Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 07/01/2014 to 09/30/2014 Flathead National Forest
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Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 07/01/2014 to 09/30/2014 Flathead 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) Bob Marshall Wilderness Outfitter and Guide Permit Reissuance - Recreation management - Special use management CE Description: Reissuance of existing outfitter and guide permits in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. In Progress: Scoping Start 03/29/2014 Expected:12/2014 03/2015 Debbie Mucklow 406-758-6464 dmucklow@fs.fed.us *NEW LISTING* Location: UNIT - Swan Lake Ranger District, Hungry Horse Ranger District, Lincoln Ranger District, Rocky Mountain Ranger District, Seeley Lake Ranger District, Spotted Bear Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY Flathead, Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Missoula, Pondera, Powell, Teton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. Flathead National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide) Betty Baptiste EA Michele Draggoo 05/2016 - Recreation management In Progress: Expected:03/2016 406-387-3827 - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Notice of Initiation 10/05/2012 mdraggoo@fs.fed.us - Forest products Est. Comment Period Public - Vegetation management Notice 10/2014 (other than forest products) - Road management Description: A project to increase forest productivity/diversity/health; provide forest products; manage/improve wildlife habitat & security; improve fish passage; improve recreation/safety values in recreation sites; & improve scenic views along Road 38. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40128 Location: Flathead National Forest 07/01/2014 02:27 am MT R1 - Northern Region UNIT - Hungry Horse Ranger District, Spotted Bear Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Flathead. The project area is located on the east side of Hungry Horse Reservoir, bounded to the north by Paint Creek, to the south by South Dry Parks Creek and to the east by the Great Bear Wilderness boundary. Glacier View Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) Page 1 of 8 R1 - Northern Region Flathead National Forest Project Name Flathead National Forest Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation R1 - Northern Region Glacier View Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) Demers Rock/Gravel Pit Expansion - Road management Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 07/2014 Expected:08/2014 08/2014 CE Location: Red Meadow Reciprocal Road Easement UNIT - Glacier View Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Flathead. LEGAL - T33N, R20W, NW 1/4 Section 4. The activities are located a few hundred feet from the west side of the North Fork Road and approximately 3 miles north the Camas Creek Road. - Special use management Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 07/2014 Expected:11/2014 07/2015 CE Anna Creek Cabin Rental Project Len Newton 406-758-5335 lnewton01@fs.fed.us Description: Proposal to grant a nonexclusive perpetual easement for use of an existing road (known locally as East Red Meadow Drive) for legal easement access into private lands. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44783 Location: Flathead National Forest Robert Davies 208-769-3067 rdavies@fs.fed.us Description: Proposal to expand the existing gravel pit at Demers Ridge in the North Fork of the Flathead River. Removal of rock will occur within the disturbed footprint of the pit with the addition of up to 4 acre of new disturbance to the east. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44780 *NEW LISTING* *NEW LISTING* Project Contact UNIT - Glacier View Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Flathead. LEGAL - Over and across the following described lands in the County of Flathead, State of Montana, S1/2 SE1/4, S. 6, NE1/4 NE1/4 S. 7 and NW1/4 NW1/4, S. 8, T. 35 N., R. 21 W. This road is East of the North Fork Road, directly across from FS Rd 155, (the Red Meadows Road) and crosses the southern edge of public lands in Section 6 (T. 35 N., R. 21 W. P.M.,M). R1 - Northern Region Hungry Horse Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) - Recreation management Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 08/2014 Expected:11/2014 CE 07/2015 Sadie Campbell 406-387-3814 sacampbell@fs.fed.us Description: Proposal to add Anna Creek Workcenter to the cabin rental program Location: 07/01/2014 02:27 am MT UNIT - Hungry Horse Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Flathead. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Anna Creek Cabin is located approximately 22 miles south of the Hungry Horse Dam on National Forest System Road (NFSR) 895, also known as the West Side Hungry Horse Reservoir Road, and 26 miles from the town of Hungry Horse. Page 2 of 8 Flathead National Forest Project Name Flathead National Forest Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation R1 - Northern Region Hungry Horse Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) Heinrude Fuels Reduction Project - Fuels management In Progress: Scoping Start 04/17/2013 Expected:07/2014 Project Contact 08/2014 CE Michele Draggoo 406-387-3827 mdraggoo@fs.fed.us Description: Fuel reduction acitivities (reducing tree density and ladder fuels) adjacent to Heinrude homesites. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40388 Location: Northwestern Energy Natural Gas Pipeline Repair UNIT - Hungry Horse Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Flathead. Westside of the Hungry Horse Reservoir (adjacent to Road 895) in the Heinrude Creek area. - Special use management In Progress: Scoping Start 06/06/2014 Expected:07/2014 09/2014 CE Chris Prew 406-387-3818 chrisprew@fs.fed.us Description: Covering an exposed natural gas pipeline in Essex Creek Location: Patrol Ridge Radio Repeater Relocation UNIT - Hungry Horse Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Flathead. LEGAL - Not Applicable. 26 miles northeast of West Glacier, Montana in the Middle Fork Flathead River drainage (near Essex, Montana). - Facility management Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 07/2014 Expected:09/2014 10/2014 CE Description: Proposal to relocate the existing Patrol Ridge radio repeater from its existing site to approximately 1 mile southwest along Patrol Ridge to a better location for radio communication coverage. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44782 *NEW LISTING* Location: Wild and Scenic River Outfitter and Guide Permit Reissuance UNIT - Hungry Horse Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Flathead. LEGAL - T28N, R14W, SE 1/4 Section 14. Located west of Granite Creek in the Skyland-Challenge area, approximately 4 miles in on FS Rd 1651 from the junction of FS Rd 569 and FS Rd 1651 on NFS land 300 ft outside the Great Bear Wilderness. - Recreation management - Special use management Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 07/2014 Expected:12/2014 CE *NEW LISTING* 07/01/2014 02:27 am MT 04/2015 Chris Prew 406-387-3818 chrisprew@fs.fed.us Description: Reissuance of existing Wild and Scenic River Outfitter and Guide permits. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44770 Location: Flathead National Forest Eric Proctor 406-758-5270 eproctor@fs.fed.us UNIT - Hungry Horse Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Flathead. LEGAL - Not Applicable. North Fork and Middle Fork of the Flathead River, outside of the Great Bear Wilderness. Swan Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) Page 3 of 8 R1 - Northern Region Flathead National Forest Project Name Flathead National Forest 2014-2018 Whitebark Pine Planting Project Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation R1 - Northern Region Swan Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) - Vegetation management (other than forest products) Completed Actual: 04/17/2014 Project Contact 07/2014 CE Sue Tebay 406-837-7521 stebay@fs.fed.us Description: Proposed to plant whitebark pine seedlings on approximately 300 acres of suitable ground within the Condon Mountain Fire burn area. The planting would occur annually on approximately 60 acres of suitable ground for the next 5 years (2014-18). Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43572 Location: Beaver Creek Landscape Restoration Project EA Sue Tebay - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants In Progress: Expected:03/2015 07/2015 (406)837-7521 - Forest products Notice of Initiation 03/17/2014 stebay@fs.fed.us - Vegetation management Est. Comment Period Public (other than forest products) Notice 10/2014 - Fuels management - Watershed management - Road management Description: Project will reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire and reduce fuels; improve habitat for wildlife; improve forest health; improve watershed conditions; remediate invasions of exotic species; and provide wood products. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43968 Location: Chilly James Restoration Project UNIT - Swan Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Missoula. LEGAL - T21N R16W Sections 8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 22. Project is located in the Swan Valley, east of Condon, in Missoula County, Montana . UNIT - Swan Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Missoula. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Project area is bordered by Lindbergh Lake and the Mission Mountains Wilderness to the west, the Swan River to the north, Hwy 83 to the east, and the Lolo National Forest to the south. - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants EA In Progress: Notice of Initiation 02/14/2014 Est. Comment Period Public Notice 09/2014 Expected:02/2015 06/2015 Beth Gardner 406-837-7508 bgardner@fs.fed.us Description: Watershed restortion project to improve fish habitat in the Jim and Cold Creek Watersheds. These two watersheds contain important bull trout spawning habitat. Jim Creek is considered "impaired" by the MT DEQ. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42508 Location: 07/01/2014 02:27 am MT UNIT - Swan Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lake, Missoula. LEGAL - Secs 4-9, 16-18 T20N R17W; Secs 1-5, 8-12, 14-16 T20N R18W; Secs 3-10, 15-22, 27-34 T21N R17W; Secs 1-4, 8-17, 2029, 32-36 T21N R18W; Secs 20-21, 28-34 T22N R17W; Sections 34-36 T22N R18W. This project is located within the Jim and Cold Creek watersheds of the Swan River valley, including smaller, unnamed watersheds between them. Page 4 of 8 Flathead National Forest Project Name Flathead National Forest Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation R1 - Northern Region Swan Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) Cold Jim Fuels Reduction and Forest Health Management Project - Forest products - Fuels management EA In Progress: Comment Period Public Notice 02/19/2014 Est. Objection Period Legal Notice 08/2014 Expected:12/2014 Project Contact 01/2015 Sue Tebay (406)837-7521 stebay@fs.fed.us Description: Proposal to harvest timber and interplant on approximately 1245 acres of NFS lands. An estimated 1185 acres of this harvest activity is located within the Wildland Urban Interface. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38024 Location: Condon Mountain Fire Salvage Project UNIT - Swan Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lake, Missoula. LEGAL - T22N, R17W Sections 21, 28, 290, 31-34; T21N, R17W Sections 3-10, 15-22, 27-33, T21N, R18W Sections 1-4, 8-17, 2029, 32-36; T20N, R18W Sections 1-5, 8-12, 14-15; T20N, R17W Sections 5-6. The project area lies in the Swan Valley, three miles northwest of the community of Condon MT. - Forest products EA In Progress: Comment Period Public Notice 05/01/2014 Est. Objection Period Legal Notice 09/2014 Expected:12/2014 06/2015 Michele Draggoo 406-387-3827 mdraggoo@fs.fed.us Description: Salvage of fire-affected trees within a small portion of a 5000 acre fire in the Condon Mountain area on the Swan Lake Ranger District Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41913 Location: Crane Mountain Trail System Expansion UNIT - Swan Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Flathead, Missoula. LEGAL - Not Applicable. 3 miles east of Condon, Montana. - Recreation management Cancelled N/A CE N/A Joleen Dunham 406-837-7510 jdunham@fs.fed.us Description: Improving non-motorized trail opportunities in the urban interface Location: 07/01/2014 02:27 am MT UNIT - Swan Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lake. LEGAL - T25N R18W, T26N R19W. Swan Lake Ranger District, Crane Mountain area west of Swan Lake. Page 5 of 8 Flathead National Forest Project Name Flathead National Forest Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation R1 - Northern Region Swan Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) Red Butte Fish Barrier Project - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Completed Actual: 04/17/2014 Project Contact 08/2014 CE Beth Gardner 406-837-7508 bgardner@fs.fed.us Description: Fish migration barrier installation upstream of the mouth of Red Butte Creek. Barrier would consist of a concrete dam about 6-feet high x 64-feet wide; the barrier would back water upstream for about 30 feet; rock placed upstream to avoid ponding. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43587 Location: Flathead National Forest UNIT - Swan Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Missoula. LEGAL - T19N R17W Section 4. Located on Red Butte Creek near its confluence with Kraft Creek. Big Mountain Communications Site Plan Amendment Project - Facility management Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 06/2014 CE *NEW LISTING* Expected:08/2014 09/2014 Bryan Donner 406-758-3508 bdonner@fs.fed.us Description: A project to amend the Big Mountain Communications Site Plan to allow a one-time change for KUKL (90.1 FM, Montana Public Radio, a customer of permittee Weese Enterprises) to broadcast at its current FCC authorized power of 1000 watts. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44753 Location: 07/01/2014 02:27 am MT R1 - Northern Region Tally Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) UNIT - Tally Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Flathead. LEGAL - Sec. 25, T32N, R22W, P.M.M. FAA Peak near the summitt of the Whitefish Mountain Ski Resort. Page 6 of 8 Flathead National Forest Project Name Flathead National Forest Project Purpose EA Radnor Resource Management Project Expected Implementation Project Contact R1 - Northern Region Bryan Donner - Recreation management In Progress: Expected:11/2014 10/2016 406-758-3508 - Forest products Comment Period Public Notice bdonner@fs.fed.us - Vegetation management 06/18/2014 (other than forest products) Est. Objection Period Legal - Fuels management Notice 08/2014 - Watershed management - Road management Description: A project to improve forest tree structure and species composition, reduce hazardous fuels, maintain and improve wildlife habitat, improve recreation opportunities, maintain water quality and aquatic habitat, and provide commercial wood products. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38754 Location: UNIT - Tally Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Flathead. LEGAL - T32N R25W Sections 12,10-16, and 21-24: T32N R25W Sections 3-6, 7-15, and 17-18; T33N R25W Sections 33 and 34. This project is located in the Martin Creek Drainage of the Tally Lake Ranger District approximately 15 miles northwest of Whitefish, MT. Tamara MacKenzie - Recreation management In Progress: Expected:02/2015 01/2017 406-758-3528 - Forest products Notice of Initiation 01/22/2014 tlmackenzie@fs.fed.us - Vegetation management Est. Comment Period Public (other than forest products) Notice 09/2014 - Fuels management - Watershed management - Road management Description: A project to improve forest tree structure and species composition, reduce hazardous fuels, improve wildlife habitat and recreation opportunities, provide commercial wood products, and improve water quality. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43573 Location: 07/01/2014 02:27 am MT Decision Tally Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) Martin Creek Resource Management Project EA Planning Status UNIT - Tally Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Flathead. LEGAL - Not Applicable. This project is located immediately Northwest of Olney, MT. This is the northern border of the Tally Lake Ranger District. Page 7 of 8 Flathead National Forest Project Name Flathead National Forest Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation R1 - Northern Region Tally Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) Swaney Range Allotment Project - Grazing management EA In Progress: Notice of Initiation 12/23/2013 Est. Comment Period Public Notice 08/2014 Expected:01/2015 Project Contact 06/2015 Tamara MacKenzie 406-758-3528 tlmackenzie@fs.fed.us Description: An analysis to update the Allotment Management Plan for the Swaney Range Allotment consistent with Forest Plan goals and objetives while protecting natural resources. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43398 Location: Taylor Creek Easment to DNRC CE UNIT - Tally Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Flathead. LEGAL - T31N R25W Multiple Sections, T31N R24 W Multiple Sections. The project is located in the central portion of the Tally Lake Ranger District. - Special use management - Road management In Progress: Scoping Start 02/11/2014 Expected:07/2014 08/2014 Tamara MacKenzie 406-758-3528 tlmackenzie@fs.fed.us Description: This project would grant the Montana Department of Natural Resources and easment to construct two segments of permanent road, over existing templates, on National Forest System lands. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43657 Location: UNIT - Tally Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Flathead. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Project is located approximately seven miles north of Whitefish, MT. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact. 07/01/2014 02:27 am MT Page 8 of 8 Flathead National Forest
