Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 04/01/2015 to 06/30/2015 Kootenai National Forest

Project Name

Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)

04/01/2015 to 06/30/2015

Kootenai National Forest

This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.

Project Purpose Planning Status Decision

Expected

Implementation

Project Contact

R1 - Northern Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide)

FNF Plan Revision & NCDE

GBCS Amendment to the Lolo,

Helena, Lewis & Clark,and

Kootenai NFs

EIS

*NEW LISTING*

- Land management planning In Progress:

NOI in Federal Register

03/06/2015

Est. DEIS NOA in Federal

Register 02/2016

Expected:06/2017 07/2017 Joseph Krueger

406-758-5243 jkrueger@fs.fed.us

Description: The Flathead NF is revising their forest plan and preparing an amendment providing relevant direction from the

NCDE Grizzly Bear Conservation Strategy into the forest plans for the Lolo, Helena, Kootenai, and Lewis & Clark

National Forests.

Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/flathead/fpr

Location: UNIT - Kootenai National Forest All Units, Lewis And Clark National Forest All Units, Flathead National Forest All

Units, Helena National Forest All Units, Lolo National Forest All Units. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Flathead,

Glacier, Granite, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Pondera, Powell, Sanders, Teton. LEGAL -

Not Applicable. Flathead National Forest; portions of the Lolo, Kootenai, Helena, and Lewis & Clark NF found in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (grizzly bears).

Kootenai National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)

Forest Plan Revision

EIS

- Land management planning Completed 02/2015

R1 - Northern Region

Timory Peel

406-283-7660 tpeel@fs.fed.us

Description: Revision of Forest Plan management direction.

Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/kipz

Location: UNIT - Kootenai National Forest All Units. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln, Sanders. LEGAL - All NFS lands within the forest boundary. Kootenai National Forest.

04/02/2015 08:54 pm MT Page 1 of 9 Kootenai National Forest

Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision

Expected

Implementation

Kootenai National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)

Illi Allen Peak Access

CE

- Special use management

- Road management

Completed Actual: 01/22/2015 01/2015

Description: Access to private land on Allen Peak over approximately 5.3 miles of NFS road #2301.

Project Contact


Bonnie Geber

406-283-7502 bjgeber@fs.fed.us

Rock Creek Mine Project

EIS

Location: UNIT - Kootenai National Forest All Units. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - NFS road #2301 in following sections: Section 36, T26N, R30W, Section 31, T26N, R29W, Section 6, T25N, R29W, & Section 1,

T25N, R30W. Libby Ranger District.

- Minerals and Geology In Progress:


09/13/2011


Register 11/2014

Expected:04/2015 05/2015 Michael Huffine

406-293-6211 mshuffine@fs.fed.us

Description:

The Rock Creek Mine is a proposal for a copper/silver mine under the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness in Sanders

County Montana on the Kootenai National Forest. The proposal includes an associated mill, tailings storage facility and a waste water treatme

Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=34999

Location: UNIT - Kootenai National Forest All Units. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Sanders. LEGAL - T. 26 N., R. 32

W., Section: 3, 10, 15, 21,22, 27,28,29,32,and 33. Approximately 3 miles East of Noxon, Montana in the Rock

Creek Drainage.

Kootenai National Forest Cabinet Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Helwick Timber Sale

EA


- Recreation management

- Forest products

- Fuels management

- Road management

Developing Proposal

Est. Notice of Initiation 12/2014

Expected:07/2015 09/2015 Mark Wiedeman

406-827-0753 mwiedeman@fs.fed.us

Description:

Includes 23 timber harvest units with treatments including commercial timber harvest on approximately 655 acres, which includes regeneration harvests (345 acres), and intermediate treatments (310 acres). Two harvest units would exceed 40 acres.


Location: UNIT - Cabinet Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Sanders. LEGAL - S1- 12,15-21, 29, 30 ;

T22N; R31W; S33,36; T23N; R31W; S24, 25; T22N; R32W; S6; T22N; R30W; PMM, Sanders County, Montana.

Beaver Creek drainage.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact

Kootenai National Forest Cabinet Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Permit Authorization for

Niemier Water Diversion and

Conveyance System

CE


- Special use management Developing Proposal

Est. Scoping Start 10/2014

Expected:11/2014 12/2014 Katelyn Miller

406-827-0717 katelynpmiller@fs.fed.u

s

Description: authorization for special use permit allowing use and maintenance of water system on and across NFS land for private water use for domestic and irrigation applications.

Vermilion River Restoration

EA

Location: UNIT - Cabinet Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Sanders. LEGAL - NW1/4NW1/4, Sec. 22,

T26N, R34W, Sanders County, PMM. The existing Niemier water system is located in the Deer Creek drainage approximately 4 miles south of Heron, Montana.

