Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
04/01/2016 to 06/30/2016
Lincoln 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
R3 - Southwestern Region
Lincoln National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
Integrated Non-native Invasive
and Native Invasive Plant
Project
EIS
*UPDATED*
Aurora Roemmich
- Recreation management
Developing Proposal
Expected:11/2017
12/2017
575-434-7200
- Heritage resource
Est. NOI in Federal Register
aurorarroemmich@fs.fe
management
04/2016
d.us
- Special area management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Grazing management
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
Description: The forest will be developing a proposal to manage the existence of non-native invasive and native invasive plants
within the Lincoln National Forest's boundaries. Adaptive management would be incorporated into the analysis.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=31150
Location:
Lincoln National Forest Plan
Revision
04/01/2016 04:08 am MT
Developing Proposal
Est. NOI in Federal Register
10/2016
Expected:09/2019
10/2019
Sabrina Flores
575-434-7200
sflores@fs.fed.us
Description: Plan Revision
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45148
Location:
Lincoln National Forest
UNIT - Lincoln National Forest All Units. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Eddy, Lincoln, Otero. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. All management areas within the Lincoln National Forest.
- Land management planning
EIS
*UPDATED*
Project Contact
UNIT - Lincoln National Forest All Units. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Chaves, Eddy, Lincoln, Otero.
LEGAL - USFS Lands within the Lincoln National Forest. USFS lands within the Lincoln National Forest, New
Mexico.
Guadalupe Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R3 - Southwestern Region
Lincoln National Forest
Project Name
Lincoln National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R3 - Southwestern Region
Guadalupe Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Last Chance Trail 226 Reroute
- Recreation management
On Hold
N/A
Project Contact
N/A
CE
Dennis Brockman
575-885-4181
dennisbrockman@fs.fed
.us
Description: Reroute approximately 1/4 mile of trail out of floodplain.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41025
Location:
Sargent Grazing Allotment
UNIT - Guadalupe Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Eddy. LEGAL - Township 23 south;
Range 22 east; Section 32. Last Chance Trail 226; approximately 3.0 miles from trailhead located on Forest
Service Road 276.
- Grazing management
On Hold
N/A
N/A
EA
Mark Sando
575-885-7414
msando@fs.fed.us
Description: Environmental analysis for the continuation of grazing authorization.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=5617
Location:
Sitting Bull Falls New Trail
Construction
UNIT - Guadalupe Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Chaves, Otero. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. Northeastern portion of the Guadalupe Ranger District , Northwest of Carlsbad, NM.
- Recreation management
On Hold
N/A
CE
N/A
Dennis Brockman
575-885-4181
dennisbrockman@fs.fed
.us
Description: New non-motorized trail would be constructed to connect Trail 215 to Trail 68 to create another loop in the existing
Stack loop trail system.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=34820
Location:
Lincoln National Forest
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UNIT - Guadalupe Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Eddy. LEGAL - Township 24 South,
Range 22 East, Section 4. Sitting Bull Falls Campground area.
Sacramento Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R3 - Southwestern Region
Lincoln National Forest
Project Name
Lincoln National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R3 - Southwestern Region
Sacramento Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Agua Chiquita, Rio Penasco
and Wills Canyon New Mexico
Meadow Jumping Mouse
Habitat Improvements
CE
*UPDATED*
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/21/2016
Expected:04/2016
Project Contact
04/2016
Ciara Cusack
575-682-2551
ccusack@fs.fed.us
Description: Installation of temporary electric fences and construction of one new livestock handling facility(corral and trap)to
improve and protect New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse habitat.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45464
Location:
UNIT - Sacramento Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Otero. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
temporary electric fences will be installed along the Agua Chiquita, Rio Penasco and Wills Canyon drainages. The
livestock handling facility will be constructed in Atkinson Field.
Rachel Suazo
575-257-4095
rsuazo02@fs.fed.us
Bluff Springs New Mexico
Meadow Jumping Mouse
Habitat Improvement Project
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
CE
Description: New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse Habitat Improvement in the Bluff Springs Recreation Area
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45523
Location:
On Hold
N/A
UNIT - Sacramento Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Otero. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Bluff
Springs Recreation Area.
Bounds New Mexico Meadow
Jumping Mouse Habitat
Improvement
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
CE
Description: New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse Habitat Improvement
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45465
Location:
City of Alamogordo Municipal
Water Pipeline
N/A
On Hold
N/A
N/A
Rachel Suazo
575-257-4095
rsuazo02@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Sacramento Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Otero. LEGAL - Not Applicable. New
Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse Habitat in the Bounds Allotment.
