Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 07/01/2014 to 09/30/2014 Nebraska National Forest

Project Name

Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)

07/01/2014 to 09/30/2014

Nebraska 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

Projects Occurring in more than one Region (excluding Nationwide)

Western Area Power

Administration Right-of-Way

Maintenance and

Reauthorization Project

EIS

- Special use management In Progress:

DEIS NOA in Federal Register

09/27/2013

Est. FEIS NOA in Federal

Register 02/2014

Expected:03/2014 04/2014 Christopher Wehrli

435-896-1053 clwehrli@fs.fed.us

Description: Update vegetation management activities along 278 miles of transmission lines located on NFS lands in Colorado,

Nebraska, and Utah. These activities are intended to protect the transmission lines by managing for stable, low growth vegetation.

Location: UNIT - Ashley National Forest All Units, Grand Valley Ranger District, Norwood Ranger District, Yampa Ranger

District, Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District, Pine Ridge Ranger District, Sulphur Ranger District, East

Zone/Dillon Ranger District, Paonia Ranger District, Boulder Ranger District, West Zone/Sopris Ranger District,

Canyon Lakes Ranger District, Salida Ranger District, Gunnison Ranger District, Mancos/Dolores Ranger District.

STATE - Colorado, Nebraska, Utah. COUNTY - Chaffee, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Grand, Gunnison, Jackson,

Lake, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa, Montrose, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, Dawes, Daggett, Uintah. LEGAL - Not

Applicable. Linear transmission lines located in Colorado, Utah, and Nebraska.

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

Cain Creek Land Exchange

EA

R2 - Rocky Mountain Region

- Land ownership management In Progress:

Comment Period Public Notice

09/16/2013

Est. Objection Period Legal

Notice 09/2014

Expected:11/2014 01/2015 Cindy Hockelberg

605-673-9238 chockelberg@fs.fed.us

Description: A proposed land exchange between The Nature Conservancy, a Not for Profit Corporation and the Forest Service.

The primary purpose of the Cain Creek Land Exchange exchange is to consolidate land ownership where private and National Forest System (NFS

Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39610

Location: UNIT - Nebraska National Forest All Units. STATE - South Dakota. COUNTY - Fall River. LEGAL - Not

Applicable. The Federal parcels proposed for exchange are located across the Buffalo Gap National Grassland from the Towns of Hots Springs to Kadoka. All legal descriptions reference the Black Hills Meridian and.

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Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision

Expected

Implementation

Project Contact

Nebraska National Forest Bessey Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Eastern Red Cedar

Encroachment Removal

CE


- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants

- Fuels management

Completed Actual: 06/23/2014 08/2014 Tedd Teahon

308-533-2257 tteahon@fs.fed.us

Description: Removal of invading eastern red cedar in areas identified on the Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest to improve timber stand and grassland health.


McKelvie Rehabilitation and

Decommissioning

EA

Location: UNIT - Bessey Ranger District. STATE - Nebraska. COUNTY - Cherry. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Portions of

Steer Creek, South Falls, Ranger Station, and Schotes Allotments on the Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest.

- Facility management On Hold N/A N/A Timothy Buskirk

308-533-2257 tbuskirk@fs.fed.us

Description:

Decomissioning the residence, carpenter shop,oil storage, flammable storage, radio and horse barn buildings and rehabilitating the office, metal storage shed and shop storage shed at the the Samuel R. McKelvie N.F.

Administrative Site

Location: UNIT - Bessey Ranger District. STATE - Nebraska. COUNTY - Cherry. LEGAL - NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of

Section 1; T31N; R33W; P.M.BH. Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest of the Bessey Ranger District.

Nebraska State 4-H Camp

Special Use Permit Modification

CE

- Special use management In Progress:

Scoping Start 02/27/2014

Expected:05/2014 06/2014 Timothy Buskirk

308-533-8115 tbuskirk@fs.fed.us

Description: Modification of the Nebraska State 4-H Camp's Special Use Permit to include the development and use of a zipline as a part of the camps activities.

Location: UNIT - Bessey Ranger District. STATE - Nebraska. COUNTY - Thomas. LEGAL - Section 4, T 23N, R 26W,

Sixth Principle Meridian. Nebraska State 4-H Camp, Bessey Division of the Nebraska National Forest.

Nebraska National Forest Fall River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Application to permit to Drill &

Surface Plan of Operation

Alakali Federal 11-33

CE


- Minerals and Geology Developing Proposal

Est. Scoping Start 06/2014

Expected:08/2014 09/2014 Kelly Stover

605-745-4107 kstover@fs.fed.us

Description:

Drilling of one exploratory oil well to depth of 3850 ft. Includes constrution of 140' x 220' well pad.

*NEW LISTING*

Location: UNIT - Fall River Ranger District. STATE - South Dakota. COUNTY - Fall River. LEGAL - 11S, R1E, BHM,

S33. Middle pasture of Antelope Allotment.




Dappen Apiary Special Use

Permit

CE

*NEW LISTING*

- Special use management

Description:

In Progress:


Expected:06/2014

The placement of up to a maximum of 112 bee hives over three locations

Expected

Implementation

Project Contact


06/2014 Robert Novotny

605-745-4107 rnovotny@fs.fed.us

Ft Randall Fiber Optic Special

Use Permit Modification

CE

Ingalls Apiary Permit

CE

Location: UNIT - Fall River Ranger District. STATE - South Dakota. COUNTY - Fall River. LEGAL - T 8 S, R 9 E BHM;

That portion of Sections 22 andb 23 east of Road 7045, federal lands within Sections 24-36; T 9 S, R 9 E, BHM;

Federal ground within Sections 1-4. East of Smithwick, SD.

