Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
04/01/2016 to 06/30/2016
Idaho Panhandle 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
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide)
Lookout Pass Ski Area
Expansion EIS
- Recreation management
- Special use management
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
04/04/2014
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 03/2016
EIS
*UPDATED*
Expected:11/2016
06/2017
Shoshana Cooper
208-765-7211
smcooper@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal by Lookout Pass Ski and Recreation Area to expand its special use permit to upgrade and develop new
lifts, ski terrain, parking, access roads, and guest service facilities.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43757
Location:
Upper Lochsa Land Exchange
UNIT - Fernan Ranger District, Lolo National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho, Montana. COUNTY - Shoshone,
Mineral. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Lookout Pass Ski and Recreation Area on Montana-Idaho Border,
approximately 12 miles east of Wallace, Idaho.
- Land ownership management
On Hold
N/A
EIS
N/A
Teresa Trulock
208-935-4256
ttrulock@fs.fed.us
Description: The Forest Service (FS) is considering a land exchange with Western Pacific Timber. The FS would receive
approx. 40,000 acres of WPT land in the upper Lochsa River drainage and WPT would recieve an equal value of
Forest Service land in north Idaho.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=26227
Location:
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District, Palouse Ranger District, North Fork Ranger District, Red River Ranger District,
Powell Ranger District , Clearwater Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Bonner, Clearwater,
Idaho, Kootenai, Latah. The lands to acquire are in the upper Lochsa River drainage on the border of ID and MT.
The federal lands to exchange out of are scattered on the Idaho Panhandle, Clearwater, and Nez Perce NF's.
Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
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R1 - Northern Region
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
IPNF Noxious Weed Treatment
Project
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
EIS
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
10/28/2011
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 09/2016
Expected:06/2017
Project Contact
06/2017
Karl Dekome
208-765-7479
kdekome@fs.fed.us
Description: Management of non-native invasive plant species utilizing herbicides, biological control agents, cultural and
mechanical methods for weed control.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=36183
Location:
Interagency Natural Resource
Center
- Facility management
EA
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Idaho Panhandle National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho, Montana, Washington. COUNTY Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone, Lincoln, Sanders, Pend Oreille. LEGAL Not Applicable. Various locations across the forest.
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
10/18/2014
10/2016
James Gebhardt
208-765-7382
jgebhardt@fs.fed.us
Description: Construction of a new interagency office for the IPNF Supervisor's Office, Bureau of Land Management Coeur
d'Alene Field Office and US Fish and Wildlife Supervisor's Office on lands located within the Forest Service Coeur
d'Alene Nursery
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44817
Location:
UNIT - Idaho Panhandle National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T51N,
R4W, south 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of section 34, B.M. Located within the fenceline on the southeast corner of the Forest
Service Coeur d'Alene Nursery.
Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
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Expected:08/2016
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R1 - Northern Region
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
Coeur d'Alene Basin Natural
Resource Restoration Plan
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
EIS
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
06/13/2013
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 05/2016
Project Contact
Expected:11/2016
02/2017
Melissa Christensen
208-783-2115
melissajchristensen@fs.
fed.us
Description: Restore, rehabilitate, replace, and/or acquire the equivalent of the injured natural resources in the Coeur d'Alene
Basin as a result of the release of hazardous mining wastes.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42612
Location:
Selkirk Mountain Range Winter
Travel Plan
UNIT - Wallace Ranger District, Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Kootenai,
Shoshone. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Coeur d'Alene Lake Basin - including the Coeur d'Alene River (North Fork,
South Fork, and main stem), the St. Joe River, Lake Coeur d'Alene, and the Upper Spokane River.
- Recreation management
On Hold
N/A
N/A
EIS
David Cobb
208-443-6854
dcobb@fs.fed.us
Description: Travel management plan for motorized winter recreation use within the Selkirk Mountain Range on the Bonners
Ferry, Priest Lake Ranger District and Sandpoint Ranger District.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=15349
Location:
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Bog Creek Road Project
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District, Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho,
Washington. COUNTY - Bonner, Boundary, Pend Oreille. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Priest Lake, Sandpoint, and
Bonners Ferry Ranger Districts.
R1 - Northern Region
Bonners Ferry Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Road management
EIS
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
02/06/2013
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 05/2016
Expected:12/2016
06/2017
Shanda Dekome
208-765-7238
sdekome@fs.fed.us
Description: Providing safe east-west access across the Selkirk Mtns for U.S. Border Patrol agents by repairing and
maintaining portions of the Bog Creek Road (Forest Roads 1013 and 2450).
