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Schedule Of Proposed Action - 04/01/2012 to 06/30/2012 - Lolo National Forest Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)04/01/2012 to 06/30/2012Lolo National Forest This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 03/23/2012 Expected:04/2012 08/2012 Carly Aniballi406-626-5429caniballi@fs.fed.us Description: Non-commercial thinning of small trees in previously harvested stands to increase tree health and vigor, and decrease the risk of insects, disease and potential wildfire.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38645
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=22553
Carbaryl Application: Crazy/Pattee Canyon and Rock CreekCE
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Facility management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 02/20/2012 Expected:04/2012 05/2012 Elizabeth Wood(406) 329-3706eawood@fs.fed.us Description: Application of the insecticide Carbaryl to prevent mountain pine beetle attack and mortaliity in pine trees in the Crazy/Pattee Canyon and Rock Creek recreation areas
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38265
Location: UNIT - Missoula Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Missoula. LEGAL - USGS Quad Name and Number: Southeast Missoula (1670) and Quigg Peak (1932). Crazy Canyon Parking Area, Pattee Canyon Picnic Area, Rock Creek Guard Station (a/k/a Cabin), Hogback homestead, and Morgan-Case Homestead.
Carbaryl Application: Rattlesnake Trailheads and Rattlesnake Trail (Road 99)CE
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Facility management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 02/29/2012 Expected:04/2012 05/2012 Elizabeth Wood(406 329-3706eawood@fs.fed.us Description: Application of the insecticide Carbaryl to prevent mountain pine beetle attack and mortality on pine trees in the Rattlesnake Trailheads and Rattlesnake Trail (Road 99)
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38301
Location: UNIT - Missoula Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Missoula. LEGAL - Main Trailheads: E1/2 Section 35, T14N, R19W - First 3 Miles of main trail: Section 19, T14N, R18W, Sections 25,26, & 35, T14N, R19W. (USGS Quad Name: NE Missoula - USGS Quad Number: 1582). Rattlesnake National Recreation Area. (Areas of treatment are located on the main trailhead, the horse trailhead, and approximately 150 feet on each side of the first three miles of the main trail).
Crazy-Pattee Timberstand Improvement ProjectCE
- Recreation management - Forest products - Vegetation management (other than forest products) In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 09/14/2011 Expected:04/2012 12/2012 Joshua Angert406-329-3714jangert@fs.fed.us Description: Approx. 130 acres in the Crazy Canyon drainage and 42 acres in the Pattee Picnic Area would be treated to improve stand health. Treatment would include the removal of dead and dying trees affected by the mountain pine beetle and dwarf mistletoe.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=36964
Location: UNIT - Missoula Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Missoula. LEGAL - T13N, R19W, Sec 36; T12N, R19W, Sec 1 & 2. Pattee Canyon Recreation Area, Missoula Ranger District, Lolo National Forest.
- Road management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 08/24/2011 Expected:04/2012 05/2012 Patrick Corts406-329-3860pcorts@fs.fed.us Description: The Estate of Earl M. Pruyn has requested seasonal road access along approx. 9 miles of Forest Road #9961. This proposal would provide seasonal access (April - November) to 1,040 acres of private land in the Black Mtn Area west of Missoula.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=36807
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=31552
- Special use management In Progress:DEIS NOA in Federal Register 03/11/2011Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 04/2012 Expected:06/2012 09/2012 Tami Paulsen406-329-3731tpaulsen@fs.fed.us Description: Expansion of permitted ski area to provide additional winter recreational opportunities and improvement of ski area facilities.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=14392
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=32247
West Riverside Tree PlantingCE
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 02/04/2012 Expected:04/2012 05/2012 Elizabeth Wood661-548-6503 ext. 471eawood@fs.fed.us Description: Planting tree seedlings and protecting them from animal browsing with shade tubes.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38135
Location: UNIT - Missoula Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Missoula. LEGAL - T13N, R18W, Sections 2,3,9,10,11,15,16 & 17 - T14N, R18W Sections 34 & 35. Missoula Ranger District.
