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Schedule Of Proposed Action - 10/01/2012 to 12/31/2012 - Gallatin National Forest Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)10/01/2012 to 12/31/2012Gallatin National Forest This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
- Minerals and Geology Completed Actual: 07/31/2012 10/2012 Patrick Pierson406-657-6205x213ppierson@fs.fed.us Description: Determine bonding and management practices necessary once mine ceases operations. (Was formerly listed as East Boulder Mine Post Closure Water Management Plan and BOE Ranch LAD Alternative). Peter Werner is Gallatin NF contact.
Web Link: http://data.ecosystem-management.org/nepaweb/nepa_project_exp.php?project=7466
- Land management planning Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2012 Expected:08/2012 09/2012 Steve Christiansen406-587-6750schristiansen@fs.fed.us Description: The proposal would remove outdated, ineffective and/or unclear standards and other direction from the Gallatin National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (i.e. Forest Plan)
Northwestern Energy Master PermitCE
- Special use management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/18/2012 Expected:11/2012 01/2013 Frank Cifala406-587-6713fcifala@fs.fed.us Description: renew existing special use permit
Location: UNIT - Gallatin National Forest All Units. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin, Madison, Meagher, Park, Sweet Grass. LEGAL - forestwide. Gallatin Forestwide.
- Special use management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2012 Expected:06/2012 07/2012 Pamela Brown406-823-6066psbrown@fs.fed.us Description: Master Plan development and new Special Use Permit for the Miminagish Organization Church Camp in the Main Bounder area, Yellowstone Ranger District
Location: UNIT - Big Timber Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Sweet Grass. LEGAL - T5S, R12E, Section 26. Main Boulder Road.
- Special use management In Progress:Scoping Start 10/01/2011Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 03/2013 Expected:12/2012 01/2013 Frank Cifala406-587-6713fcifala@fs.fed.us Description: Authorization of an existing historic water transmission line
- Grazing management Completed Actual: 09/17/2012 10/2012 Barb Ping406-522-2558bping@fs.fed.us Description: Environmental review of the West Bridger Grazing Allotment in order to determine if the allotment is being grazed within Forest Plan standards and if and how the area will be grazed in the future.
Altman Private RoadCE
- Special use management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/18/2012 Expected:10/2012 01/2013 Frank Cifala406-587-6713fcifala@fs.fed.us Description: Renew existing private road special use permit
Location: UNIT - Bozeman Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - SE 1/4 SW 1/4 Sec. 22, T8S, R4E. Cinnamon Creek area, Gallatin Canyon, Bozeman Ranger District.
Aspen Enhancement Bozeman DistrictCE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 07/2012 Expected:10/2012 06/2013 Bev Dixon406-522-2541bdixon@fs.fed.us Description: Aspen enhancement through removal of live/dead conifers, using a combination of mechanical and Rx burning. Location: UNIT - Bozeman Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - T7S, R4E, Sec. 21 (Porcupine) and T2N, R7E, Sec. 30 (Fairy Lake). Between Porcupine Creek and Twin Cabin Creek and off Fairy Lake Road.
- Special use management In Progress:Scoping Start 04/01/2010 Expected:01/2013 02/2013 Frank Cifala406-932-5155fcifala@fs.fed.us Description: Reissue lease for use of existing communication facilities.
- Special use management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/18/2012 Expected:10/2012 11/2012 Frank Cifala406-587-6713fcifala@fs.fed.us Description: Renewal of existing authorization for a water transmission system
- Special use management In Progress:Scoping Start 03/12/2012Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 09/2012 Expected:12/2012 04/2013 April Heesacker208-756-5147aheesacker@fs.fed.us Description: Install buried fiber-optic cable capable of providing broadband technologies to underserved areas of Gallatin County, Montana.
- Special use management In Progress:NOI in Federal Register 06/08/2010Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 10/2012 Expected:03/2013 04/2013 Teri Seth406-522-2539tseth@fs.fed.us Description: Proposal to upgrade the existing 69kV line to a 161 kV line
South Bridger Interface Salvage SaleCE
- Fuels management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 08/2012 Expected:01/2013 07/2013 Susan Lamont406-823-6976slamont@fs.fed.us Description: This proposal would selectively harvest dead and dying trees on 250 acres next to Bridger Bowl Ski area
Location: UNIT - Bozeman Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. T1N, R6E, Sec. 30; T1S, R6E, Sec. 1.
- Grazing management In Progress:Scoping Start 04/01/2011Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 05/2012 Expected:07/2012 08/2012 Reggie Clark406-522-2542rmclark@fs.fed.us Description: Install a stock tank in the Storm Castle pasture to improve cattle distribution. Install a boundary fence on the north side of Purdy pasture above the Purdy Fire burned area to keep cattle on the allotment.
