Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
07/01/2015 to 09/30/2015
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)
Forest Plan Temporary Roads
- Land management planning
EIS
In Progress:
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
09/12/2014
Expected:09/2014
Project Contact
09/2014
Jan Bowey
406-842-5432
jbowey@fs.fed.us
Description: Supplemental Analysis for Forest Plan EIS
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42302
Location:
Greater Sage-grouse
Management Direction
UNIT - Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest All Units. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead, Deer
Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell, Silver Bow. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Beaverhead-Deerlodge
National Forest.
- Land management planning
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
EIS
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
11/01/2013
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 06/2014
Expected:11/2014
11/2014
Glen Stein
801-625-5281
gstein@fs.fed.us
Description: The purpose of this project is to prepare environmental impact statements (EISs) and supplemental environmental
impact statements to incorporate greater sage-grouse conservation measures into Bureau of Land Management
land use plans and Forest Plans.
Web Link: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/sagegrouse/eastern.html
Location:
UNIT - Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest All Units. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead, Deer
Lodge. Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest.
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
07/01/2015 04:30 am MT
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Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
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
Project Contact
Expected:06/2014
06/2014
CE
Patty Bates
406-683-3979
pbates@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 5 existing hydrometerological data collection sites with solar
powered data collection equipment
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44472
Location:
North and West Big Hole
Allotment Mangement Plans
UNIT - Wise River Ranger District, Madison Ranger District, Wisdom Ranger District, Dillon Ranger District.
STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead, Madison. LEGAL - T12S, R12W, Sec 19; T6S, R17W, Sec 29;
T3S, R11W, Sec 7; T1S, R 12W, Sec 11; T11S, R4W, Sec 18. Lima-Tendoy, Big Hole, Pioneer and Gravelly
Landscapes, see scoping letter for Management Areas.
- Grazing management
EIS
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
03/28/2014
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 05/2014
Expected:09/2014
10/2014
Jan Bowey
406-842-5432
jbowey@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:
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Atkerson Private Road Special
Use Permit
UNIT - Wise River Ranger District, 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.
R1 - Northern Region
Butte Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 04/03/2015
CE
04/2015
Don Despain
406-846-1770
ddespain@fs.fed.us
Description: Project is proposed to reissue an existing special use permit.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46477
Location:
07/01/2015 04:30 am MT
UNIT - Butte Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Silver Bow. LEGAL - T1N, R7W, Section 16.
Upper Clark Fork Landscape, Backyard Butte Management Area, Pipestone Pass Area.
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Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Blacktail Headwaters Project
CE
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Butte Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
Completed
Actual: 05/26/2015
Project Contact
05/2015
David Sabo
406-494-2147
comments-northernbeaverheaddeerlodge@fs.fed.us
Description: Thin Douglas-fir stands, hand fall encroaching conifers in and around aspen clones, meadows and sagebrush
parks. Prescribed burn upland forest stands with pre-treatment (slash/fell conifers) along private boundaries
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45691
Location:
Boulder Lowlands Vegetation
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Bruce Higgins
10/2015
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:09/2015
406-777-7427
- Vegetation management
Scoping Start 05/12/2015
bdhiggins@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
Description: The purpose of the project is to increase the resiliency of the area to insect and disease infestations and reduce
the risk of wildfire to local communities and surrounding lands (federal, state and private).
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47023
Location:
Butte Highland Mine Haul Road
UNIT - Butte Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Silver Bow. LEGAL - Township 1 North, Range 7
West sections 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 and 21. This project is located in the headwaters of Blacktail Creek, south east
of Butte, MT on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest (BDNF) in the Limekiln area.
UNIT - Butte Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Project area
is located between Butte and Boulder, Montana in Jefferson County (T4N, R7W, Sections 3, 4, 5, 9 and 10; T5N,
R7W, Sections 16, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34 and 35).