- Recreation management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Forest products - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management - Watershed management - Road management In Progress:Scoping Start 03/08/2010Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 05/2012 Expected:05/2012 09/2013 Tami Paulsen406-329-3731tpaulsen@fs.fed.us Description: Integrated landscape management treatments designed to: improve forest health, reduce hazardous fuels near communities, improve fish and wildlife connectivity, maintain water quality, and provide and maintain forest industry infrastructure.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=31616
T & L #2 Placer Reserve DefinitionCE
- Minerals and Geology Completed Actual: 02/06/2012 03/2012 Victoria Burkhardt406-626-5402vburkhardt@fs.fed.us Description: Up to three test holes would be dug with a rubber-tired backhoe at an unvegetated area in a disperesed campsite. Samples would be processed using gold pans. Process water would be discharged to a test hole.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=36043
Location: UNIT - Ninemile Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Missoula. Ninemile Ranger District.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Watershed management - Minerals and Geology In Progress:Scoping Start 06/28/2010Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/2012 Expected:06/2012 07/2012 Aubree Benson406-329-3950aubreebenson@fs.fed.us Description: Reclamation of abandoned placer mines including restoration of stream channels and fish habitat along Upper Ninemile, Sawpit, Martina, and Twin Creeks. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=32296
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management - Watershed management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 08/08/2011 Expected:05/2012 06/2012 Patricia Partyka406-826-4314ppartyka@fs.fed.us Description: Integrated ecosystem management including vegetation and watershed restoration, fuels reduction, and wildlife habitat restoration.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=32479
Clark Fork Corridor Fuels Reduction ProjectCE
- Fuels management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/14/2011 Expected:05/2012 06/2012 Jon Airhart406-826-4336jairhart@fs.fed.us Description: Fuels reduction on a total of approximately 173 acres within seven areas located along the Clark Fork River and/or Highway 200. Activities would include non-commercial thinning, hand-piling, chipping, and pile burning. Location: UNIT - Plains/Thompson Falls Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Sanders. LEGAL - Section 34, T23N, R30W; Sections 26 & 35, T22N, R30W; Sections 15 &17, T21N, R28W; Section 25, T21N, R28W; Section 2, T20N, R27W; Section 8, T20N, R26W; Section 7, T19N, R25W. Seven areas along the Clark Fork River and/or Highway 200 between Paradise and just west of Thompson Falls, Montana.
- Recreation management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Watershed management In Progress:Scoping Start 04/06/2010Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/2012 Expected:06/2012 09/2013 Patricia Partyka406-826-4314ppartyka@fs.fed.us Description: Integrated landscape management including forest vegetation restoration, wildlife habitat and watershed improvements, and recreation enhancements within the Clear Creek drainage.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=32480
Fourteenmile Trail RerouteCE
- Recreation management Completed Actual: 01/24/2012 04/2012 Mark Smith406-826-3821markrsmith@fs.fed.us Description: Reroute of approximately 1 mile of the Fourteenmile Trail (#1714) to reduce the grade to meet Forest Service trail standards.
Location: UNIT - Plains/Thompson Falls Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Sanders. LEGAL - Sections 7 & 8, T18N, R25W; Section 12, T18N, R26W, P.M.M. Approximately milepoint 2.0 on the Fourteenmile Trail.
Henry Creek and Swamp Creek Range Allotment Management Plans RevisionEA
- Grazing management In Progress:Scoping Start 03/26/2012Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 08/2012 Expected:09/2012 12/2012 Bruce Higgins406-777-7427bdhiggins@fs.fed.us Description: Update Allotment Management Plans for Forest Plan compliance, incorporating changes that have been implemented through previous operating plans.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=36247
Location: UNIT - Plains/Thompson Falls Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Sanders. LEGAL - Henry Creek Drainage, T20N, R25W, Sec. 14,21-23, 25-29, 32-36, and T19N, R25W, Sec. 2-5. Swamp Creek drainage, T20N, R28W, Sec. 23-27, 34-36; T20N, R27W, Sec. 14-36. Plains/Thompson Falls Ranger District, Lolo National Forest, Henry and Swamp Creek drainages.
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 02/18/2011 Expected:05/2012 03/2013 Richard Griffin406-826-4325rgriffin@fs.fed.us Description: Prescribed burning on 320-acre Forest Service administrative site adjacent to Thompson Falls.
- Special use management In Progress:Scoping Start 10/03/2011Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 10/2012 Expected:12/2012 03/2013 David Wrobleski406-826-4321dwrobleski@fs.fed.us Description: Issuance of additional outfitter permits for recreational river use for the lower 11 miles of the Thompson River and the Clark Fork River along Highway 135. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37358
Center HorseEIS
- Recreation management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Forest products - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management - Watershed management - Road management Developing ProposalEst. NOI in Federal Register 06/2012 Expected:06/2013 07/2014 Tami Paulsen406-329-3731tpaulsen@fs.fed.us Description: Project is still under development; public scoping is anticipated to begin in 2012. The purpose of this restoration project is to improve forest health, reduce hazardous fuels, and maintain and enhance terrestrial and aquatic habitats.
