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Schedule Of Proposed Action - 04/01/2011 to 06/30/2011 - Green Mountain And Finger Lakes National Forests Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)04/01/2011 to 06/30/2011Green Mountain And Finger Lakes National Forests This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
- Land management planning In Progress:215 Comment Period Legal Notice 09/10/2010 Expected:04/2011 06/2011 Jay Strand802-767-4261jstrand@fs.fed.us Description: Amend the Forest Plan to re-allocate the remaining Wilderness Study Area Management Areas (MAs), and where appropriate the remnant Remote Backcountry MA to other MAs as a result of the New England Wilderness Act. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=25469
- Special area management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2011 Expected:06/2011 08/2011 David Bosch802-747-6746dbosch@fs.fed.us Description: Hay harvesting in existing fields on two tracts of NFS land in Grassland for Wildlife MA. One field is in Military Lot (ML) 8 on the north side of Searsburg Rd. opposite the end of Grove Rd; the second is in ML 13 on the west side of Wardner Corner.
- Recreation management - Special use management In Progress:Scoping Start 02/28/2011 Expected:05/2011 07/2011 Thomas Paquette802-767-4261 x 521tpaquette@fs.fed.us Description: Widen a 300 foot section of an existing trail an average of 50 feet. The widening will allow the trail to meet industry standards for ski racing, and provide a safer trail for the general public.
- Special use management In Progress:DEIS NOA in Federal Register 12/23/2010Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 08/2011 Expected:08/2011 05/2012 Robert Bayer(802) 362-2307 ext 218rbayer@fs.fed.us Description: Application for Special Use Permit to erect wind turbines and develop a commercial wind power facility on National Forest lands. Supplemental DEIS released in late December 2010; estimate availability of FEIS/ROD in August, 2011.
- Recreation management - Heritage resource management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Forest products - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Watershed management - Road management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 06/2011 Expected:05/2012 07/2012 Melissa Reichert802-747-6754mmreichert@fs.fed.us Description: Multi-resource project activities to meet desired future conditions provided by the 2006 Forest Plan. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=32091
- Special use management In Progress:Scoping Start 03/25/2008 Expected:04/2011 06/2011 David Bosch802-747-6746dbosch@fs.fed.us Description: Reissue existing Special Use Permit for cultivation of NFS lands.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=26626
- Special use management In Progress:Scoping Start 01/04/2011 Expected:05/2011 06/2011 David Bosch802-747-6746dbosch@fs.fed.us Description: Project is to authorize a yarding corridor and a landing on NFS land so a private inholding can be logged. The skid trail is 20 feet wide by 400 feet long, and the landing is approximately 0.25 acres in size.
Kelley Stand East Trail Head AccessCE
- Recreation management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2011 Expected:07/2011 08/2011 Joan McCloud802-362-2307 x 229jmccloud@fs.fed.us Description: Designate existing roads / snowmobile trails for mountain bike and equestrian use. Some trail hardening will occur.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=35476
- Land ownership management In Progress:Scoping Start 02/27/2008 Expected:05/2011 06/2011 Robert Bayer802-362-2307 ext 218rbayer@fs.fed.us Description: Issuance of special use permits to authorize the Lauzon and Sausville families to access their private land inholdings within the Glastenbury Wilderness Area by private road.
- Special use management In Progress:Scoping Start 10/11/2006 Expected:06/2011 07/2011 David Bosch802-747-6746dbosch@fs.fed.us Description: Special Use Permit for use of a road on National Forest System lands authorizing private individual access to private land for recreation and logging.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=18053
- Recreation management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2011 Expected:08/2011 09/2011 Joan McCloud802-362-2307 x 229jmccloud@fs.fed.us Description: Designate existing roads and trails for mountain bike use. No construction of new trails, although some trail hardening will occur.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=35477
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2011 Expected:07/2011 08/2011 John Sease802-362-2307-237jsease@fs.fed.us Description: Restore and maintain an existing upland opening on about 4.5 acres with a possible combination of hand, mechanical and prescribed fire treatments.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=35494
- Recreation management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Watershed management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2011 Expected:07/2011 08/2011 John Sease802-362-2307-237jsease@fs.fed.us Description: Project will remove cultivated crops, restore vegetation, and ultimately provide enhanced public recreational access to the Battenkill River. Opening maintenance will include hand, mechanical and/or prescribed fire treatments.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=35493
- Special use management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2011 Expected:08/2011 12/2011 David Bosch802-747-6746dbosch@fs.fed.us Description: One alternative for logging N � of Romeo tract is to stay on Romeo land and truck over an old truck road which is now VAST Corridor 9. Two alternatives to log the S �: both involve skidding to landings on NFS land and trucking from there to SR 8.
- Special use management Completed Actual: 02/23/2011 02/2011 David Bosch802-747-6746dbosch@fs.fed.us Description: Mr. Sprague has about 900 of his 1,400 taps on that portion of the Waldo Tract (#303) in Medburyville, north of SR 9 in Wilmington, that the U.S. will purchase in October/November 2010. He would like to retain those taps under special use permit.
- Special use management - Road management In Progress:Scoping Start 03/22/2011 Expected:05/2011 06/2011 John Kamb802-747-6715jkamb@fs.fed.us Description: Road permit to access a private inholding across NFS lands in the Town of Stamford to harvest timber. Permittee would truck logs down FR 264 and FR 265, both of which need road improvement work.