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41296
Location:
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UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - T65N, R4W, Sections
8, 9, 10, 15, 17, 19 and T65N, R5W, Section 24, B.M. Selkirk Mountains of northern Idaho within 2 miles of the
Canadian border.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Boulder Creek
*UPDATED*
EA
*UPDATED*
Expected
Implementation
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 06/2016
Expected:06/2017
R1 - Northern Region
07/2017
Douglas Nishek
208-267-6765
dnishek@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - Federal lands in all or
portions of:
T61N, R2E, Sections 1-2, 11-13, 20-36.
T61N, R3E, Sections 5-9, 16-22, 27-34.
T60N, R2E, Sect. 1-36.
T60N, R3E, Sect. 3-9, 16-20, 29-30.
T59N, R2E, Sect. 4,BM. The Boulder Creek project is located on federally managed lands in the Boulder Creek
Watershed and includes the drainages east of Katka peak.
Albert Helgenberg
09/2016
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:08/2016
208-265-6643
- Fuels management
Comment Period Public Notice
ajhelgenberg@fs.fed.us
- Road management
01/22/2016
Description: The activities associated with this project include timber harvest, timber stand maintenance, fuels treatments, and
road maintenance.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44051
Location:
UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - Portions of T63N, R2E,
Sections 12, 13, 14, 15,16 , 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 32, 34 and 36; T62N, R2E, Sections 2, 4 and 6; T63N, R3E,
Sections 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33. The Deer Creek project is located north of Moyie
Springs in multiple drainages that flow into the Moyie and Kootenai Rivers including Deer Creek, Curley Creek,
Skin Creek, Meadow Creek and Fry Creek.
Elk Mountain Farms Water
Diversion and Transmission
Special Use Permit
- Special use management
CE
Description: Issue a Special Use Permit for maintenance and use of an existing water system.
Location:
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
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Project Contact
Description: Ecosystem restoration in various forest types. Project purposes include reducing sediment to Boulder Creek and
protecting emergency communication equipment on Black Mountain from wildfire.
Location:
Deer Creek
Decision
Bonners Ferry Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Forest products
- Fuels management
EA
Planning Status
On Hold
N/A
N/A
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - Section 22, T64N,
R1W, B.M. Fisher Creek drainage.
Coeur d'Alene Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R1 - Northern Region
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
AT&T Daisy Gulch Fiber Optic
Line Project
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Coeur d'Alene Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/30/2016
Expected:06/2016
07/2016
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Installation of conduit and fiber optic facilities within FS Roads 6532 and 6532A to the existing ATC communication
site on adjacent private lands to allow ATC to upgrade the site to better serve surrounding customers.
Location:
Elk Mountain Tungsten
Project Contact
UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T48N, R6E, Sections 30 and
31. Daisy Gulch Road north of Shoshone Park.
- Minerals and Geology
On Hold
N/A
N/A
CE
Timothy Sadler
208-765-7206
tjsadler@fs.fed.us
Description: Brushing existing trenches and access roads, performing geophysical surveys and geochemical surveys.
Location:
Fernan Rod & Gun Club Permit
Reissuance
UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T49N, R2W, Sections 7, 8, 17,
18, B.M. Beauty Creek drainage, west of Elk Mountain, near Mineral Ridge.
- Special use management
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
01/11/2016
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T50 N, R3W, NE1/4, NW1/4
Section 2, B.M. Fernan Hill/Smith Gulch.
Frontier Telephone Line Special - Special use management
Use Permit Reissuance
Completed
CE
Actual: 01/28/2016
02/2016
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Reissuance of the existing Frontier telephone lines throughout the Central Zone and portion of the South Zone of
the IPNF.
Location:
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09/2016
Description: To authorize the continued operation and maintenance of a target range. The target range has operated under the
special use permit since 1990. Permit may be issued for up to a 20-year term.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=31807
Location:
*UPDATED*
Expected:08/2016
UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai, Shoshone. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Throughout the Central Zone and portion of the South Zone of the IPNF.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
GF&H Bear Gulch Special Use
Permit Project
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Coeur d'Alene Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 03/09/2016
05/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
EA
*NEW LISTING*
UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - NW1/4 Section 12, T49N,
R5E, B.M. Bear Gulch.
