Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
07/01/2015 to 09/30/2015
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
Expected
Implementation
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Medicine Wheel/Paintrock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one
Crater Ridge Vegetation
Management Project
EA
Project Contact
Bernie Bornong
04/2017
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:08/2015
307-674-2685
- Vegetation management
Comment Period Public Notice
bbornong@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
04/25/2014
- 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
08/2015
Developing Proposal
Expected:08/2015
Stream Crossing Removal
307-674-2645
- Road management
Est. Scoping Start 06/2015
thomasgardiner@fs.fed.
CE
us
*NEW LISTING*
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.
Location:
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.
Ashley Duke
307-548-5309
abduke@fs.fed.us
Willett Creek, Forest Service
Road (FSR) 226 Re-route
Project
- Road management
EA
Description: Project was marked as completed when it was not. It will be re-entered in PALS as a new project.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45513
Location:
07/01/2015 04:30 am MT
Cancelled
N/A
N/A
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
District)
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Medicine Wheel/Paintrock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one
Willett Creek, Forest Service
Road 226 Reroute Project
- Road management
In Progress:
Expected:07/2015
Expected
Implementation
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
08/2015
EA
Location:
EA
Johnson County Search and
Rescue Special Use Permit for
communications equipment at
Hunter Mesa
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Christopher Jones
04/2017
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:08/2015
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:
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.
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 04/08/2015
06/2015
Travis Fack
307-674-2683
tfack@fs.fed.us
Description: Issuance of a new Special Use Permit for Communications Equipment to be located in the Forest Services existing
Communications Building located at the Hunter Mesa Communication Site.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46483
Location:
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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.
Powder River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Billy Creek Timber Sale
CE
Ashley Duke
307-548-5309
abduke@fs.fed.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.
*NEW LISTING*
Bighorn National Forest
Project Contact
UNIT - Powder River Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Johnson. LEGAL - NW1/4 SW1/4
Section 3, T.50N, R84W. 6th PM. Hunter Mesa Communications Site.
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Project Name
Bighorn National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Powder River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Paradise Ranch Company
Special Use Permit Reissuance
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 05/19/2015
Project Contact
06/2015
CE
Travis Fack
307-674-2683
tfack@fs.fed.us
Description: Reissuance of Special Use Permit for existing communications use at the Hunter Mesa Communication Site
located within the Forest Service building.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46485
Location:
Pole Creek Gravel Pit
Expansion
UNIT - Powder River Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Johnson. LEGAL - T50N, R.84W,
Section 3 6PM. Hunter Mesa Communications Site.
- Minerals and Geology
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 07/2015
Expected:09/2016
09/2016
EA
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:
West Side Connector Trail
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.
- Recreation management
Cancelled
N/A
EA
N/A
Brian Boden
307-684-9872
bboden@fs.fed.us
Description: Construct a motorized trail system for vehicles less than 50 inches in width between Powder River Pass and
Deerhaven Lodge that would allow motorized users the ability to travel across the district without riding on Highway
16.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45408
Location:
Bighorn National Forest
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UNIT - Powder River Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Washakie, Big Horn, Johnson. LEGAL Generally, T48N, R85W, sec 8, 9, 10 and T48N, R86W, sec. 1, 3, 4, 6, 8. The proposed trail will be generally
located on the west side of the Powder River Ranger District, between Forest System Road (FSR) 29 and
Deerhaven Lodge.
Tongue Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Bighorn National Forest
Project Name
Bighorn National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Tongue Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Dayton Gulch Outfitters Special - Special use management
Use Permit Proposal
Completed
Actual: 06/12/2015
06/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Cheri Jones
307-674-2652
cajones02@fs.fed.us
Description: Analysis of Dayton Gulch Outfitters proposal for a special use permit to offer rental camps June 1 %u2013
November 30.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46757
Location:
Lodge Connector ATV Trail
Project
Project Contact
UNIT - Tongue Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sheridan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Tongue
Ranger District from Dayton Gulch to Freezeout south to Woodchuck Pass.
- Recreation management
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
10/02/2014
Est. Objection Period Legal
Notice 08/2015
Expected:12/2015
06/2016
Stephen Larrabee
307-674-2620
slarrabee@fs.fed.us
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
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.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/15/2015
Expected:07/2015
07/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Description: Sheridan College, Spear-O-Wigwam Mountain Campus has submitted a special use application to install a 12'
tower on Park Reservoir Dam.
Location:
Wyoming Department of
Transportation Waterline
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
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/01/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Expected:07/2015
07/2015
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:
07/01/2015 04:30 am MT
Travis Fack
307-674-2683
tfack@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Tongue Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sheridan. LEGAL - T.55N, R.89W, Section 1.
Burgess Junction, Wyoming.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
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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