- Watershed management On Hold N/A N/A Craig Neesvig

406-827-0734 cneesvig@fs.fed.us

Description: stream habitat restoration program proposed for 9 specific reaches on the Vermilion River over a 10 yr period


Location: UNIT - Cabinet Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Sanders. LEGAL - S31-33; T25N; R29W; and

S1-4, T24N; R30W; Sanders County; PMM. Vermilion River reaches approx. 3.6 miles in an area beginning ~0.5 miles below Vermilion Falls and downstream to about Lyons Gulch.

Kootenai National Forest Fortine Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Galton

EIS

- Recreation management

- Forest products

- Vegetation management

(other than forest products)

- Road management

On Hold

Description: Travel planning, prescribed fire, urban interface

Web Link:

N/A http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=26647

Location:

N/A


Ron Komac

406-296-2536 x7130 rkomac@fs.fed.us

UNIT - Fortine Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - all or parts of T34, 35, 36, 37

N and R 24, 25, 26W. Galton Range - east of the Tobacco Valley, Lincoln County, Montana.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact

Kootenai National Forest Fortine Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Mud Creek Equestrian Outfitter and Guide Permit

CE


- Special use management In Progress:

Scoping Start 05/16/2014

Expected:11/2014 12/2014 Marcy Goheen

406-882-4451 mgoheen@fs.fed.us

Description: Request for additional (100 days)equestrian use (horseback rides) for an existing special use outfitter and guide permit.


North End Outfitter & Guide

Special Use Permits

CE

Location: UNIT - Fortine Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - T 35N R 26 W Sections 3, 10,

11. Mud Creek Area.

- Recreation management On Hold N/A N/A Marcy Butts

406-882-4451 x8341 mbutts@fs.fed.us

Description:

Provide Outfitter and Guide services to the public, both consumptive and non-consumptive.

Location: UNIT - Fortine Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - T37N, R24-29W; T36N,

R24-30W; T35N, R24-31W; T34N, R24-31W; T33N, R24-31W; T33N, R24-31W; T32N, R25-28, 30W; T31N,

R26W. North End Outfitter & Guide Special Use Permits.

Kootenai National Forest Libby Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

2014 Libby District Special Use

Renewals

CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Special use management Completed Actual: 03/02/2015 03/2015

Description: Renewal of 7 special use permits which expire December 2014 with no change in condition.


Bonnie Geber


Bayrak FDR access

CE

*NEW LISTING*

Location: UNIT - Libby Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Libby Ranger

District.



Expected:03/2015 06/2015 Bonnie Geber


Description: Grant access to a private parcel in the Barron Creek area through the issuance of a FRTA permit. The permit would include an Operations & Maintenance Plan for use of Forest Development Road #228.


District.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact


Clay Banks HFRA

EA


- Forest products

- Fuels management

In Progress:

Comment Period Public Notice

11/21/2011

Est. Objection Period Legal

Notice 05/2015

Expected:10/2015 01/2016 Denise Beck

406-293-7773 x7504 dmbeck@fs.fed.us

Description:

This project is designed to reduce fire hazard within the WUI in the Clay Banks area, northeast of Libby, MT.

Coyote Improvement

EA

Flower Creek

EIS

Location: UNIT - Libby Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - T30N, R31W, SAections 1, 2,

11, 12, 13, 14, 24. Libby Ranger District.

- Forest products



Web Link:

In Progress:

Notice of Initiation 11/12/2013

Est. Comment Period Public

Notice 07/2015

Expected:12/2015 http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41715

02/2016

Description: Harvest of approximately 240 acres to increase stand resilency to Mountain Pine Beetles.

Seth Cole

479-667-2191 ext.2165

secole@fs.fed.us

Location:

- Forest products



- Fuels management

- Watershed management

- Road management

In Progress:

DEIS NOA in Federal Register

06/03/2009

Est. FEIS NOA in Federal

Register 11/2015



Description: This project includes fuel and vegetation management through commercial timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning and fuel grinding. Also includes 1.81 miles of road storage, 1 mile of temporary road construction, and

0.23 miles of trail construction.

Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=29532

Location:

UNIT - Libby Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - T27N, R30W, Sections 13, 18.

Libby Ranger District, Kootenai National Forest.

UNIT - Libby Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - T30N, R31W, Sections 3, 4, 5,

15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29 and 30; T30N, R32W, Sections 3, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,

30, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 PMM, Lincoln County, MT. Flower Creek watershed, 3 air miles south of Libby, Montana.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact


Good Medicine Placer modification

CE

*NEW LISTING*






Description: A modification to the existing Plan of Operations on the Good Medicine Placer claim. Expanding project area to

300 feet x 200 feet and including onsite processing.

Location: UNIT - Libby Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Section 12, T27N, R31N, PMM.

Libby Ranger District.

Libby District 2015 Special Use renewals

CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Special use management Cancelled N/A N/A Bonnie Geber


Description: Renewal of five existing special use authorizations which will expire in 2015 - no changes proposed. Includes authorizations for four private access roads and one waterline.


District, KNF.