- Recreation management - Minerals and Geology Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2012 Expected:07/2012 09/2012 Robert Grosvenor406-848-7375 ext.28rgrosvenor@fs.fed.us Description: Backfill and closure of identified mine related physical hazards on USFS land on the Gardiner and Yellowstone Ranger Districts
Aspen Restoration CECE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Cancelled N/A N/A Rachel Feigley406-222-1892rfeigley@fs.fed.us Description: Fire and mechanical means are proposed for treatment to remove conifers and restore aspen stands ranging from 1/2 to 5 acres.
Location: UNIT - Gardiner Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. aspen restoration.
Backcountry Hut Outfitter and Guide Special Use PermitCE
- Special use management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2012 Expected:06/2012 07/2012 Pamela Brown406-823-6066psbrown@fs.fed.us Description: Operation and maintenance of a backcountry hut (yurt) for backcountry skiing in the Cooke City area, Gardiner Ranger District
Location: UNIT - Gardiner Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - T9S, R14E. Cooke City vicinity.
Balcombe Stephens Private Road and Septic SystemCE
- Special use management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/18/2012 Expected:10/2012 01/2013 Frank Cifala406-587-6713fcifala@fs.fed.us Description: Renew existing private road and septic system special use permits
Location: UNIT - Gardiner Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - Lot 13, Sec. 1, T6S, R4E. Gallatin Canyon , Bozeman Ranger District.
Bruce and Debbie Bateson Private RoadCE
Location: UNIT - Gardiner Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - SW 1/4 Sec. 9, NW 1/4 Sec. 16, T9S, R8E. North of Gardiner Airport, Gardiner Ranger District.
Cooke City Solid Waste Disposal FacilityCE
Location: UNIT - Gardiner Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - NE 1/4 SE1/4, Sec. 25, T9S, R14E. Cooke City, Gardiner Ranger District.
Gerald Bateson Private RoadCE
Location: UNIT - Gardiner Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - SW 1/4 Sec. 9, NW 1/4 Sec, 16, T9S, R8E. North of Gardiner Airport, Gardiner Ranger District.
Karnes Durfey Road User Association Private RoadCE
Location: UNIT - Gardiner Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - SW 1/4 Sec. 9, T9S, R8E. North of Gardiner airport, Gardiner Ranger District.
Myers Septic SystemCE
- Special use management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/01/2012 Expected:10/2012 01/2013 Frank Cifala406-587-6713fcifala@fs.fed.us Description: Renew existing special use permit
Location: UNIT - Gardiner Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - Lot 36, Sec. 25, T9S, R14E. Cooke City, Gardiner Ranger District.
Northwestern Energy Steamboat Mtn Communication siteCE
- Special use management Completed Actual: 07/25/2012 07/2012 Frank Cifala406-932-5155fcifala@fs.fed.us Description: issue special use permit
Location: UNIT - Gardiner Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - Section 35, T7S., R5E. Steamboat Mountain, Gardiner Ranger District.
- Land ownership management - Land acquisition On Hold N/A N/A Gary Howard406-494-0228gehoward@fs.fed.us Description: Equal value exchange of approximately 22 acres of federal (National Forest System) lands (special use pasture) for approximately 33 acres of non-federal lands (patented mining claims) within the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness. Location: UNIT - Gardiner Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - T9S, R8E, and Section 24; and T9S, R9E, Section 11. Federal Land: E of Gardiner, MT. Non-Federal Land: North of Palmer Mtn. in Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness.
- Special use management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/18/2012 Expected:11/2012 01/2013 Frank Cifala406-587-6713fcifala@fs.fed.us Description: Issue two new special use permits for an existing water transmisssion line and access road that was previously permitted and erroneously terminated after the holder applied for and recieved a Ditch Bill easment for a related irrigation ditch.
Slip and Slide Creek Headcut StabilizationCE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2012 Expected:06/2012 08/2012 Clint Sestrich406-823-6985csestrich@fs.fed.us Description: Place rocks by hand in channel to stabilize a headcut in Slip and Slide Creek
Location: UNIT - Gardiner Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - T7S R7E, Section 36. The project will occur on Slip and Slide Creek North of Gardiner, Montana.
William Schneider Private RoadCE
Fall River electric cooperative Inc. storage yard expansionCE
- Special use management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 05/01/2012 Expected:11/2012 12/2012 Frank Cifala406-932-5155fcifala@fs.fed.us Description: amendment to existing special use permit
Location: UNIT - Hebgen Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - S1/2 NE 1/4 Sec. 29, T. 13 S., R. 5 E. A minor expansion of an authorized facility located on Hebgen Lake RD.
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management In Progress:DEIS NOA in Federal Register 09/23/2011Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 10/2013 Expected:10/2013 11/2013 Teri Seth406-522-2520tseth@fs.fed.us Description: Wildland Fuel Reduction in wildland urban interface including evacuation routes along the Hebgen Lake Road and aspen enhancement. This analysis proposes to bring the 2008 LW decision into compliance with current grizzly bear direction.
Rendezvous Trail Forest Thinning ProjectCE
- Recreation management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 05/2013 Expected:06/2013 07/2013 Susan Lamont406-823-6976slamont@fs.fed.us Description: Tractor logging, skid trails, burn slash piles
Location: UNIT - Hebgen Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - T13S, R5E, Sec. 34; T14S, R5E, Secs, 4 and 8. Rendezvous Trail System.