Kerry Arneson
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:07/2016
07/2016
208-769-3021
- Vegetation management
Comment Period Public Notice
karneson@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
01/29/2016
Description: Provide a safe transportation system free of unstable fire-affected trees; re-establish forested conditions to
increase the representation of early seral conifer species; and recover the economic value of forest products.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48585
Location:
UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T50N, R2E, Sec. 1, 2; T50N,
R3E, Sec. 4-6; T51N, R2E, Sec. 1-4, 9-12, 25, 26, 34-36; T51N, R3E, Sec. 2-9, 16-17, 21-22, 28-32; T52N,
R2E, Sec. 25, 35, 36; T52N, R3E, Sec. 26-35; Boise Meridian. National Forest System lands in the Grizzly
Complex Fire perimeter, north of Enaville and west of Prichard, Idaho, in the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River
drainage.
ITD Magee Airstrip O&M Project - Special use management
CE
*NEW LISTING*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/10/2016
Expected:05/2016
09/2016
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Amendment to the existing special use permit to include an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Plan. The O&M
Plan would specify specific pre-approved maintenance activities authorized under the special use permit.
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Construction of approximately 321 feet of road on NFS lands to accommodate access to private property.
Location:
Grizzly Fire Salvage and
Restoration
Project Contact
UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Section 19, T52N, R2E, Boise
Meridian. Adjacent to Magee.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Last Rainbow
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Coeur d'Alene Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Minerals and Geology
Cancelled
N/A
N/A
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Lost Creek
Drainage in Shoshone County off of Kings Pass Highway (aka FR605).
- Land ownership management
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
11/06/2015
- Recreation management
Leann Maupin
208-765-7275
lmaupin@fs.fed.us
Completed
Actual: 01/28/2016
05/2016
Barbara Hansen
208-769-3050
bjhansen@fs.fed.us
Description: Addresses issuance of a 10-year outfitter/guide permit to NW Outfitters, authorizing 150 priority use days to
conduct "walk and wade" fishing activities on the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47730
Location:
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08/2016
UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - E1/2NE1/4 and E1/2W1/2NE1/4
Section 27, T. 53 N., R. 4 W., Boise Meridian. Lone Mountain Seed Orchard.
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected:07/2016
Description: The Idaho Panhandle National Forests proposes to subdivide and sell approximately 136.4 acres of the Lone
Mountain Seed Orchard administrative site. The property proposed for subdivision and sale is surplus to the needs
of seed orchard operations.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47431
Location:
NW Outfitters Walk & Wade
Permit
Justin Rice
208-765-7356
jwrice@fs.fed.us
Description: Exploratory Placer Pit, 25 feet by 35 feet located on National Forest Lands up the Lost Creek Drainage. Excavation
will be down to bedrock with the top 7 feet being overburden and 12 inches being pay gravel to be processed and
returned.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43964
Location:
Lone Mountain Administrative
Site Land Sale
Project Contact
UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Not Applicable. North Fork
Coeur d'Alene River from Devil's Elbow Campground to the headwaters of the North Fork including
Tepee/Independence Creeks, and from Devil's Elbow CG downstream to the South Fork confluence.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Precommercial Thinning and
Pruning 2016-2018
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Coeur d'Alene Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/25/2016
Expected:05/2016
06/2016
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Recreation Events 5-Year
Permits
UNIT - Wallace Ranger District, Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai, Shoshone.
LEGAL - Not Applicable. Across the Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District.
- Recreation management
Completed
Actual: 01/28/2016
01/2016
CE
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
UNIT - Wallace Ranger District, Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai, Shoshone.
LEGAL - Not Applicable. Specific roads and trails on the Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District.
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/05/2016
Expected:09/2016
10/2016
Jennifer Anderson
208-267-6758
jlanderson02@fs.fed.us
Description: Whitebark pine restoration project in the vicinity of Gisborne Mountain. The project area is approximately 60 acres;
11 acres occur on Idaho Department of Lands ownership and the remaining 49 acres occur within the Canyon
Creek Research Natural Area.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48698
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
R1 - Northern Region
Priest Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Barbara Hansen
208-769-3050
bjhansen@fs.fed.us
Description: Issuance of 5-year permits for recurring recreation events: North Idaho Trailblazers Cabin Fever Run, Back
Country ATV Fun Run/Shootout, Jeep Jamboree USA Silver Valley Jeep Jamboree, Trail Maniacs 4th of July Ultra,
and High Mountain ATV Jamboree.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47732
Location:
Gisborne Whitebark Pine
Restoration Project
John Wright
208-769-3074
jwwright@fs.fed.us
Description: Initiate pre commercial thinning, daylighting, and pruning to manage stock density and resiliency of immature
saplings and pole-sized stands.