- Minerals and Geology
In Progress:
EA
Expected:07/2015
08/2015
MaryBeth Marks
406-587-6709
mmarks@fs.fed.us
Description: Butte Highlands JV, LLC of Butte, Montana has submitted a Plan of Operations (POO) to use National Forest
System roads for activities that are incidental to their mining operations on private land.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35069
Location:
07/01/2015 04:30 am MT
UNIT - Butte Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Silver Bow. LEGAL - Township 1 North, Range 8
West, section 20. Approximately 8 miles west along Forest Service road #84 (Highland Road) to the National
Forest boundary.
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Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Butte Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Jocelyn Dodge
406-494-0246
jdodge@fs.fed.us
Ditch Saddle Trail #4143
Maintenance and Construction
Project
- Recreation management
CE
Description: Project proposed to reduce steep sections of trail and address public safety concerns and reduce sedimentation in
a fish key watershed by moving the trail away from the stream. The replaced sections of original tread would be
obliterated.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46479
Location:
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Birch-Willow-Lost
EIS
Expected:03/2015
05/2015
UNIT - Butte Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Silver Bow. LEGAL - T2N,R10W, Section 36 and
T3N,R10W, Sections PB42 and 43; 9, 10
. Northeast Fleecer Management Area in the Upper Clark Fork Landscape.
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:
Roadside Hazard Tree Removal
#8
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/20/2015
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.
- Road management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/31/2015
Expected:07/2015
10/2015
CE
Alex Dunn
406-683-3864
adunn@fs.fed.us
Description: Remove hazard trees adjacent to several high-use system roads on the Dillon Ranger District using commercial
timber sale.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46720
Location:
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
07/01/2015 04:30 am MT
UNIT - Dillon Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Selway
Creek Area of Dillon Ranger District.
Jefferson Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R1 - Northern Region
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
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:
UNIT - Jefferson Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - T1N, R6W, Section 19.
Located in the Jefferson River Landscape, Pipestone Management Area.
Britton Amateur Radio Repeater - Special use management
Completed
Actual: 04/07/2015
05/2015
CE
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=46464
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:
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
07/01/2015 04:30 am MT
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.
Madison Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R1 - Northern Region
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Cataract Creek - Mountain
Meadow Plan of Operations
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Madison Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Minerals and Geology
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/20/2015
Expected:06/2015
07/2015
CE
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Licette Hammer
406-683-3911
lhammer@fs.fed.us
Description: Mine dumps and waste rock from mine sites will be hauled to a processing site on private land. All transportation
on public land would be under permit on existing open routes on the BDNF and BLM. This project will be done in a
single field season.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46312
Location:
Crockett Lake Whitebark Pine
Demonstration
UNIT - Madison Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Madison. LEGAL - T 2S, R 3W Sec. 16, 21.
The Mountain Meadow, Ben Harrison and Bozeman mines are located in the Tobacco Root Landscape in the
Brown Back and Tobacco Root Peaks management areas.
- 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:
Edwards Special Use Permit
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
Completed
CE
Actual: 02/19/2015
04/2015
Kevin Suzuki
406-682-4253
ksuzuki@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal is to permit full size vehicle access to private land inholdings in the North Meadow Creek Drainage.
Landowner would pay the cost of improvements required on portions of the trail.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44425
Location:
07/01/2015 04:30 am MT
UNIT - Madison Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead. LEGAL - T4S, R3W, Sections
11,12,13, and 14. Tobacco Root Landscape, Tobacoo Root Peaks Management Area, in the North Meadow Creek
Drainage.
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Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Eureka Fire Whitebark Pine
Planting Project
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Madison Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
Completed
05/2015
Actual: 04/10/2015
CE
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Bruce Schuelke
406-494-0241
bschuelke@fs.fed.us
Description: Whitebark pine seedlings will be planted in 2015 contingent upon snow conditions and access at elevation ranges
from 8060 to 9260 feet in the Eureka Fire Area. UTVs or ATVs will be used to transport the seedlings to planting
areas.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46315
Location:
UNIT - Madison Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Madison. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Gravelly
Landscape, Eureka Fire Area Footprint.
