Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
10/01/2014 to 12/31/2014
Gallatin 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)
2015 Hazardous Mine Closures
- Minerals and Geology
CE
*NEW LISTING*
CE
Expected:06/2015
07/2015
UNIT - Custer National Forest All Units, Gallatin National Forest All Units. STATE - Montana. COUNTY Custer, Gallatin, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Yellowstone. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Multiple locations in
identified mining districts across the Forest.
- Minerals and Geology
Completed
Actual: 08/29/2014
09/2014
Robert Grosvenor
406-848-7375 ext.28
rgrosvenor@fs.fed.us
Description: Closure of all identified hazardous mine openings across multiple districts on Gallatin and Custer National Forests
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43218
Location:
UNIT - Custer National Forest All Units, Gallatin National Forest All Units. STATE - Montana. COUNTY Custer, Gallatin, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Yellowstone. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Gallatin and Custer
National Forests.
R1 - Northern Region
Gallatin National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
Aspen Restoration
Robert Grosvenor
406-848-7375 ext.28
rgrosvenor@fs.fed.us
Description: Physical closure of identified mine hazards across multiple districts oof the Custer-Gallatin National Forest.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45499
Location:
Closure of all identified
hazardous mine openings on
Gallatin and Custer NF across
multiple district
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2014
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Completed
CE
Actual: 09/02/2014
06/2015
Jodie Canfield
406-495-3854
jecanfield@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal to restore aspen through a variety of tools across the entire forest as funding and opportunity permits
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41966
Location:
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UNIT - Gallatin National Forest All Units. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Forestwide.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Gallatin National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
Aspen restoration
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 05/01/2013
Project Contact
Expected:07/2014
08/2014
Jodie Canfield
406-587-6739
jecanfield@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal to restore aspen throught a variety of tools across the entire forest as funding and opportunity permits
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41967
Location:
UNIT - Gallatin National Forest All Units. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin, Park, Sweet Grass. forest
wide.
Gallatin Forest Plan
- Land management planning
Amendment to Remove or
Replace Outdated Management
Direction (Clean Up Amendmen
EA
In Progress:
Notice of Initiation 08/25/2009
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 10/2014
Expected:01/2015
01/2015
Steve Christiansen
406-587-6750
schristiansen@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposal would remove outdated, ineffective and/or unclear standards and other direction from the Gallatin
National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (i.e. Forest Plan)
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=27201
Location:
Gallatin National Forest
Battle Ridge Campground
Hazard Tree Removal
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Bozeman Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
R1 - Northern Region
Susan Lamont
- Recreation management
Developing Proposal
Expected:02/2015
06/2015
406-823-6976
- Forest products
Est. Scoping Start 11/2014
slamont@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
Description: Remove hazard trees in campground area. Trees impacted from insect and disease may be removed for firewood
or commercial product.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45506
Location:
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UNIT - Gallatin National Forest All Units. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin, Madison, Meagher, Park,
Sweet Grass. LEGAL - All forest. Amendment would apply to the entire Gallatin National Forest.
UNIT - Bozeman Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Battle
Ridge Campground, Bridger Canyon, Bozeman Ranger District.
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Project Name
Gallatin National Forest
Project Purpose
Decision
Expected
Implementation
EA
Amy Waring
- Forest products
Completed
Actual: 08/08/2014
10/2014
406-255-1451
- Vegetation management
alwaring@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Description: Thin approximately 250 acres of mature/over mature forest vegetation on NFS lands adjacent to Bridger Bowl to a
basal area ranging between 80 and 100 square feet per acre.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40676
Location:
UNIT - Bozeman Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - Section 30, Township 1
North, Range 7 East and Section 6, Township 1 South, Range 7 East, Gallatin County, Montana. The project is
geographically located within and immediately south of Bridger Bowl in the vicinity of Slushman Creek.
R1 - Northern Region
Hebgen Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Energy West Oil and Gas
Pipeline Special Use Permit
- Special use management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2014
Expected:12/2014
01/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Frank Cifala
406-587-6713
frankcifala@fs.fed.us
Description: Renewal of an existing special use permit for the Energy West Oil and Gas Pipeline.
Location:
Fall River electric cooperative
Inc. storage yard expansion
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Bozeman Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
South Bridger Interface Project
EA
Gallatin National Forest
Planning Status
UNIT - Hebgen Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - Sec. 15, 22, and 27
T13S, R5E. Along Hwy. 191.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/01/2012
CE
Expected:04/2013
04/2013
Frank Cifala
406-932-5155
fcifala@fs.fed.us
Description: amendment to existing special use permit
Location:
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UNIT - Hebgen Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - S1/2 NE 1/4 Sec. 29,
T. 13 S., R. 5 E. A minor expansion of an authorized facility located on Hebgen Lake RD.
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Project Name
Gallatin National Forest
North Hebgen Multiple
Resource Projects
EA
*NEW LISTING*
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Hebgen Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Teri Seth
10/2017
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Developing Proposal
Expected:08/2016
406-522-2539
- Forest products
Est. Notice of Initiation 09/2014
tseth@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Road management
Description: This is an integrated treatment project designed to meet multiple objectives. Treatment methods include harvest
or removal of commercial size and non-commercial trees with machinery, by hand and through prescribed
burning.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45491
Location:
UNIT - Hebgen Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - Portions of T11S, R5E
Secs 4-10,15-22,27-34;T12S,R5E Secs 3-10,15-22,27-34;T13S,R5E, Secs 3,4,9,10;T11S,R4E secs 136;T12SS,R4E,Secs 1-12;T11S,R3E,Secs 1,2,111-14,23-25. From Tepee drainage on the Hebgen Lake Ranger
District south to the north shore of Hebgen Lake, west to Cabin Creek and east to the Yellowstone Park boundary.
