Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
10/01/2015 to 12/31/2015
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 Third-Party EIS
- Recreation management
- Special use management
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
04/04/2014
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 11/2015
EIS
Expected:11/2016
06/2017
Jason Kirchner
208-765-7211
jdkirchner@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
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
10/28/2011
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 12/2015
Expected:09/2016
Project Contact
09/2016
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
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.
- Facility management
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
10/18/2014
Expected:04/2016
09/2016
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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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
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
06/13/2013
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 10/2015
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
EA
In Progress:
Notice of Initiation 02/06/2013
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 11/2015
Expected:09/2016
09/2016
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
EA
*UPDATED*
EA
*UPDATED*
Decision
Expected
Implementation
- Forest products
- Fuels management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 12/2015
Expected:12/2016
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Bonners Ferry Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
07/2017
Douglas Nishek
208-267-6765
dnishek@fs.fed.us
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
Planning Status
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.
- Forest products
- Fuels management
- Road management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 01/21/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 11/2015
Expected:07/2016
09/2016
Albert Helgenberg
208-265-6643
ajhelgenberg@fs.fed.us
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:
10/01/2015 04:22 am MT
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.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Hellroaring
EA
EA
Expected
Implementation
Actual: 08/04/2015
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
09/2015
Douglas Nishek
208-267-6765
dnishek@fs.fed.us
Web Link:
http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40785
Location:
UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - T64N, R1E, Sections
1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13; T65N, R1E, Sections 35 and 36; T65N, R2E, Sections 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34;T64N, R2E,
Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, Boise Meridian. The project encompasses the Hellroaring Creek drainage
and is bordered by Round Prairie to the north, Tungsten Mountain to the southwest, and Bussard Mountain to the
south.
R1 - Northern Region
Coeur d'Alene Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Kerry Arneson
- Forest products
Completed
Actual: 08/11/2015
08/2015
208-769-3021
- Vegetation management
karneson@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
- Watershed management
Description: The Bottom Canyon project area is located approximately 10 miles northeast of the city of Coeur d'Alene, ID. The
project area is approximately 11,000 acres in size and has high potential for both vegetation and watershed
restoration activities.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42483
Location:
Elk Mountain Tungsten
Decision
Bonners Ferry Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Forest products
Completed
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
Description: Vegetation management and fuels reduction.
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Bottom Canyon Project
Planning Status
UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Kootenai
County, ID. T50N R2W sections 7, 8, 17-20 and 30; T50N R2W sections 10-16 and 21-26; T51N R1W sections 6
and 31; T51N R2W sections 1, 2, 35 and 36, Boise Meridian. (Project #4).
- Minerals and Geology
On Hold
CE
N/A
N/A
Timothy Sadler
208-765-7206
tjsadler@fs.fed.us
Description: Brushing existing trenches and access roads, performing geophysical surveys and geochemical surveys.
Location:
10/01/2015 04:22 am MT
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.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Fernan Rod & Gun Club Permit
Reissuance
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Coeur d'Alene Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/25/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 10/2015
Expected:06/2016
Project Contact
07/2016
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
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:
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
In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/17/2015
Expected:01/2016
02/2016
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Description: Reissuance of the existing Frontier telephone lines throughout the Central Zone and portion of the South Zone of
the IPNF.
Location:
GF&H Bear Gulch Special Use
Permit Project
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.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/17/2015
Expected:11/2015
12/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
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:
Last Rainbow
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - NW1/4 Section 12, T49N,
R5E, B.M. Bear Gulch.
- Minerals and Geology
On Hold
CE
N/A
N/A
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:
10/01/2015 04:22 am MT
UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Lost Creek
Drainage in Shoshone County off of Kings Pass Highway (aka FR605).
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Lone Mountain Administrative
Site Land Sale
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Coeur d'Alene Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Land ownership management
EA
*NEW LISTING*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/20/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 10/2015
Expected:04/2016
Project Contact
05/2016
Leann Maupin
208-765-7275
lmaupin@fs.fed.us
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
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.
- Recreation management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2015
Expected:11/2015
01/2016
CE
*NEW LISTING*
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:
Recreation Events 5-Year
Permits
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.
- Recreation management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2015
Expected:11/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
01/2016
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:
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
10/01/2015 04:22 am MT
Barbara Hansen
208-769-3050
bjhansen@fs.fed.us
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.
Priest Lake 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
Authorization of Frontier
Communication's Existing
Telephone and Fiber Optic
Lines
CE
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Priest Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 07/22/2015
08/2015
Prater Mountain Endurance
Equestrian Ride
UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner, Boundary. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Throughout North Idaho: Bonners Ferry, Priest Lake and Sandpoint Ranger Districts.
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 07/16/2015
08/2015
CE
Priest Lake Multisports
UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T. 57 N., R. 4 W., Sections
18, 13, 12, 11 & 12. Pee Wee Trail #178, Steep Creek Trail #177, John Wayne Trail #176 and Quartz View Trail
#179, along with sections of Forest Road #416, #334 and #1341 spur.
