Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
04/01/2016 to 06/30/2016
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
BDNF Aspen Project
CE
*NEW LISTING*
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
Expected:03/2016
05/2016
Scot Shuler
(406)222-1892
swshuler@fs.fed.us
Description: Increase aspen component in places where assessment indicates a need and conditions are favorable to support
aspen using a variety of treatments.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48122
Location:
Supplemental EIS - BDNF Land
& Resource Management Plan
to comply with District of Mont
Court Order
In Progress:
Scoping Start 01/12/2016
Project Contact
UNIT - Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest All Units. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead, Deer
Lodge, Gallatin, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Silver Bow. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Where aspen stands are
encountered on the Forest that meet the criteria for treatment.
- Land management planning
EIS
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
12/05/2015
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 02/2016
Expected:02/2016
02/2016
Jan Bowey
406-842-5432
jbowey@fs.fed.us
Description: Preparation of a supplemental analysis for the Corrected FEIS for revision of the Beaverhead and Deerlodge
Forest Plans into the 2009 BDNF Forest Plan, in response to an August 27, 2015 Order from the U.S. District
Court for the District of Montana.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47722
Location:
UNIT - Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest All Units. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead, Deer
Lodge, Gallatin, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell, Silver Bow. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Entire BeaverheadDeerlodge National Forest, southwestern Montana.
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
NCRS SNOTEL Sites
Conversion Project
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 05/14/2014
Expected:03/2016
04/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
EIS
UNIT - Wisdom Ranger District, Dillon Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead. LEGAL T12S, R12W, Sec 19; T6S, R17W, Sec 29. Lima-Tendoy and Big Hole Landscapes.
R1 - Northern Region
Dillon Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Alex Dunn
- Vegetation management
On Hold
N/A
N/A
406-683-3864
(other than forest products)
adunn@fs.fed.us
- Watershed management
Description: Vegetation management treatments to meet Forest Plan desired conditions including removing encroaching
conifers in Sagebrush, Aspen, Mountain Mahogany, thinning Douglas-fir, daylighting Whitebark Pine.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35859
Location:
Tendoy Project
Alex Dunn
406-683-3864
adunn@fs.fed.us
Description: Amend the terms of an existing permit under a National Memorandum of Understanding, to allow the Natural
Resources Conservation Service to automate 2 existing snow courses (Dad Creek and Slag-a-Melt)to Snotel
sites.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44472
Location:
Birch-Willow-Lost
Project Contact
UNIT - Dillon Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead. Birch, Upper Willow, Lower Willow,
and Lost Creek Sub-Watersheds in the East Face Management Area of the Pioneer Landscape.
- Minerals and Geology
EA
*NEW LISTING*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 10/30/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 04/2016
Expected:07/2016
08/2016
Licette Hammer
406-683-3911
lhammer@fs.fed.us
Description: The BLM Dillon field Office and USFS Beaverhead-Deerlodge are starting the Environmental Assessment(EA) on
an Application for Permit to Drill, submitted by the Lima Exploration Company, LLC.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48576
Location:
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
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UNIT - Dillon Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Two
locations are being considered: BLM site is Shearing Pen Gulch-access from Big Sheep Creek Road, FS site
White Pine Ridge-access from Little Sheep Creek Road.
Jefferson Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Jefferson Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Britton Amateur Radio Repeater - Special use management
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/20/2015
Expected:03/2015
05/2015
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Don Despain
406-846-1770
ddespain@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal to install an amateur radio repeater adjacent to the existing equipment at the Donald R. Communication
Site, currently occupied by Quest Corporation.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46463
Location:
Canyon Trail #7077
Maintenance and Construction
UNIT - Jefferson Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - T1N, R6W, Section 19.
Located in the Jefferson River Landscape, Pipestone Management Area.
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/20/2015
Expected:03/2015
05/2015
CE
Jocelyn Dodge
406-494-0246
jdodge@fs.fed.us
Description: Relocation and construction of 1600 ft. of new trail, maintenance and tread work on restoration on 1420 ft. of
existing trail, obliteration of 1590 ft. of old trail, installation of a 30 ft. rock turnpike, and hardening of one stream
crossing.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46466
Location:
Donald R. Communication Site
SUP Renewal
UNIT - Jefferson Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - T1N, R6W, Sections 15
and 22. Located in the Pipestone Management Area in the Jefferson Landscape.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 10/23/2015
Expected:11/2015
01/2016
CE
David Sabo
208-756-5279
dsabo@fs.fed.us
Description: We propose to renew special use permit DLG 401103, which expires Dec. 31, in order that Qwest
Communications dba Century Link may continue operating a microwave communication tower on the site for 20
years.
Location:
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
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UNIT - Jefferson Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Silver Bow. LEGAL - T1N, R6W, Section 19.
Jefferson River Landscape, Pipestone Management Area, southeast of Butte.
Madison Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Antelope Basin Storage Tank
Project
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Madison Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Grazing management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/23/2015
Expected:12/2015
06/2016
CE
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Kevin Suzuki
406-682-4253
ksuzuki@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal to install a water storage tank to increase the efficiency of the current stock water pipeline, converting the
majority of the pipeline to a gravity run system instead of a electric pump driven system.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48001
Location:
Crockett Lake Whitebark Pine
Demonstration
UNIT - Madison Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead. LEGAL - T13S, R2E, Sec 5.
Gravelly Landscape %u2013 Antelope Basin Management Area.