Ride Solutions Special Use permit RenewalCE
- Special use management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 09/2012 Expected:10/2012 11/2012 Frank Cifala406-587-6713fcifala@fs.fed.us Description: Renewal of an existing special use for grooming and plowing on National Forest Lands during the winter months between November 15 and April 15, for the purpose of testing automotive tires.
Location: UNIT - Hebgen Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - NE 1/4, NE 1/4, Sec. 33, T. 13 S., R. 5 E., PM., MT. Old Airport, West Yellowstone, Montana.
Riparian Habitat ImprovementsCE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 06/2012 Expected:08/2012 08/2012 Cavan Fitzsimmons406-823-6963cfitzsimmons@fs.fed.us Description: Thsi project will involve mechanical removal of encroaching conifers from willow and cottonwood habitats and prescribed burns within these habitats across the Hebgen Lake Ranger district
Location: UNIT - Hebgen Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - Hebgen Lake Ranger District. The project will take place in riparian communities across the Hebgen Lake Ranger District.
- Grazing management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 12/21/2011 Expected:11/2012 01/2013 Susan Lamont406-823-6976slamont@fs.fed.us Description: Update the allotment managment plan for South Fork and Watkins Allotments. Analyze issues associated with cattle grazing ( 69 cow/calf pair). Currently there are 15 pair in the South Fork Allotment and 55 pair in the Watkins Allotment 7/1-9/30 Location: UNIT - Hebgen Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - T12 S., R4E., Sections 7, 8, 17, 18; T12 S, R 5E. Sections 12, 13, 24 and T 13 S., R4 E., Sections 3, 10. West side of hebgen lake, 5-10 miles northwet of West yellowstone, MT.
Brumfield Private RoadCE
Location: UNIT - Livingston Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - NE 1/4, NW 1/4, SW 1/4 Sec. 10, T3N, R10E. Westside Crazy Mountains, Yellowstone Ranger District.
Eagle Ridge Ranch Convenience EnclosureCE
- Special use management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 10/2012 Expected:11/2012 01/2013 Frank Cifala406-587-6713fcifala@fs.fed.us Description: Renew existing special use permit
Location: UNIT - Livingston Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - E 1/2 Sec. 10, T3N, R10E. Westside Crazy Mountains, Yellowstone Ranger District.
Eleanor Clark Private RoadCE
- Special use management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/18/2012 Expected:10/2012 01/2013 Frank Cifala406-587-6713fcifala@fs.fed.us Description: Renew existing priate road special use permit
Location: UNIT - Livingston Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - SW 1/4 Sec. 14, T6S, R9E. Bulldozer Creek, Yellowstone Ranger District.
Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Montana State University Pit Tag Reader, Special Use PermCE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Special use management - Research and Development Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2012 Expected:06/2012 07/2012 Pamela Brown406-823-6066psbrown@fs.fed.us Description: Apply fixed PIT tag readers at mouth Lodgepole Cr & at mouth of Dugout Cr. in the Upper Shields River basin.Fixed PIT tag reader stations will consist of a 10 foot T-bar post in the ground with 8 feet exposed upon which will be two solar panels
Location: UNIT - Livingston Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - T5N, R11E, Sec, 8,9,10. Shields River basin, mouth of Lodgepole Creek and dugout Creek.
Pine Creek Fish Habitat Enhancement and Access ImprovementCE
- Recreation management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2012 Expected:06/2012 08/2012 Clint Sestrich406-823-6985csestrich@fs.fed.us Description: Enhance fish habitat with boulder-formed pools and create ADA fishing platform with new interpretative panel at Pine Creek Campground
Location: UNIT - Livingston Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - T4S, R.10E, Section 7. The project will occur at the existing fish habitat improvement/interpretive site along Pine Creek Campground trail south of Livingston, Montana.
Suce Creek Aspen ProjectCE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 08/2012 Expected:10/2012 05/2013 Rachel Feigley406-222-1892rfeigley@fs.fed.us Description: Prescription for treasment includes stages with monitoring further need for additional distrubance to produce desired results. Individual stands would be marked such that buffer distances are defined, no treatment would occur between stands unless t
Location: UNIT - Livingston Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. Suce Creek, Yellowstone Ranger District.
Templed Hills Organization Camp AmendmentCE
- Special use management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2012 Expected:06/2012 07/2012 Pamela Brown406-823-6066psbrown@fs.fed.us Description: Amend the Templed Hills Bible Camp Special Use Permi authorization to include a high ropes challenge course.
Location: UNIT - Livingston Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - T6S, R10E, Sec. 29. Mill Creek Road.
Weismann Water Transmission LineCE
- Special use management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/18/2012 Expected:10/2012 01/2013 Frank Cifala406-587-6713fcifala@fs.fed.us Description: Renew existing special use permit
Location: UNIT - Livingston Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - NE 1/4 Sec. 17, T6S, R10E. East Fork Mill Creek, Yellowstone Ranger District.