- Special use management
On Hold
CE
N/A
N/A
Marcie Kelton
575-682-2551
marciekelton@fs.fed.us
Description: Re-issue special use permit for operation and maintenance of existing pipeline in Alamo Caballero and Golden
Canyons.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=28551
Location:
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UNIT - Sacramento Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Otero. LEGAL - T16S, R10E/ T16S,
R11E/ T16S, R17S/ T16S, 10E / R17S, 10E. Alamo, Caballero, and Golden Canyons.
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Project Name
Lincoln National Forest
James Canyon Grazing
Allotment
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R3 - Southwestern Region
Sacramento Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Grazing management
On Hold
N/A
Project Contact
N/A
EA
Ralph Fink
575-682-2551
rfink@fs.fed.us
Description: Environmental analysis for the continuation of grazing authorization.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=792
Location:
UNIT - Sacramento Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Otero. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Approximately 4 miles northeast of Cloudcroft, NM.
Marcie Kelton
575-682-2551
marciekelton@fs.fed.us
Otero County Electric
Cooperative Power LineCloudcroft to Sunspot
- Special use management
CE
Description: Replace ~12 miles of overhead line with buried line (24 inches wide by 52 inches deep). Minimal trees to cut
(none over 18" diameter at breast height). Upgrade will better serve customers and provide more reliable,
economical, and safe power.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40316
*UPDATED*
Location:
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/01/2014
Expected:01/2017
UNIT - Sacramento Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Otero. LEGAL - T16S; R12E; Sec 6, 7,
18; T16S, R11E; Sec 13, 24-26, 35, 36; T17S; R11E; Sec 2, 10, 11, 14, 15, 22, 23, 26, 27, 34. Approximately 1
mile north Cloudcroft, NM off of State Highway 6563 and along the Rim Trail (T105).
Rio Penasco New Mexico
Meadow Jumping Mouse
Habitat Improvement
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
CE
Description: New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse habitat improvement
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45463
*UPDATED*
Location:
*UPDATED*
Cancelled
N/A
N/A
Rachel Suazo
575-682-2551
rsuazo02@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Sacramento Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Otero. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Along
the Rio Penasco drainage on the Sacramento Ranger District.
Scott Able, Escondido, and San - Grazing management
Andres Allotment Management
EA
01/2017
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/18/2008
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 05/2016
Expected:09/2016
09/2016
Ciara Cusack
575-682-2551
ccusack@fs.fed.us
Description: Analysis of continuation of Grazing Authorization for Scott Able, Escondido and San Andres allotments
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=22893
Location:
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UNIT - Sacramento Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Otero. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Approximately 16 miles southeast of Village of Cloudcroft.
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Project Name
Lincoln National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R3 - Southwestern Region
Sacramento Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Mark Cadwallader
575-434-7200
mcadwallader@fs.fed.u
s
Westside Sacramento
mountains Watershed
Restoration and Fuels
Reduction Project.
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
EA
Description: The proposed action uses a combination of mechanical thinning and prescribed fire on approximately 6,700 acres
of National Forest and City of Alamogordo lands in order to reduce the threat of high intensity wildfires and
promote healthy watersheds.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47975
*UPDATED*
Location:
Lincoln National Forest
*UPDATED*
11/2016
UNIT - Sacramento Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Otero. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Westside of the Sacramento Ranger District.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Fuels management
R3 - Southwestern Region
On Hold
N/A
N/A
Daniel Ray
575-257-4095
dfray@fs.fed.us
Description: Fuel treatments in pinyon-juniper dominated woodlands, approximately 2,000 acres. Prescribed fire will be used
after fuel treatments are complete.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44547
Location:
Copeland Canyon Pipeline
Expected:09/2016
Smokey Bear Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Baca Vegetation Treatments
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 10/09/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 04/2016
UNIT - Smokey Bear Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Township 9 South,
Range 16 East, sections 1, 3, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, and 16; and Township 9 South, Range 17 East, sections 7 and
18. Areas adjacent to Baca Campground, Capitan Mountains.
- Grazing management
On Hold
CE
N/A
N/A
George Douds
575-257-4095
gdouds@fs.fed.us
Description: Construct and reconstruct approximately 3 miles of deteriorated pipeline from a perennial spring at the mouth of
Copeland Canyon to a storage tank in the middle of the Arroyo Seco Allotment.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38564
Location:
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UNIT - Smokey Bear Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Township 7 South
and Range 17 and 18 East. The allotment lies south of Highway 246, northeast of the community of Capitan, New
Mexico.