Location:
*UPDATED*
Project Contact
UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T58N, R3W, Sections 28
and 29, B.M. The project area occur on Idaho Department of Lands ownership and the Canyon Creek Research
Natural Area (RNA) on the Priest River Experimental Forest.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Hughes Meadow Aquatic
Restoration Project
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Priest Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Watershed management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2016
Expected:11/2016
07/2017
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Tower Fire Salvage and
Reforestation Project
UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Hughes
Fork is a tributary to the larger Upper Priest drainage and is northwest of Upper Priest Lake.
- Forest products
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
01/29/2016
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Jennie O'Connor Card
406-522-2537
jennieoconnorcard@fs.f
ed.us
R1 - Northern Region
Sandpoint Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/14/2016
Expected:07/2016
07/2016
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Burying portions of the existing Lakeview 343 overhead distribution line in the Cedar Creek and Lakeview areas.
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
06/2016
UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Pend Oreille. LEGAL - T35N-R45E,
T35N-R44E, T34N-R45E, and T34N-R44E, WM. Upper West Branch Priest River Drainage including Paqua
Creek, Klhowya Creek, Galena Creek, Solo Creek, and North Fork Goose Creek.
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Expected:06/2016
Description: Protect the health and safety of the public by removing hazardous trees, capture the economic value of the dead
and dying timber, and reforest areas burned by the Tower Fire.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48433
Location:
Avista Lakeview 343 Overhead
to Underground Project
Jill Cobb
208-443-6835
jcobb@fs.fed.us
Description: Restoring the meadow hydrology, enhancing wetland species and improving fish habitat are the primary goals for
this project.
Location:
*UPDATED*
Project Contact
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - Section 26, T55N, R1W;
Sections 3, 10 and 11, T54N, R1W, Boise Meridian. Cedar Creek and Lakeview area.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Grouse BMU Compliance
Project
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Sandpoint Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 06/2016
Expected:02/2017
02/2017
EA
*UPDATED*
CE
06/2016
Sara Savage
208-443-6834
sesavage@fs.fed.us
http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45871
Location:
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District. STATE - Idaho, Montana. COUNTY - Bonner, Lincoln. LEGAL - BM T56N, R2E, Sections 2 & 3; T56N, R3E, Sections 19,20,21,& 28; T57N, R2E, Sections 4,8,9,1720,22,23,26,27,34 & 35; T57N, R3E, Sections 3,4,9,10,16,17,18,20, PM - T29N, R35W, Sect. 26 & 3. Lightning
Creek drainage north of Clark Fork, ID.
R1 - Northern Region
St. Joe Ranger DistricT (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Minerals and Geology
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2016
Expected:05/2016
06/2016
Timothy Sadler
208-765-7206
tjsadler@fs.fed.us
Description: Exploratory drilling program that is being driven by results obtained from 2015 drilling program. Data is being used
to further define and characterize mineral potential of the claim block.
Location:
04/01/2016 04:07 am MT
Expected:05/2016
Web Link:
CE
*NEW LISTING*
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner, Boundary. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
The Grouse Bear Management Unit is located northeast of Sandpoint, Idaho. It is surrounded by the Kootenai
River Valley to the north, US Highway 95 to the west, and the Cabinet Mountains to the east.
- Vegetation management
In Progress:
(other than forest products)
Scoping Start 12/17/2014
- Fuels management
Description: Prescribed burning and thinning of small trees.
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Big Elk Exploratory Drill
Shanna Kleinsmith
208-267-6729
skleinsmith@fs.fed.us
Description: This project will manage the road system to bring the Grouse Bear Management Unit into compliance with the
Forest Plan and the 2011 Motorized Access Amendment.
Location:
Treasured Landscapes
Prescribed Fire and Whitebark
Pine Restoration Project
Project Contact
UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T46N R6E Section 1, B.M.