- Special use management Completed Actual: 05/13/2014 06/2014 Robert Novotny


Description: Modify existing Special Use Permit to allow the crossing of an additional 4.5 miles of Buffalo Gap National

Grassland along the East French Creek Road to replace aging copper facility and improve service


Location: UNIT - Fall River Ranger District. STATE - South Dakota. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - T 4 S, R 9 E; Sections

32, 33,34, and 35. East of the town of Fairburn, SD along East French Creek Road.

- Special use management Completed Actual: 06/03/2014 07/2014

Description:

Plaqcement of 10-12 pallets of bee hives (4 hives to pallet) on 12 locations within the Buffalo Gap National

Grassland


Robert Novotny


Location: UNIT - Fall River Ranger District. STATE - South Dakota. COUNTY - Custer, Fall River. LEGAL - T 10 S, R 8

E, Sec 22; T 10 S, R ( E, Sec 17, 18, 19, 20, 28,31,32,33; T 6 S, R 8 E, Sec 10; T 5 S, R 9 E, Sec 31. Eastern Fall

River County South of US Highway 18 and South eastern Custer County.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact


SD School of Mines And

Technology Paleontological

Special Use Research Permit

CE

*NEW LISTING*


- Special use management Cancelled N/A N/A Robert Novotny


Description: Application for a special use permit to document presence and abundance of fossils in the Harris Ranch Badlands formation. Only surface collection to be authorized with specimens being permanantly reposited with the

SDSM&T.

Location: UNIT - Fall River Ranger District. STATE - South Dakota. COUNTY - Fall River. LEGAL - Township 10 South,

Range 9 East, BHM;Sec 36: S1/2S1/2

Township 11 South, Range 9 East, BHM Sec 1:All, Sec 2: All, Sec 3: E1/2E1/2, Sec 10: NE1/4NE1/4, Sec 11: N1/2,

Sec 12:N1/2N1/2. Harris Ranch Badlands Formation East of Oelrichs, SD.

Nebraska National Forest Fort Pierre Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

FPNG Special Use Road

Permits Project

CE


- Special use management Completed Actual: 04/30/2014 05/2014 Ruben Mares

605-224-5517 jbrey@fs.fed.us

Description: The Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands, Fort Pierre Ranger District, proposes to issue special use permits on four existing two-track, dirt roads to three private landowners who are land locked by Forest System lands.


Location: UNIT - Fort Pierre Ranger District. STATE - South Dakota. COUNTY - Jones, Lyman, Stanley. LEGAL - T

109N R 78W NE ¼ of Section 29; T 2N R 31E NW ¼ of Section 31; T 2N R 31E NW ¼ of Section 30; T 3N

R 31E NE ¼ of Section 17. Project is located on the Fort Pierre National Grassland south of Fort Pierre, SD and north of I-90. Proposed roads are scattered across the grassland at the legals listed below.

Nebraska National Forest Pine Ridge Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R2 - Rocky Mountain Region



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact

Nebraska National Forest Pine Ridge Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Pine Ridge Landscape

Restoration Project

EA

*NEW LISTING*


- Vegetation management

(other than forest products)

- Fuels management

In Progress:

Comment Period Public Notice

06/07/2014

Est. Objection Period Legal

Notice 08/2014

Expected:09/2014 10/2014 Paul Klug

406-752-6400 pklug@fs.fed.us

Description:

The project is largely aimed at improving undesired conditions created by the 2006 Spotted Tail Fire and the 2012

West Ash Fire and reducing the threat of stand-replacing wildfires in those few areas not impacted by those large wildfires.


Location: UNIT - Pine Ridge Ranger District. STATE - Nebraska. COUNTY - Dawes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. National

Forest System Lands in Dawes County between Crawford and Chadron Nebraska.

Sand Creek Russian Olive

Project

CE




In Progress:


Expected:06/2014 06/2014

Description: Russian olive will be removed mechanically or by hand. All cut trees will be piled and burned.

Phillip Dobesh

308-432-0383 pdobesh@fs.fed.us

Location: UNIT - Pine Ridge Ranger District. STATE - Nebraska. COUNTY - Dawes, Sioux. LEGAL - SIXTH

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

DAWES & SIOUX COUNTIES

T. 33N, R. 53W

Sec. 17, 20, & 25

T. 33N, R. 52W

Sec. 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, & 34. Oglala National Grassland.

Nebraska National Forest Wall Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R2 - Rocky Mountain Region



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact

Nebraska National Forest Wall Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Kelly Land Exchange

CE


- Land ownership management In Progress:


Expected:05/2014 06/2014 Cindy Hockelberg

605-673-9238 chockelberg@fs.fed.us

Description: The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to convey 632.95 acres to Don Kelly in exchange for 666.89 acres of private land. The private lands are located in Badlands National Park and would be conveyed to the USA, National Park

Service.


Wall Prescribe Burn Complex

CE

Location: UNIT - Wall Ranger District. STATE - South Dakota. COUNTY - Pennington. LEGAL - T1S,R16E, Sec.

6&31; T2S, R15E, Sec. 1,2, 12. Near Badlands National Park.




- Fuels management

In Progress:


Expected:05/2014 09/2014 Randall Griebel

605-279-2125 rgriebel@fs.fed.us

Description: The purpose of this project is to use fire to create a vegetative disturbance in an area that has not been burned in

30 years to increase vegetative and habitat diversity, while decreasing flammability and the potential for unnatural fire effects.

Location: UNIT - Wall Ranger District. STATE - South Dakota. COUNTY - Jackson, Pennington. LEGAL - Not

Applicable. Wall Ranger District, Pennington and Jackson Counties, South Dakota.

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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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