Kevin Suzuki
406-682-4253
ksuzuki@fs.fed.us
Madison Ranger District Road
Decommissioning as Identified
in the Madison MVUM Decision
- Recreation management
- Watershed management
CE
Description: Road 1237B, (0.5 miles) will require complete obliteration. Road closure devices, water bars, tread scarification
and re-contouring will discourage motorized use and promote re-vegetation. Road 9677, (1.6 miles) will require
only a closed sign.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46314
Location:
Smith Lake Fish Screen Project
08/2015
Expected:05/2015
UNIT - Madison Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Madison. LEGAL - T5S, R3W, Sections 6 & 7
T9S, R3W, Section 28. Road 1237B is in the Ramshorn management Area, Tobacco Root Landscape. Road 9677
is in the Gravelly Landscape, Ruby-Centennial Corridor Management Area.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/20/2015
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/20/2015
07/2015
Expected:05/2015
Darin Watschke
406-657-6200
dwatschke@fs.fed.us
Description: Construct and install a 12 foot denil fish ladder attached to a 7'x7' concrete head wall. The top of the fish ladder will
be covered to prevent blockage. The contractor would use a tracked excavator to do the work.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46316
Location:
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
07/01/2015 04:30 am MT
UNIT - Madison Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Madison. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Smith Lake
in the Gravelly Landscape in the West Fork Madison Management Area.
Pintler Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R1 - Northern Region
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Big M Outfitter & Guide Special
Use Permit
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Pintler Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 04/16/2015
Project Contact
05/2015
CE
David Rouse
406-859-3211
dmrouse@fs.fed.us
Description: Renewal of ten year Special Use Permit for Priority Use Outfitting and Guiding
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46366
Location:
UNIT - Pintler Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Granite. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Upper Rock
Creek and Clark Fork -Flint landscapes, multiple management areas, please see map included with documents.
Black Pine Ridge BLM Repeater - Special use management
Completed
Actual: 04/15/2015
06/2015
CE
Cameron Rasor
406-859-3211
crasor@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal to authorize the BLM to install a permanent repeater under a special use permit at the Black Pine Ridge
site which is authorized under the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Forest Plan.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46368
Location:
Finley Basin Minerals
Exploration Project
UNIT - Pintler Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Granite. LEGAL - T8N, R15W, Section 26. Clark
Fork Flint Landscape and John Long Management Area.
- Minerals and Geology
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
12/19/2014
Expected:09/2015
05/2016
Steve Kelley
406-494-0222
slkelley@fs.fed.us
Description: Finley Mining Inc.proposes to drill 12 exploration holes using a track mounted drill rig that can be dismantled for
use with a helicopter. If the 4 drill sites are encouraging then up to 6 more sites maybe drilled. Roads will not be
constructed.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46001
Location:
07/01/2015 04:30 am MT
UNIT - Pintler Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Powell. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The proposed
area of exploration is located in T7N, R12W, sections 11 and 14, in the Finley Basin area approximately 11 miles
east of Philipsburg.
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Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Flint Foothills Vegetation
Management Project
EIS
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
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
Project Contact
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:
Golden Jubilee Drilling
Exploration Project
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.
- Minerals and Geology
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/21/2015
Expected:04/2015
06/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Description: The Gunsinger Group proposes to core drill 8 exploration holes with a truck mounted drill rig and dig a 4 by 50 foot
trench about 16 feet deep using a backhoe. Drill sites are about 800 feet from a County Road. No road
construction is necessary.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46827
Location:
Hogan Private Road Special
Use Permit
Steve Kelley
406-494-0222
slkelley@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Pintler Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Granite. LEGAL - T6N, R13W, Section 14.
Georgetown Lake Management Area of the Clark Fork Flint Landscape about 7 miles southeast of Philipsburg,
Montana.
