Source: https://www.fs.fed.us/sopa/components/reports/sopa-110312-2017-10.html
Timestamp: 2019-07-23 03:47:57
Document Index: 781252788

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 08', 'art 01', 'art 08', 'art 04', 'art 03', 'art 02', 'art 08', 'art 09', 'art 08', 'art 10', 'art 12', 'art 03', 'art 09', 'art 03', 'art 09']

Schedule Of Proposed Action - 10/01/2017 to 12/31/2017 - Tonto National Forest
- R3 - Southwestern Region, Tonto National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
- R3 - Southwestern Region, Tonto National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
- R3 - Southwestern Region, Tonto National Forest, Cave Creek Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- R3 - Southwestern Region, Tonto National Forest, Globe Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- R3 - Southwestern Region, Tonto National Forest, Mesa Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- R3 - Southwestern Region, Tonto National Forest, Payson Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- R3 - Southwestern Region, Tonto National Forest, Pleasant Valley Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- R3 - Southwestern Region, Tonto National Forest, Tonto Basin Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
NOI in Federal Register 06/26/2015
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 08/2017 Expected:03/2019
04/2019 Annette Fredette
928 226 4684
4FRI_comments@fs.fed.us
Description: Landscape-scale restoration on the Coconino, Apache-Sitgreaves, and Tonto National Forests of ponderosa pine ecosystems, designed to maintain, improve, and restore ecosystem structure, pattern, function, and resiliency.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/4FRIRimCountry
Location: UNIT - Coconino National Forest All Units. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Coconino. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Mogollon Rim Ranger District, Coconino NF; Black Mesa and Lakeside Ranger Districts, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest; Payson and Pleasant Valley Ranger Districts, Tonto National Forest.
APS 69kv Power Line Permit for Childs-Irving Line
Scoping Start 08/12/2015 Expected:11/2017
11/2017 Judy Adams
928-203-7506
jadams05@fs.fed.us
Description: Issuance of a permit to replace the expired Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Hydropower License. Existing 69 kV line that was part of the Childs Irving Power operation and covered under the old license. Has been in continuous operation.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=47114
Location: UNIT - Payson Ranger District, Red Rock Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila, Yavapai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Line that travels from Childs substation to Irving power plant area. Includes small sections of the Tonto NF where it crosses Fossil Creek.
AZ Public Service-Salt River Project ROW Vegetation Management with Herbicides
Scoping Start 01/09/2015
Est. Comment Period Public Notice 08/2017 Expected:12/2017
04/2018 Heather Snow
505-842-3445
hsnow@fs.fed.us
Description: FS must decide whether to allow APS and SRP to include using herbicides as a method to manage vegetation on existing APS and SRP transmission ROW within five National Forests in Arizona.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=45771
Location: UNIT - Kaibab National Forest All Units, Prescott National Forest All Units, Coconino National Forest All Units, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests All Units, Tonto National Forest All Units. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Coconino, Gila, Maricopa, Navajo, Yavapai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Arizona Public Service Company and Salt River Project Rights of Way across the Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, Kaibab, Prescott, and Tonto National Forests. See map on website.
Arizona National Scenic Trail Comprehensive Plan
- Regulations, Directives, Orders
- Heritage resource management
Est. Scoping Start 08/2017 Expected:12/2018 02/2019 Julie Molzahn
406-826-4352
jmolzahn@fs.fed.us
Description: The Comprehensive Plan will develop administrative and management goals, objectives and practices for the Arizona National Scenic Trail and management corridor.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49535
Location: UNIT - Coronado National Forest All Units, Kaibab National Forest All Units, Coconino National Forest All Units, Tonto National Forest All Units. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Arizona National Scenic Trail goes from the Coronado NM to the Utah Border at Vermillion Cliffs- 800 miles south to north across the State of Arizona.
Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive River Management Plan
*UPDATED* - Regulations, Directives, Orders In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register 11/29/2016
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 12/2017 Expected:12/2018
12/2018 Marcos Roybal
928-203-2915
comments-southwestern-coconino-redrock@fs.fed.us
Description: Creation of a Comprehensive River Management Plan for Fossil Creek, per Wild and Scenic Rivers Act requirements. View Fossil Creek general information.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=27457
Western Area Power Administration Glen Canyon-Rogers 230/345kV Integrated Vegetation Mgmt Program
Scoping Start 04/20/2016
Est. Comment Period Public Notice 01/2018 Expected:08/2018
08/2018 Mike Dechter
505-829-3535 x 3109
mdechter@fs.fed.us
Description: Western is proposing to implement a operation and maintenance (O&M) and Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) program on the Rogers-Glen Canyon section of the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) Transmission System. Includes use of herbicides.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49397
Location: UNIT - Coconino National Forest All Units, Tonto National Forest All Units. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Coconino, Gila, Pima, Yavapai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. This transmission line runs throughout the Coconino National Forest and through portions of the Tonto National Forest.
Bighorn Sheep Population Management Project
- Special use management On Hold N/A N/A Gregory Dunn
928-467-3218
comments-southwestern-tonto@fs.fed.us
Description: Authorize the use of helicopters by the Arizona Game and Fish Department to capture, release, translocate, monitor populations, and conduct research of bighorn sheep on the Tonto National FOrest, including wilderness areas.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=44049
Location: UNIT - Tonto National Forest All Units. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila, Maricopa, Pinal, Yavapai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Tonto National Forest, including the Mazatzal, Hells Gate, Four Peaks, Salt River Canyon, and Superstition Wilderness Areas.
Programmatic Forest Plan Amendment for a Cultural Resource Standard and Guideline
*UPDATED* - Land management planning Completed Actual: 07/31/2017 10/2017 Marianne Thomas
Description: Using the Categorical Exclusion (CE) process, we propose to remove existing language on page 38-1 of the 1985 Tonto National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan).
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51988
Location: UNIT - Tonto National Forest All Units. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila, Maricopa, Pinal, Yavapai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Forestwide.
Tonto National Forest Motorized Travel Management
DEIS NOA in Federal Register 07/03/2014
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 09/2016 Expected:09/2016
09/2017 Marianne Thomas
602-225-5213
comments-southwestern-TMRTonto@fs.fed.us
Description: The Tonto National Forest is in the process of implementing the Travel Management Rule which calls for establishing a system of roads, trails, and areas designated for motorized vehicle use and determining suitable locations for dispersed camping.
Location: UNIT - Tonto National Forest All Units. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila, Maricopa, Pinal, Yavapai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Tonto National Forest.
DEIS NOA in Federal Register 04/06/2017
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 11/2018 Expected:09/2019
10/2019 Kenna Belsky
tontoplan@fs.fed.us
Description: A collaborative effort to revise the Land and Resources Management Plan for the Tonto National Forest in Arizona
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51592
Location: UNIT - Tonto National Forest All Units. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila, Maricopa, Pinal, Yavapai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Tonto National Forest; Forestwide.
Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange
NOI in Federal Register 03/18/2016
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 06/2019 Expected:08/2021
09/2021 Mary Rasmussen
928-443-8265
Description: The Tonto National Forest is preparing an environmental impact statement(EIS) to disclosure the environmental effects from: 1) a mining proposal submitted by Resolution Copper; 2)the exchange of land between Resolution Copper and United States.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=48956
Location: UNIT - Globe Ranger District, Mesa Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Pinal. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Tonto National Forest.
Bartlett Lake Marina Cable Park System Project
- Special use management On Hold N/A N/A Kelly Richards
480-610-3334
comments-southwestern-tonto-cave-creek@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposed action is to amend the existing term Special Use Permit issued to Jack D. Church, Inc. to authorize the construction and maintenance of a Cable Park System within the existing Bartlett Lake Marina permit boundary.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50572
Location: UNIT - Cave Creek Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Maricopa. LEGAL - Township 6N, Range 7E, Section 28. The project is located at Bartlett Lake, just off Bartlett Dam Road, approximately 11 air miles east from the Cave Creek Ranger District Office in Scottsdale, AZ.
