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Schedule Of Proposed Action - 01/01/2012 to 03/31/2012 - Green Mountain And Finger Lakes National Forests Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)01/01/2012 to 03/31/2012Green 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.
- Special use management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 02/2012 Expected:06/2012 06/2012 David Bosch802-747-6746dbosch@fs.fed.us Description: Re-issue Special Use Permit to authorize all existing CVPS power lines located across the Forest.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=12744
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=23615
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=32381
Butternut Seed OrchardCE
- Research and Development In Progress:Scoping Start 11/08/2011 Expected:06/2012 07/2012 Sarah Schoenberg607-546-4470 ex. 321sschoenberg@fs.fed.us Description: Establish a butternut seed orchard within Grassland for Grazing Management Area to develop disease resistant trees. Area occupied by the orchard is estimated to be 250 feet x 250 feet.
Location: UNIT - Hector Ranger District. STATE - New York. COUNTY - Schuyler. Finger Lakes NF, Town of Hector.
- Special area management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 03/2012 Expected:05/2012 06/2012 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.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=33891
- Special use management In Progress:DEIS NOA in Federal Register 12/23/2010Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 02/2012 Expected:02/2012 06/2012 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 October, 2011.
Web Link: http://data.ecosystem-management.org/nepaweb/fs-usda-pop.php?project=7838
- Recreation management - Heritage resource management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Forest products - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Watershed management - Road management In Progress:Scoping Start 07/22/2011Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 03/2012 Expected:07/2012 09/2012 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/nepa_project_exp.php?project=32091
- Special use management In Progress:Scoping Start 03/25/2008 Expected:03/2012 05/2012 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/nepa_project_exp.php?project=26626
- Recreation management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 05/2012 Expected:09/2012 10/2012 Joan McCloud802-362-2307 x 229jmccloud@fs.fed.us Description: Designate existing snowmobile trails and roads for horse and bike use. May involve some trail improvements.
- Special use management Completed Actual: 12/09/2011 12/2011 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.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=32081
- Recreation management In Progress:Scoping Start 05/23/2011 Expected:09/2012 09/2012 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/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35476
Kelly Stand Road (Forest Highway 6) Flood Repairs ProjectCE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Watershed management - Road management In Progress:Scoping Start 12/29/2011 Expected:04/2012 06/2012 Jay Strand802-767-4261jstrand@fs.fed.us Description: Repair and reopen Kelly Stand Road (Forest Highway 6) that was damaged by Tropical Storm Irene. Work includes road and bridge restoration, rock excavation, stream restoration and other activities on both NFS and private lands.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38001
- Land ownership management In Progress:Scoping Start 02/27/2008 Expected:03/2012 04/2012 Jay Strand802-767-4261jstrand@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:03/2012 06/2012 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/nepa_project_exp.php?project=18053
- Special use management In Progress:Scoping Start 11/08/2011 Expected:05/2012 06/2012 David Bosch802-747-6746dbosch@fs.fed.us Description: Reissue an expired special use permit to The Lodge at Pinnacle View for the use of 13.85 acres of NFS lands for miscellaneous facilities.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35477
- Special use management In Progress:Scoping Start 11/08/2011 Expected:02/2012 02/2012 David Bosch802-747-6746dbosch@fs.fed.us Description: Perkins Logging plans to harvest private land in Wardsboro, VT. They�ve requested winter use of about 600� of skid trail to a landing on NFS land next to a Town Highway for a period of 3 years. Location: UNIT - Manchester Ranger District. STATE - Vermont. COUNTY - Windham. Manchester RD, Town of Wardsboro, VT.
Peru Upland Opening for WildlifeCE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants In Progress:Scoping Start 03/22/2011 Expected:02/2012 06/2012 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/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35494
Location: UNIT - Manchester Ranger District. STATE - Vermont. COUNTY - Bennington. Existing opening, Compartment 55 on Hapgood Pond Rd in the town of Peru.