Project located on Forest Road 3472K near the ID/MT border. Project area is accessed via Taft Exit on I90 up the
Rainy Creek Rd and across the FR1187 connector to the Stateline and FR3472 intersection.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Emerald Creek Garnet Area
Improvement Project
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
St. Joe Ranger DistricT (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
- Minerals and Geology
In Progress:
Expected:06/2016
06/2016
EA
*UPDATED*
EA
*UPDATED*
UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Latah. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Emerald Creek
Garnet Area in 281 Gulch and Garnet Gulch, St. Joe Ranger District.
Lynette Myhre
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:10/2016
05/2017
208-245-6034
- Vegetation management
Scoping Start 01/07/2015
lmyhre@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Est. Comment Period Public
- Fuels management
Notice 07/2016
- Watershed management
- Road management
Description: Vegetation management and watershed improvement including timber harvest, road construction, road storage &
decommissioning, prescribed burning, culvert removal, log jam removal, tree planting, and travel management
changes.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46130
Location:
Hamilton Creek Road Access
for Molpus
Lynette Myhre
208-245-6034
lmyhre@fs.fed.us
Description: This project will keep the public sluicing operations at the current location and build a road from 281 Gulch to
Garnet Gulch, construct a parking area, improve Road 3781 and implement other improvements for operations.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45344
Location:
Halfway Malin
Project Contact
UNIT - Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Sections 9-11, 15-17, 19-22
T45N, R7E, BM. Bottle Creek, Tin Can Creek, and Malin Creek Drainages north of the St. Joe River on the St. Joe
Ranger District.
- Land ownership management
- Road management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 05/12/2015
Expected:02/2016
CE
05/2016
Lynette Myhre
208-245-6034
lmyhre@fs.fed.us
Description: Construct 0.3 mile of road across NFS to give access to Molpus lands.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47540
Location:
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UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Section 2, T45N, R4E,
BM. Hamilton Creek north of the Avery Ranger Station.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Marble Fire Salvage
CE
*UPDATED*
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Ben Timchak
06/2016
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:04/2016
208-245-6071
- Vegetation management
Scoping Start 01/12/2016
btimchak@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Description: Salvage/sanitation harvest on approximately 175 acres of forest that experienced low-, moderate-, and high-fire
severity in the 2015 Marble Creek Fire. Approximately 0.5 miles of temporary road would be constructed to
facilitate harvest operations.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48332
UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Sections 6 & 7, T44N,
R4E, BM. Ten miles southwest of Avery, Idaho near Daveggio Knob in the Boulder Creek and Daveggio Creek
Drainages.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/14/2016
Expected:06/2016
07/2016
CE
*NEW LISTING*
UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - SW1/4SW1/4 Section 24,
T45N, R3E, Boise Meridian. Approximately 1.75 miles south of the Marble Creek Historic Site.
- Recreation management
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/02/2016
Expected:04/2016
04/2016
CE
*NEW LISTING*
CE
*NEW LISTING*
UNIT - Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Not Applicable. East Portal to
Pearson Trailhead, including shuttle services on Roads 326, 456, and 506.
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/23/2016
Expected:07/2016
09/2016
Dawn Griffith
208-245-6025
dmgriffith@fs.fed.us
Description: Improvement of vegetation conditions to increase resilience to insect and disease, provide better browse for
ungulate species, and reduce fuel loading
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48804
Location:
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Tracy Gravelle
(208)245-6207(A)
tgravelle@fs.fed.us
Description: Issue a temporary, one-year permit the current permit holder for 2016 and a 20-year permit based on competitive
proposals for the operation and maintenance of the Route of the Hiawatha Trail.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48668
Location:
St. Joe Divide
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Construction, use and maintenance of a 136' section of road on NFS lands to facilitate timber management
activities on adjacent private lands.
Location:
Route of the Hiawatha SpecialUse Permit Reissue
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
St. Joe Ranger DistricT (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Location:
Potlatch Corporation Marble
Creek Access
Planning Status
UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Not Applicable. On the St.
Joe and Coeur d'Alene River Ranger Districts in Shoshone County, Idaho.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
St. Joe Travel Management
Plan
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
St. Joe Ranger DistricT (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
- Road management
In Progress:
Expected:04/2016
05/2016
EA
*UPDATED*
Project Contact
Lynette Myhre
208-245-6034
lmyhre@fs.fed.us
Description: Designating roads and trails for public motorized vehicle use on the St. Joe Ranger District.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=26188
Location:
UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District, Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Clearwater,
Latah, Shoshone. LEGAL - Not Applicable. St. Joe Ranger District including Avery RD & St. Maries RD.
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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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