Copper Creek Allotment Grazing Authorization
Objection Period Legal Notice 08/11/2017 Expected:11/2017
12/2017 Eric Hoskins
Description: The Cave Creek District Ranger will decide whether livestock grazing will continue to be authorized on the Copper Creek Allotment.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50942
Location: UNIT - Cave Creek Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Yavapai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Copper Creek allotment is in southeast Yavapai County, 50 miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. It is located at the northwest portion of the Cave Creek Ranger District.
Red Creek, Six Bar, and Skeleton Ridge Grazing
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) On Hold N/A N/A Jeffrey Sturla
480-595-3331
Description: To improve ecological conditions within three grazing allotments using tools such as adaptive grazing and wildlife habitat improvement and by maintaining or replacing aging structural range improvements such as fences, water developmements.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=40700
Sonoran Desert Ecosystem Restoration
Est. Scoping Start 03/2018 Expected:08/2018 09/2018 Grant Loomis
Description: The Tonto National Forest is proposing to obliterate approximately 145 miles of unauthorized and uninventoried user created motorized routes in the Desert Vista and St Claire areas in the Cave Creek.Routes currently being analyzed in the Travel Mgmt
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51334
Location: UNIT - Cave Creek Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Maricopa. LEGAL - Not Applicable. North part is located west of Bartlett Reservoir approximately 12 air miles west to east from Cave Creek. The southern part is between Carefree and the Verde River.
*UPDATED* - Land management planning
Objection Period Legal Notice 08/25/2017 Expected:12/2017
01/2018 Mary Rasmussen
Info@ApacheLeapSMA.us
Description: The Tonto National Forest is preparing an environmental assessment(EA) to determine whether the implementation of the management plan would result in significant impacts to the human environment.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51530
Location: UNIT - Globe Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Pinal. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Project is located east of the Town of Superior on the Globe Ranger District of the Tonto National Forest.
BCE Copper Springs Exploratory Drilling & Road Maintenance
*UPDATED* - Minerals and Geology Cancelled N/A N/A Lee Ann Atkinson
906-932-1330-308
leeannatkinson@fs.fed.us
Description: Short term use exploratory drilling.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=44943
Location: UNIT - Globe Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - T. 1 S., R. 15 E., Sections 3,4,5,8,9 &10. south of Globe, Near Solitude Gulch and Deep Canyon.
Charley Johnson Small Tracts Act Land Sale
*UPDATED* - Land ownership management On Hold N/A N/A Tamarya Pike
602-225-5229
tpike@fs.fed.us
Description: Parcel of National Forest System lands with private facilities located on it - qualifies for the Small Tract Act Authority.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=48999
Location: UNIT - Globe Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - Not Applicable. 4 miles from the junction of Hwy 60 and 77/70.
Copper King Exploratory Drilling
*UPDATED* - Minerals and Geology Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 02/2018 Expected:09/2019 10/2019 Benjamin Harrold
comments-southwestern-tonto-globe@fs.fed.us
Description: Bronco Creek Exploration proposes to drill a maximum of 18 drill sites from 27 possible drill site locations over a period of ten years.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51612
Location: UNIT - Globe Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Pinal. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Approximately two miles northeast of the Town of Superior. Township 1 South, Range 12 E, Sections 10-15, and 22-24; Township 1 South, Range 13 E, Section 7, 8, 17, and 18.
Scoping Start 08/17/2017 Expected:11/2017
12/2017 Vonnie Young
602-225-5300
Description: Copper Springs exploration drilling project near Globe, AZ. Proposes four drill holes from six sites accessed from existing roads
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=39477
Hicks-Pikes Peak Allotment Grazing Authorization
*NEW LISTING* - Grazing management In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/12/2017
Est. Comment Period Public Notice 03/2018 Expected:12/2018
12/2018 Andrea Wages
928-402-6222
Description: Project is a new planning effort to authorize livestock grazing on the Hicks-Pikes Peak Allotment in a manner that is consistent with the goals, objectives, and standards and guidelines of the Tonto National Forest Plan.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=52246
Location: UNIT - Globe Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Hicks-Pikes Peak Allotment is located on Globe Ranger District, 8 miles north and northwest of Globe, Arizona in Gila County. Salt River forms part of the allotment%u2019s northern boundary.