Richville Road Wildlife Opening Restoration and MaintenanceCE
- Recreation management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Watershed management In Progress:Scoping Start 03/22/2011 Expected:02/2012 06/2012 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/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35493
Location: UNIT - Manchester Ranger District. STATE - Vermont. COUNTY - Bennington. Richville Road, Town of Manchester.
South Wallingford Water Company Special UseCE
- Land management planning In Progress:Scoping Start 10/21/2011 Expected:02/2012 02/2012 David Bosch802-747-6746dbosch@fs.fed.us Description: SWWC has asked to build a State required water treatment facility on NFS lands at the Homer Stone trailhead on the side of Homer Stone Road north of Homer Stone Brook. The building will be approx. 8x10 ft, mimicking other outbuildings in appearance.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35487
Location: UNIT - Manchester Ranger District. STATE - Vermont. COUNTY - Rutland. The Homer Stone trailhead on the side of Homer Stone Road north of Homer Stone Brook, Town of Wallingford.
- Special use management Developing ProposalEst. Scoping Start 02/2012 Expected:06/2012 07/2012 David Bosch802-747-6746dbosch@fs.fed.us Description: Place a series of wells and springs on NFS lands near Crystal Pond, and Crystal and Haystack Ponds that provides water to the Town of Wilmington under the proper authorization. There may be new source springs requested.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35490
- Recreation management In Progress:Scoping Start 04/15/2011 Expected:09/2012 09/2012 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/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35469
CVPS Distribution Line Special Use, Ripton-Lincoln RoadCE
- Special use management In Progress:Scoping Start 11/08/2011 Expected:02/2012 03/2012 David Bosch802-747-6746dbosch@fs.fed.us Description: CVPS has applied to add an electric distribution line to an existing pole-mounted phone line south along the Ripton-Lincoln Road from the intersection with the North Branch Road in Ripton. Additional clearing for the roadside line would be needed.
Lefferts Pond Area Trails ProjectCE
- Recreation management Completed Actual: 10/26/2011 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/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35176
Location: UNIT - Middlebury Ranger District. STATE - Vermont. COUNTY - Rutland. Lefferts Pond Trail (Forest Trail 133), Lefferts Day Use Area access road (FR412), and Round Robin snowmobile and horse trail, all in town of Chittenden.
- Special use management In Progress:Scoping Start 11/08/2011 Expected:02/2012 03/2012 David Bosch802-747-6746dbosch@fs.fed.us Description: Andrew Marks has applied for access to his private land off the Fay Road in Goshen. Consists of constructing an 80 ft long by 14 ft wide low standard road for wood lot management and recreation use.
- Minerals and Geology In Progress:Scoping Start 04/28/2010 Expected:01/2012 06/2012 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.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=26945
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Watershed management On Hold N/A N/A 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/nepa_project_exp.php?project=34880
Location: UNIT - Middlebury Ranger District. STATE - Vermont. COUNTY - Addison. Green Mountain NF, Middlebury RD, Town of Ripton, VT.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35309
Kent Pond Overflow Spillway Access and Repairs CE
- Special use management Completed Actual: 11/17/2011 12/2011 David Bosch802-747-6746dbosch@fs.fed.us Description: Issue special use authorization to provide State contractor access to repair the Kent Pond spillway damaged during Tropical Storm Irene. Access is by road across NFS land for approximiately 800 feet,
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38008
Location: UNIT - Rochester Ranger District. STATE - Vermont. COUNTY - Rutland. Green Mountain NF, Town of Killington.
Killington Town River Road Loop TrailCE
- Recreation management - Special use management In Progress:Scoping Start 11/08/2011 Expected:05/2012 06/2012 Jennifer Wright802-747-6730jenniferwright@fs.fed.us Description: A 4 mile loop trail that encompasses portions of River Rd., Valley Park Rd., Thundering Brook Rd., Killington town land and NFS land. About 3.7 miles of the loop is located on town property and public roads and about 0.3 mile on NFS land.