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/23/2014
Expected:08/2014
10/2014
CE
Paul Roose
406-682-4253
plroose@fs.fed.us
Description: This project is intended to remove all conifers and slash (except limber pine) from the understory in identified
whitebark pine stands in order to reduce competition and increase sunlight so that the WBP reproduces fully and
faster.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=34987
Location:
Ramshorn Creek Reciprocal
Trail Access
UNIT - Madison Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Madison. LEGAL - T9S, R2W,Section 5.
Gravelly Landscape, Upper Ruby and Wigwam-Cherry Managment Areas.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/23/2015
CE
Expected:11/2015
12/2015
Kevin Suzuki
406-682-4253
ksuzuki@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal to exchange a permit for motorized access to private land on 1320 feet of an old jeep road closed to
motorized traffic for an easement across private land for the same distance to maintain public access along the
Ramshorn Creek Trail #6016
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48000
Location:
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UNIT - Madison Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Madison. LEGAL - T4S, R3W, Sec 29.
Tobacco Root Landscape %u2013 Tobacoo Root Peaks Management Area.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
South Gravelly Allotment
Management Plans
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Madison Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Grazing management
EIS
*NEW LISTING*
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
02/04/2016
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 06/2016
Expected:12/2016
07/2017
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Kevin Suzuki
406-682-4253
ksuzuki@fs.fed.us
Description: Review grazing practices and infrastructure for 4 domestic livestock grazing allotments (Eureka Basin, Pole Creek,
Southwest Corner and Robb Creek)to ensure compliance with applicable Forest Plan direction.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48643
Location:
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Flint Foothills Vegetation
Management Project
EIS
UNIT - Madison Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead, Madison. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. South end of the Gravelly and Snowcrest Mountains, Beaverhead and Madison Counties, Montana.
R1 - Northern Region
Pintler Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Forest products
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
10/19/2012
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 12/2015
Expected:12/2015
01/2016
Charlene Bucha Gentry
406 859-3211
CGentry@fs.fed.us
Description: 1) Salvage dead and dying lodgepole pine
2) Commercial thin ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir
3) Use prescribed fire in low and mid-elevation mixed conifer stands to promote resiliency
4) Pre-commercial thin young stands
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=33238
Location:
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UNIT - Pintler Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Granite, Powell. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Flint
Foothills and Flint Uplands Management Areas located south of Interstate 90 between Drummond and Deer
Lodge.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Pintler Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Patty Bates
406-683-3979
pbates@fs.fed.us
Master SUP Amendments to
bury power & phone lines
under Stony Creek Road.
- Special use management
CE
Description: The proposal would authorize NorthWest Energy & Blackfoot Telephone Co. a right-of-way approximately 1,850
feet long by 2 feet wide in order to bury electric and phone conduits for a private residence 3 feet deep in the Stony
Creek Roadbed.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48006
Location:
Whetstone Ridge Trail #8020
Relocation
In Progress:
Scoping Start 10/26/2015
Expected:11/2015
11/2015
UNIT - Pintler Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Granite. LEGAL - T7N, R16E, Sec 21. Upper
Clark Fork Landscape, Stony Management Area.
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/17/2015
Expected:05/2015
06/2015
CE
David Rouse
406-859-3211
dmrouse@fs.fed.us
Description: We propose to construct 4.7 miles of new trail and obliterate 1.4 miles of the old trail tread, in order to reroute the
Whetstone Ridge Trail to resolve safety, erosion and public access concerns posed at the existing location.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46741
Location:
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Chief Joseph Cross Country
Ski Trail Hazard Tree Removal
UNIT - Pintler Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Granite. LEGAL - T4N, R16 W, Sections 4,9,29
and T4N, R17 W, Section 36. Upper Rock Creek Landscape, Sapphire Mountains Wilderness Study Area and
Ross Fork MAs in the Sapphire Inventoried Roadless Area.
Wisdom Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/23/2011
CE
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
R1 - Northern Region
Nathan Gassmann
406-784-2344
ngassmann@fs.fed.us
Description: Remove hazard trees over the course of 10 years, to reduce the risk posed to skiers and hikers on this trail system
(over 7000 visitors annually) by commercial means if possible. Force account or service contracts will be employed
otherwise.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=36827
Location:
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UNIT - Wisdom Ranger District. STATE - Idaho, Montana. COUNTY - Lemhi, Beaverhead, Ravalli. LEGAL - T
2S, R 19W, Sections 2, 3, 35, 36,. Trail Creek Management Area, Big Hole Landscape.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Wisdom Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Nathan Gassmann
406-784-2344
ngassmann@fs.fed.us
Chief Joseph Ski Trail
Maintenance &
Construction
- Recreation management
CE
Description: Project would re-shaping the existing road prism on the old log hauling routes used as ski trails and dig stumps on
approximately 32 kilometers of cross country ski trails and construct a connector trail between Moose and Sentinel
Meadow trails.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=36828
Location:
North and West Big Hole
Allotment Mangement Plans
On Hold
N/A
UNIT - Wisdom Ranger District. STATE - Idaho, Montana. COUNTY - Lemhi, Beaverhead, Ravalli. LEGAL - T
2S, R 19W, Sections 2 and 3. Trail Creek Management Area, Big Hole Landscape, a small portion of the trails
overlaps on the Bitterroot and Salmon/Challis National Forests.
- Grazing management
Completed
Actual: 03/25/2016
EIS
*UPDATED*
N/A
06/2016
Jessica Dhaemers
406-689-3243
jdhaemers@fs.fed.us
Description: Updating the allotment management plans for 11 grazing allotments.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37978
Location:
UNIT - Wisdom Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead, Deer Lodge. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. On the Wisdon and Wise River Ranger Districts of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF.
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This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
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