Legends of Superior Trail Reroute Project
*NEW LISTING* - Recreation management Completed Actual: 09/18/2017 10/2017 Paul Burghard
928-402-6221
Description: The purpose of this project is to reroute the Legends of Superior Trail. We need to provide connectivity between the Arizona National Scenic Trail and the Town of Superior to meet the current and future needs of recreational visitors to the area.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=52414
Location: UNIT - Globe Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project is located at Arnett Canyon, near the Picketpost Trailhead, approximately two air miles southwest from Superior, Arizona.
Pinal County Pinal Peak Comm Site Improvement
Scoping Start 08/18/2016 Expected:12/2017
01/2018 Mark McEntarffer
602-225-5239
mmcentarffer@fs.fed.us
Description: Improve radio communications at this site in support of public safety for Pinal County and the region. Primary use of this site is 2-way radio communications for Pinal County Sheriff Office and the Arizona Department for Public Safety.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50950
Location: UNIT - Globe Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - Gila County, Arizona, GSRM, T.2 S., R.15 E., Sections 4 and 9. Site# 16 Pinal Peak Communications Site, Globe Ranger District, Tonto National Forest.
Pinaladera WUI Fuels Management
- Fuels management On Hold N/A N/A Louis Sandoval
Description: Fuels reduction on approximately 83,558 acres south of Globe. Area includes the Pinal Mountain Recreation Area.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=3775
Pinto Valley Mine Plan of Operations
NOI in Federal Register 03/28/2017
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 11/2018 Expected:09/2019
11/2019 Judd Sampson
6022255272
Comment@Pintovalleymineeis.us
Description: The purpose of this Plan is to administratively consolidate all authorizations required to continue ongoing and future operations, as well as authorize new disturbance on National Forest System lands.
Web Link: http://www.pintovalleymineeis.us
Location: UNIT - Globe Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - T1N, R13E, Sections 1, 2, 3,4, 11, 14, 23, 24, 25; T1N, R14E, Sections 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32; T1S, R14 E Sections 5 and 6; T2N, R13 E Sections 25, 26, 27, 28, 34. Pinto Valley Mine is located approximately three miles north of US Highway 60 on Pinto Valley Road (Forest Road 287), and approximately eight miles west of Miami, in Gila County, Arizona.
Sedow and Haystack Butte Allotment Range Improvements Project
*NEW LISTING* - Grazing management Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2017 Expected:01/2018 02/2018 Andrea Wages
Description: This project proposes to authorize additional range improvements to supply additional water for livestock. This is necessary to allow the existing grazing authorization to achieve conservative utilization of forage and increase livestock distribution
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=52597
Location: UNIT - Globe Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Sedow and Haystack Butte Allotments are adjacent allotments about 10 miles north of Globe, Arizona in the northern portion of the Globe Ranger District.
Superior West Exploration
Est. Scoping Start 12/2017 Expected:05/2019 06/2019 Benjamin Harrold
Description: Use of existing roads and helicopter to access up to 25 drill sites out of 79 possible drill site locations.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49913
Location: UNIT - Globe Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Pinal. LEGAL - T. 2 S., R. 12 E., SW 1/4 T. 2 S., R. 13 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian. South and west of the Town of Superior. Accessed from Superior by Highway 60 and AZ-177 to various Forest roads.
Millsite Fence Realignment
- Grazing management On Hold N/A N/A Andrea Wages
comments-southwestern-tonto-mesa@fs.fed.us
Description: The Mesa Ranger District proposes to reconfigure pasture fencing on the Millsite Allotment to better protect the suitable Southwestern willow flycatcher habitat on the north side of Queen Creek.
Location: UNIT - Mesa Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila, Pinal. LEGAL - Township 1 South, Range 11 E, Section 5,6,33,34. The project is located at the junction of Whitlow Ranch Flood Control Basin on Queen Creek and Forest Road 357 near Arizona State Highway 60.
