Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
01/01/2015 to 03/31/2015
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 03/2015
Expected:08/2015
Project Contact
08/2015
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:
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.
Idaho Panhandle and Kootenai
National Forest, Forest Plan
Revision
- Land management planning
EIS
Description: Forest Plan Revision
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=894
Location:
Interagency Natural Resource
Center
Expected:01/2015
02/2015
Nancy Kertis
208-765-7417
nkertis@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Idaho Panhandle National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Bonner, Boundary,
Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Northern Idaho.
- Facility management
EA
In Progress:
Objection Period Legal Notice
09/27/2013
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
10/18/2014
Est. Objection Period Legal
Notice 01/2015
Expected:04/2015
09/2015
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)
Authorization of Frontier
Communication's Existing
Telephone and Fiber Optic
Lines
CE
- Special use management
Expected:10/2015
10/2015
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:
Bonner County Dock Permits
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2015
Project Contact
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District, Bonners Ferry Ranger District, 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
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/01/2014
Expected:01/2015
01/2015
Debbie Butler
(208) 443-6822
dabutler@fs.fed.us
Description: Continued authorization of three docks owned by Bonner County at Lee's Point on the Clark Fork River, Granite
Creek on Lake Pend Oreille, and Kaispell Bay on Priest Lake.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44592
Location:
Coeur d'Alene Basin Natural
Resource Restoration Plan
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District, Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL T55N, R2E, SE1/4, NW1/4 of Section 6; T55N, R1W, Section 26; T60N, R5W, SE 1/4 of Section 12, B.M. Lee's
Point on the Clark Fork River, Granite Creek at Lake Pend Oreille and Kalispell Bay at Priest Lake.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
EIS
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
06/13/2013
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 10/2015
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:
01/01/2015 05:49 am MT
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.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Northern Lights, Inc. Power
Line Special Use Permit
Reissuance
- Special use management
CE
Description: Reissuance of existing Special Use Permit for the continued operation and maintenance of a power line across
National Forest System lands for an additional 50 year period.
Location:
Selkirk Mountain Range Winter
Travel Plan
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/03/2014
Expected:01/2015
01/2015
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District, Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho.
COUNTY - Bonner, Boundary. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Various locations throughout Bonner and Boundary
Counties.
- 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
Boulder Creek
EA
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)
- Forest products
- Fuels management
Developing Proposal
Est. Notice of Initiation 04/2015
Expected:05/2016
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:
01/01/2015 05:49 am MT
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.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Deer Creek
EA
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Bonners Ferry Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Albert Helgenberg
- Forest products
Developing Proposal
Expected:06/2016
09/2016
208-265-6643
- Fuels management
Est. Notice of Initiation 01/2015
ajhelgenberg@fs.fed.us
- Road management
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:
East-West Access Around
Continental Mountain
Planning Status
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.
- Road management
EA
In Progress:
Notice of Initiation 02/06/2013
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 02/2015
Expected:07/2015
07/2015
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 reconstructing 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:
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.
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:
01/01/2015 05:49 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
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Bonners Ferry Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Forest products
In Progress:
- Vegetation management
Comment Period Public Notice
(other than forest products)
07/25/2014
- Fuels management
Est. Objection Period Legal
- Watershed management
Notice 01/2015
Description: Vegetation management and fuels reduction.
Expected:04/2015
Project Contact
06/2015
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.
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
US Border Patrol
Communication Facility
Additions
- Special use management
CE
Description: The US Border Patrol is proposing to expand the communication system in and around the north Idaho border to
increase surveillance and operate more safely. The additional radio equipment would be installed on Hall, Copper
and Saddle Mtn. comm. sites.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45380
Location:
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
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In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/24/2014
Expected:01/2015
05/2015
UNIT - Bonners Ferry Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Boundary. LEGAL - Hall Mountain - T65N,
R1E, S1/2 S1/2 Section 20; Copper Mountain - T65N, R3E, Section 20; Saddle Mountain - T65N, R3W, SE1/4
Section 30, B.M. Hall, Copper and Saddle Communication Sites.
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
Bottom Canyon Project
EA
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Coeur d'Alene Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Forest products
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Watershed management
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
10/10/2014
Est. Objection Period Legal
Notice 05/2015
Expected:07/2015
Project Contact
07/2015
Kerry Arneson
208-769-3021
karneson@fs.fed.us
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
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
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
Re-Issue
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
On Hold
N/A
N/A
EA
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.
Location:
Fun For a Day
UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Kootenai. LEGAL - T50 N, R3W, NE1/4, NW1/4
Section 2, B.M. Fernan Hill/Smith Gulch.