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Project Name
Lincoln National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R3 - Southwestern Region
Smokey Bear Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Diamond Peak Pipeline
Improvements
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Grazing management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2016
Expected:06/2016
07/2016
CE
*NEW LISTING*
EA
Hale Lake Wetland Restoration
UNIT - Smokey Bear Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Diamond Peak Allotment--adjacent to but not within the White Mountain Wilderness Area.
- Grazing management
On Hold
N/A
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
Description: Environmental analysis for the continuation of authorization for livestock grazing.
George Douds
575-257-4095
gdouds@fs.fed.us
http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37789
Location:
UNIT - Smokey Bear Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - T8S, R14E,
Sections 2, 3, and 9-16; T8S, R15E, Sections 4-8. The Divide Allotment is located north of Capitan, New Mexico.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 06/2016
Expected:09/2016
09/2016
Todd Rawlinson
575-257-4095
trawlinson@fs.fed.us
Description: Create wetland habitat north of the existing Hale Lake. Install fencing and gates to provide nonmotorized access
and to restrict unauthorized motorized use in the Hale Lake livestock trap. Rehab user-created routes by ripping
and seeding.
Location:
Merchant Grazing Allotment
Management
N/A
Web Link:
CE
*NEW LISTING*
George Douds
575-257-4095
gdouds@fs.fed.us
Description: Install a 1 mile pipeline from an existing well on private land to a new storage tank and drinker on the Diamond
Peak Allotment. The drinker will have an overflow to provide drinking water to wildlife where reliable water is
currently unavailable.
Location:
Divide Grazing Allotment
Management
Project Contact
UNIT - Smokey Bear Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - T11S R15E
Section 19. Area is south of Glencoe, New Mexico; east of Forest Road 443 in the Hale Lake Allotment.
- Grazing management
On Hold
N/A
EA
N/A
George Douds
575-257-4095
gdouds@fs.fed.us
Description: Reauthorize livestock grazing on the Merchant Allotment.
Location:
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UNIT - Smokey Bear Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - T. 7 S., R. 15 E.,
sections 25-28, 31-34; T. 8 S., R. 15 E., sections 3-6. Approximately 14 miles north of Capitan, New Mexico on
NM highway 246, on the north side of West Mountain in the Capitan Mountains.
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Project Name
Lincoln National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R3 - Southwestern Region
Smokey Bear Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
North Fork Wells of Eagle Creek - Special use management
Completed
Actual: 02/17/2016
03/2016
EIS
*UPDATED*
David Warnack
575-257-4095
dwarnack@fs.fed.us
Description: Analysis for special use permit re-issuance associated with Municipal Water Supply for the Village of Ruidoso,
NM.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=9603
Location:
Ski Apache Recreation
Enhancement Phase 2
Project Contact
UNIT - Smokey Bear Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - T10S, R12E, Sec
36. North Fork of Eagle Creek.
- Special area management
On Hold
N/A
N/A
CE
Sean Donaldson
575-257-4095
sdonaldson@fs.fed.us
Description: Construct 2 bike trails and a ski access trail at Ski Apache ski area. These activities were scoped with Phase 1
activities. They have been separated to allow for a more thorough analysis of the trail construction.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44685
Location:
Skinner Grazing Allotment
Management
UNIT - Smokey Bear Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - T. 10 S., R. 11 E.,
sec. 33, 34. Improvements would be constructed on National Forest System lands and Mescalero Apache lands.
- Grazing management
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/29/2014
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 01/2017
Expected:07/2017
07/2017
George Douds
575-257-4095
gdouds@fs.fed.us
Description: Reauthorize livestock grazing on the Skinner Allotment.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43170
Location:
South Fork Campground
Rebuild
UNIT - Smokey Bear Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - T. 9 S., R. 13 E.,
sections 35, 36; T. 8 S., R. 13 E., sections 1-2, 11-12, 13-17. Approximately 4 miles west of Capitan, New
Mexico.
- Recreation management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 05/2016
EA
*NEW LISTING*
03/2017
Christina Thompson
575-257-4095
cmthompson@fs.fed.us
Description: Rebuild South Fork Campground, which burned in the 2012 Little Bear Fire. Improvements and campsites outside
the flood zone would be reinstalled in the same location; improvements and sites within the flood zone will be
relocated.
Location:
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Expected:02/2017
UNIT - Smokey Bear Ranger District. STATE - New Mexico. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Bonito Corridor, above Bonito Lake; within the designated developed recreation area.
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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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