Saguaro Lake Marina Parking Lot Expansion Project
Description: The proposed action is to issue an amendment to Saguaro Lake Marina's existing term Special Use Permit to authorize an additional 150 paved parking spaces and an extension of the existing permit boundary by 2.5 acres to the west.
Location: UNIT - Mesa Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Maricopa. LEGAL - Township 3N, Range 8E, Section 28. The project is located at Saguaro Lake, just off Bush Highway, approximately ten air miles northeast from Mesa, Arizona.
Est. Scoping Start 03/2018 Expected:04/2018 04/2018 Grant Loomis
Description: Obliterate approximately 145 miles of unauthorized and uninventoried user created motorized routes in the Rolls, Bulldog Canyon, and Hewitt Canyon areas in the Mesa Ranger District.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51337
Location: UNIT - Mesa Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Maricopa. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The northern part of project area is between Fort McDowell and Four Peaks Wilderness. The southern part of the project area is between Ft. McDowell and Superstitions Wilderness.
Cragin-Payson TSA Water Treatment Plant
Scoping Start 09/01/2015 Expected:10/2017
11/2017 Tamarya Pike
Description: Sell approximately 7 acres to the Town of Payson for a water treatment plant to implement the Decision Notice and FONSI for the Cragin Water Pipeline and Treatment Plant Project signed 11/2/2011
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49004
Location: UNIT - Payson Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - Not Applicable. 3 miles north of the Town of Payson limits on the east side of West Houston Mesa Road just south of Mesa del Caballo subdivision.
Diamond Rim Grazing Analysis
Comment Period Public Notice 04/07/2015 Expected:04/2018
06/2018 Jeffrey Sturla
comments-southwestern-tonto-payson@fs.fed.us
Description: To develop and implement a single grazing strategy on the Little Green Valley Grazing Complex which is consistent with the Tonto National Forest Land Management Plan, as amended.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=46244
Location: UNIT - Payson Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - Townships 13-9; Ranges 13-9. Five grazing allotments consisting of Payson/Cross V, Green Valley/Indian Gardens and Star Valley located to the north and east of the town of Payson.
Fossil Springs Trailhead Emergency Vehicle Parking
- Road management Completed Actual: 07/29/2016 08/2016 Chris Welker
928-474-7920
cwelker@fs.fed.us
Description: This action is repair and maintenance of the National Forest System Road (NFSR784) alignment within the Fossil Springs Trailhead developed recreation facility in order to create 3 to 4 additional parking spaces for emergency vehicles and equipment.
Location: UNIT - Payson Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - SW1/4 SW1/4 Section 24, T. 12 N., R. 7 E., Gila & Salt River Meridian. The additional emergency parking spaces are located both within the former NFSR784 roadbed and in a previously disturbed area utilized for excess excavated material (e.g. excavation spoils) placement.
Hardscrabble Juniper Clearing 2015
- Watershed management On Hold N/A N/A Kelly Bedson
928-474-7924
kellypbedson@fs.fed.us
Description: The Tonto National Forest proposes to authorize the permittee to treat an area using an agra-axe mounted on a rubber-tired or tread skid steer tractor to cut juniper trees of less than 8 inch diameter breast height (DBH).
Location: UNIT - Payson Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - Sec. 26, 27, T 11N, R 8E of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian. The Hardscrabble Juniper Clearing project encompasses about 100 acres west of the town of Pine and south of the town of Strawberry.
New Delph Tank & Bear Tank Maintenance
- Grazing management On Hold N/A N/A Douglas Ruppel
928-474-7908
Description: The purpose of this project is to create new water developments that capture and store water for authorized livestock and wild ungulates.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=47365
Location: UNIT - Payson Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - T10.5; R15E; Sec 21, 28, 33 of the Gila and Salt River Base Meridian. The New Delph Tank & Bear Tank Maintenance project is on the Pleasant Valley Ranger District. The project is located on the OW grazing allotment of the Tonto National Forest in Gila County, Arizona.
Payson RD OHV Management Planning
Scoping Start 03/28/2014
Est. Comment Period Public Notice 01/2018 Expected:08/2019
09/2019 Eric Oswald
602-225-5395
Description: This projects seek to do the following: Develop OHV staging areas across Payson, prohibit camping within 200' of streams unless designated, and designate an OHV specific campground.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=43717
Location: UNIT - Payson Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Payson Ranger District.