- Minerals and Geology
CE
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 11/2014
Expected:02/2015
05/2015
Timothy Sadler
208-765-7206
tjsadler@fs.fed.us
Description: Placer Gold Exploration Trench
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44417
Location:
01/01/2015 05:49 am MT
UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T50N R4E Sec 26 SE 1/4,
B.M. Between Daisy and Fancy Gulches off of Eagle Creek Road.
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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
On Hold
N/A
Project Contact
N/A
CE
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:
Moon Digs
UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Lost Creek
Drainage in Shoshone County off of Kings Pass Highway (aka FR605).
- Minerals and Geology
On Hold
N/A
N/A
CE
Timothy Sadler
208-765-7206
tjsadler@fs.fed.us
Description: Underground mineral exploration involving hand drilling, sampling, and mapping existing adits.
Location:
Progress Camp Drill Core
Exploration
UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T49N, R3E, Section 26, B.M.
W. F. Moon Gulch north of Osburn, ID on County Road #930.
- Minerals and Geology
On Hold
N/A
N/A
CE
Timothy Sadler
208-765-7206
tjsadler@fs.fed.us
Description: Lode mineral exploration consisting of drill holes in five different sites.
Location:
Prospecting Duke
UNIT - Wallace Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T50N, R5E, Section 19 and
T50N, R4E, Section 10, BM. Map #7 - E. Fk. of Eagle Creek near Oregon Gulch and N. Fk. of the Coeur d'Alene
River just upriver from the Shoshone Work Center.
- Minerals and Geology
CE
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 11/2014
Expected:02/2015
05/2015
Timothy Sadler
208-765-7206
tjsadler@fs.fed.us
Description: Trenching 250" x 30' with 200' temporary access road, gravel will be hauled offsite (private) to process for gold and
reeturned for reclamation.
Location:
01/01/2015 05:49 am MT
UNIT - Fernan Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T49N, R4W, Section 4, B.M.
Prospect Gulch south of Babins Junction on the Coeur d'Alene river Ranger District.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Elkins Resort Permit Renewal
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Priest Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/01/2014
Expected:01/2015
Project Contact
01/2015
Debbie Butler
(208) 443-6822
dabutler@fs.fed.us
Description: Permit renewal
Location:
Inland Empire Sled Dog
Association Race
UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T61N, R4W, Section 19,
B.M. Reeder Bay of Priest Lake.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/01/2014
Expected:01/2015
01/2015
CE
Debbie Butler
(208) 443-6822
dabutler@fs.fed.us
Description: Annual dog sled race on the Hanna Flats/Priest Lake Airstrip
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44593
Location:
Jasper Mountain
CE
UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T60N, R5W., sections 2, 3,
4, 9, 10; T61N, R5W, sections 34, B.M.
. Priest Lake Airstrip.
Tera Little
04/2015
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:12/2014
406-329-3146
- Vegetation management
Scoping Start 09/29/2014
teralittle@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
Description: The Idaho Panhandle NF is proposing a project in the Jasper Mountain area to reduce the risk or extent of, or
increase the resilience to, insect or disease infestation. This project would occur in an area designated under
section 602 of HFRA.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45020
Location:
UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
potential project area boundary runs north to south, from Pee Wee trailhead to the headwaters area of Quartz
Creek, and east to west from Jasper Mtn to Quartz Mtn. T57N, R5W, and multiple sections.
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Outlet Bay Water Association
Well/Road Addition and Permit
Reissuance
- Special use management
CE
Description: This water transmission system special use permit has expired and needs to be reissued for a new term. The
holders are also requesting the addition of an access road and second well in order to serve additional customers.
*NEW LISTING*
Location:
01/01/2015 05:49 am MT
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/09/2014
Expected:04/2015
05/2015
UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T59N, R4W, W1/2 NE1/4
Section 6, B.M. Adjacent to Hwy 57 near Outlet Bay.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Priest Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Priest Lake Translator District
Backup Generator and Fuel
Storage
- Special use management
CE
Description: Installation of a backup generator, load transfer switch, and four 25-gallon liquid propane fuel storage tanks for
use in the event of a power outage.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44499
Location:
Solo Quartz Crystal
Management Area
Completed
Actual: 10/22/2014
10/2014
UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T61N, R4W, SE1/4 SW1/4
Section 31, B.M. Lakeview Mountain Communication Site.
- Minerals and Geology
On Hold
N/A
N/A
CE
Timothy Sadler
208-765-7206
tjsadler@fs.fed.us
Description: Setting up management parameters for removing crystal material from the site
Location:
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Adamson Private Access Road
Special Use Permit
UNIT - Priest Lake Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Pend Oreille. LEGAL - T34N R45E
Section 1, Willamette Meridian. Solo Creek drainage approximately one mile up Road #659.