Vermont Broadband Special Use AuthorizationCE
- Special use management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2011 Expected:06/2011 08/2011 David Bosch802-747-6746dbosch@fs.fed.us Description: 12.75 miles of broadband network are proposed for addition to existing aerial utility lines on NFS lands on Manchester District. These utility lines already have access roads or trails. Their authorizations allow for maintenance of their systems.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=35484
Location: UNIT - Manchester Ranger District. STATE - Vermont. COUNTY - Bennington. Towns of Dorset, Winhall, Landgrove, Woodford, Searsburg, and Readsboro, Manchester Ranger District.
- Recreation management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2011 Expected:07/2011 09/2011 Joan McCloud802-362-2307 x 229jmccloud@fs.fed.us Description: Designate a section of the powerline corridor, FR 280 & two access trails connecting Woodford Lake Estates to the NFS snowmobile trail system. The proposal includes the decommissioning of the 4 mile Dome Trail (FT 393) in the Lamb Brook area.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=35469
- Recreation management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2011 Expected:06/2011 09/2011 Holly Knox802-747-6718hknox@fs.fed.us Description: Relocate a portion of the Catamount Trail, a cross country ski trail, between Vermont Route 73 and the Blueberry Management Area in Goshen. The new route would improve safety and decrease trail tread maintenance.
- Recreation management Cancelled N/A N/A Holly Knox802-747-6718hknox@fs.fed.us Description: Relocate a portion of the Catamount Trail (x-country ski trail) between VT Route 73 and the Blueberry Management Area in Goshen to improve safety and decrease trail tread maintenance. Location: UNIT - Middlebury Ranger District. STATE - Vermont. COUNTY - Addison. Green Mountain NF, Middlebury RD, Town of Goshen, VT.
Catamount Trail Steam Mill Road RelocationCE
- Recreation management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2011 Expected:08/2011 11/2011 Holly Knox802-767-4261hknox@fs.fed.us Description: Relocate a portion of the Catamount Trail off of Steam Mill Road to reduce the amount of shared miles with snowmobiles. Trail will be rerouted west of Steam Mill Road and connect to the Rikert Nordic Center trail system.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=35177
Location: UNIT - Middlebury Ranger District. STATE - Vermont. COUNTY - Addison. Town of Ripton, Steam Mill Road west to the Rikert Nordic Center trail system.
- Recreation management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2011 Expected:08/2011 10/2011 Holly Knox802-767-4261hknox@fs.fed.us Description: Remove snowmobile and horse access from Lefferts Pond Trail (FT 133) to reduce wetland impacts and maintenance costs; reroute horse use onto Lefferts Day Use Area access road (FR412); improve Round Robin snowmobile and horse trail to restore access.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=35176
- Minerals and Geology In Progress:Scoping Start 04/28/2010 Expected:05/2011 06/2011 John Kamb802-747-6715jkamb@fs.fed.us Description: Develop and manage a gravel pit on the west side of an elongated hill-shaped landform between Forest Road 59 and Forest Road 130 on National Forest System land in the Town of Ripton.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Watershed management In Progress:Scoping Start 03/03/2011 Expected:05/2011 07/2011 Nancy Burt802-747-6742nburt@fs.fed.us Description: Restore a wetland on the west side of Forest Road (FR) 59 and north of FR 130 in the Town of Ripton, VT. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=34880
- Recreation management - Special use management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2011 Expected:06/2011 06/2011 Jennifer Edmonds802-767-4261 x. 529jedmonds@fs.fed.us Description: Provide a long, groomed outer woods loop opportunity for Nordic skiers at Rikert Ski Touring Center which is apready permitted to operate a Nordic ski center. Loop will also provide access to the Catamount Trail from Rikert; a gate may be required.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=35309
- Recreation management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2011 Expected:08/2011 09/2011 Holly Knox802-747-6718hknox@fs.fed.us Description: Intent is to add trails to National Forest trail system, improve parking opportunities on west side of the lake, connect the northern parking area to the trail system, remove the southern parking lot, and implement erosion control and restorations
Cow Mountain Pond Snowmobile Trail Re-routeCE
- Recreation management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2011 Expected:07/2011 08/2011 Jay Strand802-767-4261jstrand@fs.fed.us Description: Reroute section of existing snowmobile trail through the VELCO corridor to existing old logging road on the Cow Mtn Pond Legacy tract. Construction of 1500ft of new snowmobile trail will include cutting small trees, debrushing, stumping & waterbars.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=35562
Location: UNIT - Rochester Ranger District. STATE - Vermont. COUNTY - Essex. Cow Mountain Pond VAST trail where it passes through a National Forest Legacy Tract in the town of Granby.
Sugarbush Steins Run Trail WideningCE
- Special use management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 04/2011 Expected:07/2011 08/2011 Thomas Paquette802-767-4261 x 521tpaquette@fs.fed.us Description: Widen the intersection at the top of Stein�s Run Trail at Sugarbush Ski Area to improve skier and groomer access safety. Area to clear of vegetation would be about 0.2 acres.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=35267
Location: UNIT - Rochester Ranger District. STATE - Vermont. COUNTY - Washington. Sugarbush Resort, Town of Warren, Rochester Ranger District.