Red Lake Tanks - 2016
- Grazing management On Hold N/A N/A Kelly Bedson
Description: In compliance with Forest Service policy and Forest Plan objectives, the Pleasant Valley Ranger District proposes to authorize the permittee to construct seven new tanks on the Red Lake allotments.
Location: UNIT - Payson Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - USGS Quad: Parallel Canyon, Township(s): 9,10N Range(s): 15E Section(s): 4, 9, 17, 19, 31. Located on the Red Lake Allotments, northeast of Young, Arizona.
Flying V and Flying H Allotment Management Plans
- Grazing management On Hold N/A N/A Angela Elam
928.474.7901
comments-southwestern-tonto-pleasant-valley@fs.fed.us
Description: Update and reauthorize two allotment management plans.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=30274
Location: UNIT - Pleasant Valley Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - Not Applicable. North, East, and South of Young, AZ.
Haigler Fuels Analysis
- Fuels management On Hold N/A N/A Jason Cress
928-467-3251
jcress@fs.fed.us
Description: Manage timber and other woody vegetation to help maintain forest health, reduce forest fuels, and improve wildlife habitat and range conditions on approximately 43,435 acres of the Tonto National Forest.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=34507
Location: UNIT - Pleasant Valley Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Pleasant Valley Ranger District, Management Areas 5D, 5G, and 4F, including areas around Haigler Creek Estates.
Pleasant Valley Community Burn Pit
*UPDATED* - Fuels management Completed Actual: 03/23/2017 07/2017 Chris Welker
Description: This action is an issuance of a Convenience Enclosure Special Use Permit (SUP) to the Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department (PVVFD) for a community burn pit to service the residents of the Pleasant Valley area (Young, AZ).
Web Link: https://apps.fs.fed.us/pals/projectDetailAction.do?docId=102892&param2=W&isPage=PLANING
Location: UNIT - Pleasant Valley Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - NW ¼ Section 1, T. 8 N., R. 13 E., Gila & Salt River Meridian, Gila County, AZ. The community burn pit area is located approximately 2.6 miles south of Young, AZ along Arizona State Highway 288, and has immediate site access to the pit area via an existing road (FR496).
Pleasant Valley Northwest Grazing Allotments Analysis
- Watershed management On Hold N/A N/A Jeffrey Sturla
Description: This analysis covers five grazing allotments and will address actions needed to formalize an adaptive management livestock grazing strategy to maintain or move resources toward desired conditions in the project area as in the Tonto NF Plan.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=30075
Location: UNIT - Pleasant Valley Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Bar X, Haigler Creek, Colcord Canyon, Young, and Marsh Creek grazing allotments located north and west of Young, AZ. The project area is bisected by FR200 between State Highway 260 and Young, AZ.
Pleasant Valley Veterans Association American Flag Monument
*UPDATED* - Special use management Completed Actual: 07/13/2017 08/2017 Chris Welker
Description: Issuance of a Monument Special Use Permit (SUP) to the Pleasant Valley Veterans Association for the American Flag located north of Young, AZ and east of the Young Highway (Arizona Highway 512) on Tonto National Forest System land.
Location: UNIT - Pleasant Valley Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - NW1/4 Section 2, T. 9 N., R. 14 E., Gila & Salt River Meridian, Gila County, AZ. American Flag located north of Young, AZ and east of the Young Highway (Arizona Highway 512) on Tonto National Forest System land in Tonto Forest Plan Management Area (MA) 5D.
Dagger, Poison Spring, Black Mesa and A-Cross Grazing Allotment Management Plans
*UPDATED* - Grazing management Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 09/2017 Expected:03/2018 05/2018 Eric Hoskins
comments-southwestern-tonto-tonto-basin@fs.fed.us
Description: Authorize grazing on the Dagger, Poison Spring, Black Mesa and A-Cross Grazing Allotments.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49896
Location: UNIT - Tonto Basin Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Tonto Basin Ranger District.