Snake Lake Campground and one at Greenville Campground.The Snake Lake toilet is old and has been replaced with a CXT. The Greenville toilet has a suspected cracked vault.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=57307
Location: UNIT - Mt. Hough Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Snake Lake Campground - T24N, R9E, Section 6. Greenville Campground - T27N, R9E, Section 34.
Treasure Canyon Lode Mine
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Minerals and Geology  In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/20/2020  		Expected:03/2021
  		04/2021 Donna Duncan
530-283-7614
donna.duncan@usda.gov 
Description: In order to access the underground working, the caved adit must be reopened, using heavy equipment. Roads will have to be re-opened and a temporary bridge installed over lights creek and a small camp for the miners and equipment on the landing.
Location: UNIT - Mt. Hough Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - T27N, R11E, Sec 5. Adjacent to Lights Creek.
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