Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
10/01/2015 to 12/31/2015
Bighorn National Forest
This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
Project Name
Bighorn National Forest
District)
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Medicine Wheel/Paintrock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one
Crater Ridge Vegetation
Management Project
EA
*UPDATED*
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Bernie Bornong
04/2017
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:11/2015
307-674-2685
- Vegetation management
Comment Period Public Notice
bbornong@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
10/02/2014
- Fuels management
- Road management
Description: Forested vegetation management with multiple objectives, including wood product production, fuels reduction,
wildlife habitat enhancement, and travel management.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43845
Location:
UNIT - Medicine Wheel Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sheridan. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Medicine Wheel/Paintrock Ranger District in the Little Bighorn River watershed.
Thomas Gardiner
Granite Creek/Route No. 301116 - Watershed management
10/2015
Completed
Actual: 06/30/2015
Stream Crossing Removal
307-674-2645
- Road management
thomasgardiner@fs.fed.
CE
us
*UPDATED*
Description: Remove existing stream crossing culvert on Route No. 301116 at Granite Creek to improve human safety, restore
floodplain function, and improve aquatic habitat connectivity.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47183
Location:
Willett Creek, Forest Service
Road 226 Reroute Project
UNIT - Medicine Wheel Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Big Horn. LEGAL - T53N R89W
Section 35 NW 1/4 of SE 1/4. FS road #301116 is located on the west side of US HWY 14 across from the
Antelope Butte Ski Area.
- Road management
Completed
EA
*UPDATED*
08/2016
Christopher Jones
307-674-2627
christopherdjones@fs.fe
d.us
Description: Re-route the crossing of FSR 226 with a tributary of Willett Creek. The new segment would be approx. 500 feet
long and located downstream of the current crossing at a narrower portion of the stream. Close and rehabilitate
existing water crossing
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47194
Location:
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Actual: 08/12/2015
UNIT - Medicine Wheel Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Big Horn. LEGAL - T53N R88W, NE
1/4, SE 1/4, S 1/2 of sec. 10. Unnamed tributary of Willett Creek and FSR 226.
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Project Name
Bighorn National Forest
Billy Creek Timber Sale
EA
*UPDATED*
Project Purpose
Decision
Powder River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Christopher Jones
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Completed
Actual: 08/18/2015
04/2017
307-674-2627
- Forest products
christopherdjones@fs.fe
- Vegetation management
d.us
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Road management
Description: Forested vegetation management with multiple objectives, including wood product production, fuels reduction,
wildlife habitat enhancement, insect and disease mitigation and travel management.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44493
Location:
Pole Creek Gravel Pit
Expansion
Planning Status
UNIT - Powder River Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Johnson. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Project is located on the Powder River Ranger District in the Clear Creek and Crazy Woman Creek watersheds.
- Minerals and Geology
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
07/03/2015
Expected:04/2016
09/2016
Gayle Laurent
307-674-2656
glaurent@fs.fed.us
Description: The Wyoming Dept of Transportation submitted an application to increase the existing gravel pit by 45 ac to
facilitate transportation projects and maintenance operations on US Hwy 16. Includes mining, gravel operation,
and a temporary hot mix plant
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46124
Location:
Bighorn National Forest
UNIT - Powder River Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Johnson. LEGAL - NE1/4SE1/4, Section
26, T.49N., R84W., 6th P.M. The Pole Creek Gravel Pit is located immediately west of US Highway 16 just north of
milepost 67, approximately 17 miles southwest of Buffalo, Wyoming.
Tongue Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Eaton Brothers, Inc Special Use - Special use management
Permit Reissuance
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
12/2015
Cheri Jones
307-674-2652
cajones02@fs.fed.us
Description: 10-Year Priority Use Special Use Permit expires and is eligible for reissuance for another 10 years
Location:
10/01/2015 04:22 am MT
Expected:12/2015
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
UNIT - Tongue Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sheridan. LEGAL - Sections 6,7,8,18, T55N,
R86W; Sections 1,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,35,36, T55N, R87W. 4 assigned sites located :
Sections 12, 14, 23,T55N, R87W. Tongue Ranger District in the Wolf Creek and Walker Prairie area.
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Project Name
Bighorn National Forest
Lodge Connector ATV Trail
Project
Project Purpose
- Recreation management
Expected
Implementation
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
10/02/2014
Expected:03/2016
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
06/2016
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 08/14/2015
09/2015
UNIT - Tongue Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sheridan. LEGAL - T.53N, R.86W, Section 15.
Tower to be located on top of Park Reservoir Dam.
- Special use management
Completed
CE
*UPDATED*
Travis Fack
307-674-2683
tfack@fs.fed.us
Description: Sheridan College, Spear-O-Wigwam Mountain Campus has submitted a special use application to install a 12'
tower on Park Reservoir Dam.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47286
Location:
Wyoming Department of
Transportation Waterline
Leslie Horsch
307-674-2632
lhorsch@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Tongue Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sheridan. LEGAL - T55N R88W sec. 7 and
16-18, T55N R89W sec. 1 and 12-13. ATV trail between Arrowhead Lodge, Elk View Lodge and Bear Lodge.
CE
*UPDATED*
Project Contact
Description: ATV trail to connect the three lodges on the north end of the Tongue Ranger District.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45472
Location:
Sheridan College Weather
Tower
Decision
Tongue Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
EA
*UPDATED*
Planning Status
Actual: 08/14/2015
09/2015
Travis Fack
307-674-2683
tfack@fs.fed.us
Description: Wyoming Department of Transportation has submitted an application to install a new waterline from the Forest
Service Burgess RV Dump Station well to the Burgess Junction WYDOT Maintenance Camp.
Location:
UNIT - Tongue Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sheridan. LEGAL - T.55N, R.89W, Section 1.
Burgess Junction, Wyoming.
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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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