- Special use management
Completed
CE
Actual: 04/22/2014
04/2014
Cameron Rasor
406-859-3211
crasor@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal to issue a Private Road Special Use Permit to Mike D. Hogan Jr. authorizing the operation and
maintenance of an existing road crossing NFS land to access private property.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44134
Location:
07/01/2015 04:30 am MT
UNIT - Pintler Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Deer Lodge. LEGAL - T5N,R13W,Section 6.
Georgetown Lake Management Area in Clark Fork Flint Landscape.
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Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Rebel Claims Exploration
Project
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Pintler Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Minerals and Geology
Completed
Actual: 06/23/2015
Project Contact
06/2015
CE
Steve Kelley
406-494-0222
slkelley@fs.fed.us
Description: proposal to permit mineral exploration in an unpatented mining claim using a backhoe to excavate 8 trenches.
Trenches will be opened one at a time and reclaimed before excavating the next. Samples would be removed and
processed off-site.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46011
Location:
Royal Tine Outfitter & Guide
Permit Renewal
UNIT - Pintler Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Granite. LEGAL - T8N, R15W, Sections 18 &19
and T8N, R16W, Sections 13 & 24. Upper Rock Creek Landscape, Upper Willow Management Area, Quigg IRA,
about 15 miles northwest of Philipsburg, Montana.
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 04/16/2015
05/2015
CE
David Rouse
406-859-3211
dmrouse@fs.fed.us
Description: Renew a 10-year special use permit for Royal Tine Outfitting and Guide School
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46367
Location:
Whetstone Ridge Trail #8020
Relocation
UNIT - Pintler Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Granite. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Upper Rock
Creek Landscape, West Fork Rock Creek, Ross Fork, Sapphires WSA, East Fork, and Anaconda-Pintler
Recommended Wilderness Additions management areas.
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/17/2015
Expected:05/2015
06/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
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
07/01/2015 04:30 am MT
David Rouse
406-859-3211
dmrouse@fs.fed.us
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)
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R1 - Northern Region
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Chief Joseph Cross Country
Ski Trail Hazard Tree Removal
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Wisdom Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/23/2011
Expected:08/2014
Project Contact
09/2014
CE
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:
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.
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:
Olsen Livestock Area Special
Use Permit Reauthorization
On Hold
- Grazing management
Completed
Actual: 06/09/2015
06/2015
Russell Riebe
208-756-5246
rriebe@fs.fed.us
Description: Reauthorize an expired 10-year Livestock Area Special Use Permit to Candland Olsen. The permit allows
constructing part of a fence on National Forest because the site on his property is too wet to construct a fence
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47062
Location:
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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.
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*NEW LISTING*
N/A
UNIT - Wisdom Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead. LEGAL - T7N, R15E, Sections
7,8,18,19,& 20. Big Hole Landscape, West Big Hold Flats Management Area.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Van Houten Lake Fish Barrier
Project
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Wisdom Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
Completed
Actual: 06/05/2015
09/2015
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Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Daniel Downing
406-689-3243
ddowning@fs.fed.us
Description: This proposal is to build a structure at the outlet of Van Houten Lake to block non-native trout passage upstream
into the lake.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44488
Location:
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
District)
Wisdom and Wise River
Communication Sites Project
UNIT - Wisdom Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead. LEGAL - T22N, R15W, Section
8. Big Hole Landscape, West Big Hole Flats Management Area, south of Jackson, Montana.
R1 - Northern Region
Wise River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one
- Special use management
Completed
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Actual: 06/05/2015
06/2015
Bill Given
406-683-3909
bgiven@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal to convert 2 communication sites, identified in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Forest Plan as "proposed" to
permanent administrative sites. Equipment is in place and the conversion is an administrative exercise.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46488
Location:
UNIT - Wise River Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Silver Bow.
LEGAL - Deer Camp T4S, R14W, NENW Sec 16; Dickie Peak T2N, R11W, SWNW Sec 28. Deer Camp site is in
the West Pioneer Inventoried Roadless Area (WSA Management Area) in the Pioneer Landscape. Dickie Peak
site is in the South Fleecer Management Area in the Big Hole Landscape.
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status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited
bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at
(202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA
is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
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