Pat Povah Private Road Special - Special use management
Use Permit
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2014
Expected:12/2014
01/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
UNIT - Hebgen Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - Sec. 23, T13S, R4E.
Hebgen Lake Ranger District.
- Special use management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2014
Expected:12/2014
01/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Frank Cifala
406-587-6713
frankcifala@fs.fed.us
Description: Renewal of a Special Use Permit for a private road on Hebgen Lake Ranger District
Location:
10/01/2014 08:35 am MT
Frank Cifala
406-587-6713
frankcifala@fs.fed.us
Description: Renewal of a private road special use permit on the Hebgen Lake Ranger District.
Location:
Troy White Private Road
Special Use Permit
Project Contact
UNIT - Hebgen Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - NE and NW Sec 26,
T13S, R4E. Hebgen Lake Ranger District.
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Project Name
Gallatin National Forest
Project Purpose
Park Electric Cop
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R1 - Northern Region
Cary Frost
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:10/2014
06/2015
406-823-6967
- Vegetation management
Scoping Start 08/21/2014
cfrost@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Description: This project will involve mechanical, non-commercial removal of non-whitebark conifers from stands that contain
or are directly adjacent to live whitebark pine trees and prescribed burns within conifer stands that contain beetlekilled whitebark pine
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44781
Location:
Gallatin National Forest
Decision
Hebgen Lake Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Whitebark Pine Enhancement
Project
CE
Planning Status
UNIT - Hebgen Lake Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Gallatin. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Hebgen Lake Ranger District-wide.
R1 - Northern Region
Livingston Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
CE
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 01/2013
Expected:03/2013
06/2013
Frank Cifala
406-932-5155
fcifala@fs.fed.us
Description: Install buried power distribution line in E. Fork Mill Creek roadway. Remove overhead line.
Location:
Gallatin National Forest
Burnt Leather Ranch Burn
Special Use Permit
UNIT - Livingston Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - E 1/2 Section 13, T6S., R9E.,
NW 1/4 Section 17 and Section 18, T6S., R10E., PM., MT. East Fork Mill Creek, Yellowstone Ranger District.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/28/2013
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Expected:10/2014
10/2014
Frank Cifala
406-587-6713
frankcifala@fs.fed.us
Description: Reissuance of a special use permit for a burn
Location:
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R1 - Northern Region
Yellowstone Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
UNIT - Yellowstone Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Sweet Grass. LEGAL - NW1/4 Sec. 36,
T3S, R11E. West Boulder River Drainage.
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Project Name
Gallatin National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Yellowstone Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
East Paradise Range Recession - Grazing management
EA
In Progress:
Notice of Initiation 05/10/2013
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 03/2015
Expected:08/2015
Project Contact
07/2016
Barb Ping
406-522-2570
bping@fs.fed.us
Description: This is to study six open grazing allotments and determine if reauthorization of grazing is warranted
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41485
Location:
Miminagish Organization Camp
UNIT - Yellowstone Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Yellowstone Ranger District, south of I-90 each of Hwy. 89 S. Grazing allotments: Suce Cr C&H, 6-Mile Cr S.
C&H, Mill Creek C&H, Pine Cr C&H, Elbow C&H.
- Special use management
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/11/2012
Expected:05/2015
07/2015
Jane Ruchman
406-587-6966
jruchman@fs.fed.us
Description: Master Plan development and conversion of obsolete Special Use Permit to current format for the Miminagish
Organization Church Camp in the Main Boulder canyon, Yellowstone Ranger District
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38106
Location:
Renfrow Water Transmission
Line
UNIT - Yellowstone Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Sweet Grass. LEGAL - T5S, R12E,
Section 26. Main Boulder Road.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 10/01/2011
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
CE
Frank Cifala
406-587-6713
fcifala@fs.fed.us
Description: Authorization of an existing historic water transmission line
Location:
Shields River Fish Barrier
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2014
Expected:12/2014
08/2015
Clint Sestrich
406-823-6985
csestrich@fs.fed.us
Description: A concrete fish barrier will be constructed at an existing crossing of the Shields River at the Shields River
Campground to secure approximately 25 miles of habitat for Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45508
Location:
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UNIT - Yellowstone Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Sweet Grass. LEGAL - Unsurveyed,
Section 13, T5S, R12E. Main Boulder Drainage, vicinity of Miller Creek.
UNIT - Yellowstone Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Meagher. LEGAL - Not Applicable. NFSR
#844 Shields River bridge at the Shields River Camp.
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Project Name
Gallatin National Forest
Sweet Grass Integrated
Resource Resiliency and
Restoration
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R1 - Northern Region
Yellowstone Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
08/26/2014
Est. Objection Period Legal
Notice 11/2014
Expected:01/2015
Project Contact
05/2015
Barb Ping
406-522-2558
bping@fs.fed.us
Description: Use of mgmt tools:planned fire,wildland fire use,hand/mechanical thinning,pile burning,conifer/shrub planting $
seeding of native grasses and forbs to enhance/maintain resiliency of vegetative /ecological conditions in areas
burned by 2006 Derby Fire
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41100
Location:
UNIT - Yellowstone Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Sweet Grass. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
10-20 miles Southeast of Big Timber within National Forest lands burned in the 2006 Derby Fire (Deer Creeks,
Derby, West Bridger Drainages).
Triangle Telephone Coop
- Special use management
Service Line Special Use Permit
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2014
Expected:01/2015
04/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Frank Cifala
406-587-6713
fcifala@fs.fed.us
Description: Install new overhead and buried communications service line via Special Use Permit.
Location:
UNIT - Yellowstone Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Park, Sweet Grass. LEGAL - Sec. 14,
T4S, R12E. Main Boulder River drainage off of county road.
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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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