Libby District 2015 Special Use renewals

CE

*NEW LISTING*





Description:

Renewal of five existing special use authorizations which will expire in 2015 - no changes proposed. Includes authorizations for four private access roads and one waterline.

Libby Shooting Range expansion

CE

*NEW LISTING*


District, KNF.





Description:

Expansion of the existing permitted area of the Libby Shooting Range, under permit to Lincoln County. Expansion would be for approximately 4.9 acres and would include additional enclosed shooting bays and a parking area.

Location: UNIT - Libby Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Section 7, T29N, R30W, PMM.

Libby Ranger District, KNF.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact


Montanore Project

EIS




07/13/2011

Est. FEIS NOA in Federal

Register 03/2015

Expected:07/2015 08/2015 Lynn Hagarty

406-283-7642 lhagarty@fs.fed.us

Description:

The Kootenai National Forest, in conjunction with Montana's Dept. of Environmental Quality will prepare an EIS for a proposal to permit the development of the Montanore silver/copper mine and associated power transmission line by Mines Management Inc


Rainbow Lake Enhancement

CE

Redemption Pit

CE

Location: UNIT - Libby Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln, Sanders. LEGAL - T26N, R29W, S 5, 8,

9; T27N, R29W, S 18-20, 29, 30, 32; T27, R30W, S 16-24; T28N, R30W, S19; T27N, R31W, S 1-3, 9, 11-15;

T28N, R31W, S 13-15, 23, 24, 26, 35, 36; T27N, R31W, S 29. Approximately 18 miles south of Libby, MT adjacent to the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness.

- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants


Developing Proposal

Est. Scoping Start 12/2014



Description: Increase depth of Rainbow Lkae to provide winter habitat for trout, increase wetland productivity by building a dam and re-introducing beavers, and improve existing undeveloped camping area.

Location: UNIT - Libby Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - T33N, R31W, Sections 6, 7.

Libby Ranger District.

- Minerals and Geology On Hold N/A N/A Bonnie Geber


Description: Creation of a stockpile area and future gravel source for Libby District projects in the Wolf Creek area.

Young Pipe Creek access

CE

*NEW LISTING*

04/02/2015 08:54 pm MT

Location: UNIT - Libby Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - SW1/4 NW1/4 Section 17,

T29N, R27W north of NFS road # 2358. Libby Ranger District.

- Special use management Completed Actual: 03/02/2015 04/2015 Bonnie Geber


Description: Grant the owner of a private parcel in the Pipe Creek area reasonable access to property for forest management purposes and for future residential use through a special use authorization.

Location: UNIT - Libby Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Section 21,

T31N, R31W, PMM.

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Expected

Implementation

Project Contact

Kootenai National Forest Three Rivers Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Lower Yaak, O'Brien, Sheep

Project

EIS


- Forest products



- Fuels management


In Progress:


10/06/2014


Register 06/2015

Expected:01/2016 03/2016 Leslie McDougall

406-295-7431 lmcdougall@fs.fed.us

Description:

This project includes timber harvest, hazardous fuels reduction treatments, prescribed burning, watershed improvements, and recreation site improvements. About 52% of the project area is within the wildland urban interface.


Yaak Air Force Base NSFl

Parcel Conveyance

CE

Location: UNIT - Three Rivers Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Townships 31, 32, 33,

34 North, Ranges 32, 33, 34 West, PMM, Lincoln County, Montana. The project area is located directly adjacent to and northeast of Troy, Montana.

- Land ownership management In Progress:


Expected:06/2015 07/2015 Dick Harlow

406-295-4693, dharlow@fs.fed.us

Description: The conveyance of a parcel of land that is 0.19 acres in size that is completely surrounded by a single private landowner. To be implemented by a direct sale through the Forest Service Facilities and Realignment Act.

Location: UNIT - Three Rivers Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - SW1/4 Section 35,

T36N, R32W, PMM; Lincoln County, MT. NE of Yaak, MT.

Yaak Highside Blowdown

Salvage

CE

Yaak River Campground

Blowdown Salvage

CE

- Forest products Completed Actual: 01/14/2015 01/2015 Ed Sedler

406-295-7456 esedler@fs.fed.us

Description: Project responds to the need to salvage timber blown over in a wind event in July 2014. Removal of this material would provide timber to the local economy and prevent insect and disease activity in surrounding timber stands.

Location: UNIT - Three Rivers Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Section 5, T32N,

R34W, PMM. Along the portion of NFSR #4607A that is open year-round, above Hwy 2 at the bottom of the Yaak

Hill, West of Troy, MT.

- Forest products Completed Actual: 01/08/2015 01/2015 Ed Sedler

406-295-7456 esedler@fs.fed.us

Description: Project responds to the need to salvage timber blown over in a wind event in July 2014. Removal of this material would provide timber to the local economy and prevent insect and disease activity in surrounding timber stands.

Location: UNIT - Three Rivers Ranger District. STATE - Montana. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Section 5 and 8, T32N,

R34W; PMM. Yaak River Campground along Highway 2, west of Troy, MT.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact

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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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