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Schedule Of Proposed Action - 01/01/2012 to 03/31/2012 - Monongahela National Forest Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)01/01/2012 to 03/31/2012Monongahela National Forest This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
- Special use management Completed Actual: 12/20/2011 01/2012 Laura Hise304-456-3335, extension 121lhise@fs.fed.us Description: Proposals to renew existing permits for cultivation, migratory bird research, boat rental, road rights-of-way, porch encroachment, septic, cemetery, and recreation events.
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 02/2012 Expected:08/2012 09/2012 David Ede304-636-1800 ext. 233dede@fs.fed.us Description: Proposal for biological and chemical treatments to suppress infestations of hemlock woolly adelgid, a non-native insect that is killing hemlock trees on the Forest.
- Special use management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 01/2012 Expected:03/2012 03/2012 Edward Sherman304-257-4488, ext 27ejsherman@fs.fed.us Description: Renewal of 9 outfitter/guide special use permits.
- Special use management Completed Actual: 12/29/2011 01/2012 Laura Hise304-456-3335, extension 121lhise@fs.fed.us Description: Proposal to install and maintain aerial and buried fiber optic communication lines in Pendleton and Pocahontas County, WV to provide broadband service to local residents and businesses.
Army Communication Use at Olson Communication SiteCE
- Special use management Completed Actual: 12/29/2011 01/2012 Laura Hise304-456-3335, extension 121lhise@fs.fed.us Description: Proposal to allow the Army to continue operating and maintaining private mobile radio service equipment in Forest Service owned facilities at Olson Communication Site.
Location: UNIT - Cheat Ranger District. STATE - West Virginia. COUNTY - Tucker. US Tract 90.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Forest products - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Watershed management - Road management In Progress:Scoping Start 10/11/2011Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 03/2012 Expected:05/2012 06/2012 Kristine Vollmer304-257-4488kvollmer@fs.fed.us Description: Improve oak regeneration and stand structural and age diversity, and increase mast for wildlife through a variety of methods, including commercial and noncommercial treatments. Enhance wildlife and aquatic habitats for a number of species.
- Grazing management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 01/2012 Expected:04/2012 05/2012 Kristine Vollmer304-257-4488comments-eastern-monongahela-potomac@fs.fed.us Description: Management of 11 grazing allotments: Camp Bright; Coberly Sods North; Coberly Sods South; Vickers; Wratchford; Forinash; Ours; Strader Run; Whitmer; Pharis Knob; and Big Run.
- Road management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2012 Expected:05/2012 06/2012 Kristine Vollmer304-257-4488comments-eastern-monongahela-potomac@fs.fed.us Description: Replace the Laneville bridge. Construct short sections of new access roads and rehabilitate existing access roads.
Reauthorization of Smith Water Spring PermitCE
- Special use management Completed Actual: 12/29/2011 01/2012 Laura Hise304-456-3335, extension 121lhise@fs.fed.us Description: Proposal to allow the Smith's to continue using an existing spring and water line on National Forest System lands.
Location: UNIT - Cheat Ranger District. STATE - West Virginia. COUNTY - Randolph. US Tract 26.
- Watershed management - Minerals and Geology - Road management In Progress:Scoping Start 01/26/2011Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 03/2012 Expected:06/2012 08/2012 David Ede304-636-1800 ext. 233dede@fs.fed.us Description: Authorize WV DEP to do restoration work on abandoned coal mine. Work includes reshaping land, covering acidic spoils, planting trees and herbaceous vegetation, decommissioning roads, and establishing drainage controls.
- Recreation management In Progress:Scoping Start 12/16/2011Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 01/2012 Expected:02/2012 04/2012 Eric Sandeno812-276-4721esandeno@fs.fed.us Description: Relocate Island Campground out of the 100-year floodplain for safety.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37286
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Watershed management - Minerals and Geology In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 11/17/2011 Expected:01/2012 06/2012 Shane Jones304-456-3335, 114scjones@fs.fed.us Description: This mine restoration project emphasizes improving watershed conditions, wildlife habitat, and restoration of native communities, the creation of early successional habitat, and long-term succession towards a spruce-northern hardwood ecosystem. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35682
- Recreation management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Forest products - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Watershed management - Road management In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 02/24/2011 Expected:01/2012 03/2012 Kristine Vollmer304-257-4488, ext. 24comments-eastern-monongahela-greenbrier@fs.fed.us Description: This project proposal includes: commercial timber harvest; timber stand improvement; spruce restoration; road decommissioning, riparian improvement, trail relocation, culvert replacement, and dispersed recreation site management.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 03/2012 Expected:09/2012 10/2012 Sarah Hankens304-799-4334shankens@fs.fed.us Description: Prescribed fire is proposed for multiple burn units totaling an estimated 2,532 acres. This will be a landscape-scale burn in WV and VA, in conjunction with the Fire Learning Network.
Showy Lady's Slipper Habitat EnhancementCE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Vegetation management (other than forest products) Completed Actual: 10/20/2011 10/2011 Kent Karriker304-636-1800kkarriker@fs.fed.us Description: This project is brush and seedling/sapling clearing on 1/4 acre in the Big Draft Botanical area to enhance and maintain habitat for showy lady's slipper, a Regional Forester's Sensitive Species. No soil disturbance or herbicide use will occur.
Location: UNIT - White Sulphur Ranger District. STATE - West Virginia. COUNTY - Greenbrier. LEGAL - Greenbrier County, WV. White Sulphur Springs Ranger District, Monongahela NF, 6 miles north of White Sulphur Springs, WV.
- Road management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 02/2012 Expected:06/2012 08/2012 Sarah Hankens304-799-4334shankens@fs.fed.us Description: Provide seasonal vehicle access to public lands in the area by improving Forest Road 876, including maintaining road surface, adding pull-offs and small parking area in existing landings, replacing signage, and installing gates
- Road management In Progress:Scoping Start 02/10/2010 Expected:02/2012 02/2012 Sarah Hankens304-799-4334shankens@fs.fed.us Description: Proposed closure of Two-Mile Road due to considerable erosion and natural resource damage. The nearby One-Mile Road will be opened during the same time period.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 02/2012 Expected:09/2012 10/2012 Kevin Taylor304-456-3335kltaylor@fs.fed.us Description: Prescribed fire is proposed for multiple areas totaling an estimated 3600 acres. This will be a landscape scale ecosystem restoration effort in WV and VA, in conjunction with the Fire Learning Network.