Location: UNIT - Seeley Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Powell. LEGAL - T16N, R11W, S 19,20,29-32; T16N, R12W, S 2,7,11-15,17-20,22-36; T16N, R13W, S 1-27; T16N, R14W S 1-5,9-15,22-24,26,27; T17 R12W S18,19,30,31; T17N, R13W S 3,4,7,9-36; T17N, R14W S 12-14,23-27, 34-36. The 61,000 acre Center Horse Project area is about 14 miles north of Ovando and includes the N. FK. Cottonwood and Spring Ck drainages on the west and the McCabe ck drainage on the east.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Watershed management In Progress:Scoping Start 03/02/2012Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 07/2012 Expected:09/2012 10/2012 Shane Hendrickson406-329-3727shendrickson@fs.fed.us Description: Restore about 2,500' of stream channel and move/remove one dispersed recreation site. Work would be accomplished using heavy equipment and materials would consist of large rocks and 20-40 trees (12" to 20" dbh) which would likely be cut nearby
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38354
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management In Progress:Scoping Start 07/16/2010Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 06/2012 Expected:10/2012 11/2012 Julie Knutson559-920-6646jcknutson@fs.fed.us Description: Integrated landscape management including hazardous fuels reduction, vegetation restoration, and wildlife habitat improvement.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=33308
- Recreation management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management - Watershed management In Progress:DEIS NOA in Federal Register 01/28/2011Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 01/2013 Expected:01/2013 09/2013 Patricia Partyka406-826-4314ppartyka@fs.fed.us Description: Integrated forest management including: vegetation and watershed restoration, fuels reduction, and recreation enhancements within the Cedar and Thompson Creek drainages, located southwest of Superior, Montana.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=29614
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 03/24/2010 Expected:05/2012 05/2013 Lorie Cotter406-822-3916lcotter@fs.fed.us Description: Prescribed burning of approximately 5900 acres within several drainages located between the towns of St. Regis and Superior, Montana
Mineral County Mineral Material Permit RenewalCE
- Minerals and Geology Completed Actual: 10/31/2011 01/2012 Ronald Schlader406-822-3915rschlader@fs.fed.us Description: Renewal of Mineral County's mineral material permit for the following established quarries on the Superior Ranger District: Big Creek Bench, Cedar Creek, Cold Creek, Dry Creek, Mayo, Micayune and Second Creek.
Location: UNIT - Superior Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - SE1/4 Sec 27, T19N, R30W. NE 1/4 Sec 14, T18N, R28W, SE 1/4 sec 28, T17N, R27W. NW 1/4 Sec 5, T17 N, R27W. SE 1/4 Sec 5, T16N, R26W. SE 1/4 Sec 22, T16N, R25W, NW 1/4 Sec 15, T15N, R25W; P.M.MT. Big Creek Bench, Mayo Gulch Pit, Dry Creek Pit, Cold Creek Pit, Cedar Creek Pit, Second Creek Pit, Micayune Gulch Pit.
Nieslanik Water Transmission Ditch SUP RequestCE
- Special use management In Progress:Scoping Start 10/19/2011 Expected:05/2012 06/2012 Ronald Schlader406-822-3915rschlader@fs.fed.us Description: Issuance of a special use permit for an existing 1,255' water transmission ditch 3' wide by 2' deep that carries water from a point of diversion on E. Fk. Timber Creek to Broken Heart Ranch for domestic use.
Location: UNIT - Superior Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - NE 1/4, SE 1/4, NE 1/4; AND SE 1/4, SE 1/4, NE 1/4; AND THE SW 1/4, SE 1/4, NE 1/4 Sec 9; T19N, R30W P.M.M. Quad Name Haugan NW. Beginning at the point of diversion on the E. Fk. Timber Creek, proceeding in a southwesterly direction and ending where it enters the north property line of the Broken Heart Ranch.
- Recreation management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 09/23/2011 Expected:05/2012 08/2012 Norma Staaf406-329-3724nstaaf@fs.fed.us Description: Motorized and non-motorized recreation and travel management on approximately 30 miles of abandoned railroad grades (Milwaukee and Northern Pacific) between Taft and St. Regis, Montana.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=32498
- Road management In Progress:Scoping Start 05/12/2009Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 01/2013 Expected:04/2013 06/2013 Allen Byrd406-822-3977allenbyrd@fs.fed.us Description: Motorized recreation management including development and authorization of trails and roads for All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) use, and closure and restoration of areas damaged by unauthorized Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) use.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=28845
Twomile Bypass Trail EasementCE
- Land acquisition In Progress:Scoping Start 10/19/2011 Expected:05/2012 06/2012 Ronald Schlader406-822-3915rschlader@fs.fed.us Description: Acquisition of an easement from the Montana Department of Transportation for the construction of approximately 800' of trail. Location: UNIT - Superior Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Mineral. LEGAL - SW 1/4, NE 1/4, NW 1/4 OF Sec. 28; T18N, R28W; P.M.M. Beginning at the edge of the Old Milwaukee Railroad right-of-way near the mouth of Twomile Creek and ending at MP 0.28 on Twomile Road 431.