R1 - Northern Region
Sandpoint Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/24/2014
Expected:01/2015
01/2015
CE
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Landowner is requesting continued use of an existing unimproved road to access private property. The access
road is approximately 1,000 feet in length and 15 feet in width before entering private property.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45381
Location:
Falling Drill
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T55N, R5W, SW1/4 Section
6, B.M. Approximately 3 miles south of Newport, just east of Hwy 41.
- Minerals and Geology
On Hold
CE
N/A
N/A
Timothy Sadler
208-765-7206
tjsadler@fs.fed.us
Description: Drill core mineral exploration. One drill site is proposed (up to nine holes drilled from one location).
Location:
01/01/2015 05:49 am MT
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T.54N., R.1W., Section 1,
B.M. Falls Creek. Forest Road 1088 to Falls Creek mine site.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Grouse Creek Large Wood
Replenishment Project
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Sandpoint Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Watershed management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 01/2015
Expected:05/2015
07/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
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.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/09/2014
Expected:04/2015
06/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
CE
*NEW LISTING*
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Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 01/2015
Expected:05/2015
05/2015
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:
Treasured Landscapes
Prescribed Fire and Whitebark
Pine Restoration Project
UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Bonner. LEGAL - T56N, R1W, Section 22, B.M.
Forest Service parcel south of Garfield Bay marina.
- Forest products
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Joseph Holzinger
208-765-7279
jholzinger@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposal includes realigning approximately 100 feet of a private access road on NFS lands to provide legal,
public access to NFS lands and other private land in Garfield Bay.
Location:
Lightning Creek Blowdown
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:
Harbor Marina Partners Road
Relocation at Garfield Bay
Project Contact
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.
- Vegetation management
Developing Proposal
(other than forest products)
Est. Scoping Start 01/2015
- Fuels management
Description: Prescribed burning and thinning of small trees.
Expected:07/2015
08/2015
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.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Treasured Landscapes
Recreation Projects
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Sandpoint Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Notice of Initiation 01/17/2014
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 01/2015
EA
Expected:05/2015
Project Contact
05/2015
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.
R1 - Northern Region
St. Joe Ranger DistricT (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Land ownership management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/01/2014
Expected:01/2015
10/2015
CE
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:
Big Creek Trail 44 Reroute
- Recreation management
CE
*NEW LISTING*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/06/2014
Expected:03/2015
07/2015
Lynette Myhre
208-245-6034
lmyhre@fs.fed.us
Description: Reroute approximately 1 1/2 miles of Big Creek Trail 44. The current single-track motorized trail has long, steep
grades. It would be relocated, and the existing section of trail would be decommissioned and recontoured.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45730
Location:
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UNIT - Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T45N., R5E., Section 15, BM.
Lot 6. St. Joe River in Avery, Idaho.
UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Sections 28, 29, & 32,
T46N, R3E, BM. Big Creek Drainage on the St. Joe Ranger District.
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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
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 02/2015
Expected:04/2015
Project Contact
10/2015
CE
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
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
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
09/22/2014
Est. Objection Period Legal
Notice 02/2015
Expected:05/2015
06/2015
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:
Marble Creek Trail 261 Reroute
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.
- Recreation management
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Expected:01/2015
07/2015
Lynette Myhre
208-245-6034
lmyhre@fs.fed.us
Description: Relocation of single-track motorized trail and decommission existing section that needs to be replaced because of
a sustained, steep grade and erosion.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45731
Location:
Monitor Project
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/06/2014
UNIT - St. Maries Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Sections 34 & 35, T44N,
R3E, BM. Marble Creek Drainage on the St. Joe Ranger District.
- Minerals and Geology
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/27/2014
Expected:01/2015
07/2015
Timothy Sadler
208-765-7206
tjsadler@fs.fed.us
Description: Mineral exploration at seven drill sites
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42329
Location:
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UNIT - Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - T46N, R7E, Sections 4 - 9,
B.M. Between the Manhattan and Mineral Creesk and southwest of Silver Lake.
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Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
St. Joe Outfitter and Guide
Permit Renewals
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
St. Joe Ranger DistricT (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 10/10/2014
Project Contact
10/2014
CE
Tracy Gravelle
(208)245-6042
tgravelle@fs.fed.us
Description: Renewal of outfitter & guide permits for 5 areas on the St. Joe RD: Slate Ck, Shefoot, Upper St. Joe, Snow Peak,
& Sherlock. Authorized uses would be the same as in the original permits. Previously approved campsites would
remain the same.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44702
Location:
St. Joe Travel Management
Plan
UNIT - Avery Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Shoshone. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Slate Creek,
Shefoot, Upper St. Joe, Snow Peak, Sherlock Outfitter & Guide Areas on the St. Joe Ranger District.
- Recreation management
- Road management
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
09/11/2009
Est. Objection Period Legal
Notice 06/2015
Expected:09/2015
01/2016
Mary Price
208-245-6022
mprice@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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