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 05/04/2015
06/2015
CE
Debbie Butler
(208) 443-6822
dabutler@fs.fed.us
Description: Mountain Bike Race
Location:
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Avista Lakeview 343 Overhead
to Underground Project
Debbie Butler
(208) 443-6822
dabutler@fs.fed.us
Description: Timed equestrian endurance ride
Location:
*UPDATED*
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Special use authorization
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=32804
Location:
*UPDATED*
Project Contact
UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T. 60 N., R. 5 W., Section
30, 31, 25, 19. Mountain bike race on the Woodrat Road #1048, Woodrat Trail #235 and Bulldog Trail #274.
R1 - Northern Region
Sandpoint Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
Completed
CE
Actual: 07/16/2015
08/2015
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Burying portions of the Lakeview 343 overhead distribution line. In total, 3,075 feet of overhead line and 12 poles
would be removed from NFS lands with additional overhead line and poles removed from adjacent private lands.
Location:
10/01/2015 04:22 am MT
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Cedar Creek
- T55N, R1W, Section 25; Whiskey Rock - T54N, R1W, Section 3; and Granite Creek - T54N, R1W, Section 11.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Goat Events
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Sandpoint Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 07/16/2015
08/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Strong Creek
Trail #444, Hope, ID.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2015
Expected:06/2016
06/2016
EA
*UPDATED*
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:
Grouse Creek Large Wood
Replenishment Project
Debbie Butler
(208) 443-6822
dabutler@fs.fed.us
Description: Fun run.
Location:
Grouse BMU Compliance
Project
Project Contact
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.
- Watershed management
Completed
Actual: 07/30/2015
07/2015
CE
Jill Cobb
208-443-6835
jcobb@fs.fed.us
Description: Replenish large wood for fish habitat enhancement in Grouse Creek. Hand crews will place approximately 350
pieces of large wood in four to five reaches over about six miles in Grouse Creek.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45856
Location:
Lightning Creek Blowdown
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T 59N, R 1E, Sections 16, 20,
21, 22, 23 and 30, BM. Grouse Creek, about twenty miles north and east of Sandpoint, Idaho.
- Forest products
On Hold
N/A
N/A
CE
Luke Hixson
208-443-6809
lhixson@fs.fed.us
Description: Salvage of trees that blew down during a wind even in 2014 along Lightning Creek Road.
Location:
10/01/2015 04:22 am MT
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T57N, R2E, Section 19, B.M.
The project is located near Lightning Creek on Forest Service Road 419, approximately 7 miles north of Clark
Fork, ID.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Treasured Landscapes
Prescribed Fire and Whitebark
Pine Restoration Project
CE
Planning Status
Treasured Landscapes
Recreation Projects
Expected
Implementation
Expected:05/2016
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Sandpoint Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Vegetation management
In Progress:
(other than forest products)
Scoping Start 12/17/2014
- Fuels management
Description: Prescribed burning and thinning of small trees.
*UPDATED*
Decision
06/2016
Sara Savage
208-443-6834
sesavage@fs.fed.us
Web Link:
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.
- Recreation management
Completed
Actual: 07/27/2015
07/2015
EA
Erick Walker
775-884-8120
ewalker02@fs.fed.us
Description: Several projects encompassing trail reroute and reconstruction, ATV trail bridge construction, snowmobile warming
hut construction, and mountain lake boardwalks.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42843
Location:
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Avery White House
Conveyance
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Projects are
located throughout the Lightning Creek drainage north of Clark Fork, ID.
- Land ownership management
Completed
Actual: 08/10/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
10/2015
Leann Maupin
208-765-7275
lmaupin@fs.fed.us
Description: Conveyance of a Forest Service facility.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44063
Location:
10/01/2015 04:22 am MT
R1 - Northern Region
St. Joe Ranger DistricT (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
UNIT - Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T45N., R5E., Section 15, BM.
Lot 6. St. Joe River in Avery, Idaho.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Clarkia Work Center
Conveyance
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
St. Joe Ranger DistricT (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Land ownership management
Completed
Actual: 08/10/2015
10/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
EA
*UPDATED*
Expected:01/2016
05/2016
Lynette Myhre
208-245-6034
lmyhre@fs.fed.us
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:05/2016
06/2016
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 11/2015
- 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:
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In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
09/22/2014
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
UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T42N., R2E., East half of
Section 6, BM. Near Clarkia, Idaho.
- Recreation management
- Minerals and Geology
EA
*UPDATED*
Leann Maupin
208-765-7275
lmaupin@fs.fed.us
Description: Conveyance of National Forest System land and facilities at the Clarkia Work Center.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44065
Location:
Emerald Creek Garnet Area
Improvement Project
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.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Hamilton Creek Road Access
for Molpus
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
St. Joe Ranger DistricT (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Land ownership management
- Road management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 05/12/2015
Expected:09/2015
09/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Section 2, T45N, R4E,
BM. Hamilton Creek north of the Avery Ranger Station.
- Recreation management
- Road management
EA
*UPDATED*
CE
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
08/06/2015
Expected:02/2016
03/2016
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:
TSI 2015
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:
St. Joe Travel Management
Plan
Project Contact
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.
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
Completed
Actual: 07/01/2015
07/2015
Lynette Myhre
208-245-6034
lmyhre@fs.fed.us
Description: Approximately 6500 acres would be treated in previously harvested areas that were then planted and naturally
regenerated with trees.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46336
Location:
UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone. LEGAL
- Not Applicable. St Joe Ranger District.
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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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