Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
10/01/2015 to 12/31/2015
Bridger-Teton 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
R4 - Intermountain Region
Bridger-Teton National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
Greater Sage-grouse
Management Direction Bridger-Teton National Forest
- Land management planning
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
EIS
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
12/24/2013
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 06/2015
Expected:09/2015
Project Contact
09/2015
Glen Stein
801-625-5281
gstein@fs.fed.us
Description: The purpose of this project is to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS)to incorporate greater sagegrouse conservation measures into Bureau of Land Management land use plans and Forest Plans.
Web Link: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/sagegrouse/eastern.html
Location:
UNIT - Bridger-Teton National Forest All Units. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette, Teton, Lincoln.
LEGAL - Not Applicable. Bridger-Teton NF, Medicine Bow NF, Thunder Basin National Grassland.
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Big Piney Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Big Piney Closure and
Decommissioning of
Unauthorized Roads
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Watershed management
Cancelled
N/A
R4 - Intermountain Region
Matthew Anderson
307-367-5751
manderson08@fs.fed.u
s
N/A
CE
*UPDATED*
Description: The Big Piney Ranger District proposes to close and decommission 25 miles of unauthorized roads in the upper
Hoback River watershed. Project is authorized under the 2009 Record of Decision for the North Zone Travel
Analysis.
Location:
Clark Draw Riparian Exclosure
- Grazing management
CE
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/02/2015
Expected:10/2015
10/2015
Chad Hayward
307-276-5817
chayward@fs.fed.us
Description: Construct approximately 400 feet of fence along Clark Draw to exclude cattle from the stream segment.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43318
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
UNIT - Big Piney Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Area
surrounding Bondurant, Wyoming.
UNIT - Big Piney Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - T37N R113W Section 15.
Clark Draw approximately 2 miles south of Bondurant, Wyoming.
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Bridger-Teton National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Big Piney Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Exxon/Mobil Lake Ridge Well
T67X-14G1
- Minerals and Geology
On Hold
N/A
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Michael Thom
307-276-5800
mthom@fs.fed.us
N/A
EA
*UPDATED*
Description: Authorize a Surface Use Plan of Operation to drill one natural gas exploratory well on an existing unit and lease.
Location:
Hoback Ranches Fuels
Treatment
UNIT - Big Piney Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - T28N, R115W, Sec. 14,
6th P.M. 20 miles west of Big Piney, Wyoming.
- Fuels management
On Hold
N/A
Tobin Kelley
307-739-5576
tkelley@fs.fed.us
N/A
EA
*UPDATED*
Description: Harvest both dead and green trees through a commercial timber sale; burn slash after harvest to further reduce
fuels. This project is on hold until additional data is collected.
Location:
Horse Creek Riparian
Restoration Project
UNIT - Big Piney Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Nineteen
miles northwest of Daniel, Wyoming.
- Watershed management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/02/2015
Expected:08/2016
07/2017
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Big Piney Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Township 34N, Range
115W, Section 12. North Horse Creek area, west of Daniel Junction, Sublette County, Wyoming.
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/08/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected:02/2016
07/2016
Mary Greenwood
307-276-5821
mkbrown@fs.fed.us
Description: Expand the west and north boundaries of the existing parking lot by cutting live and dead trees on less than one
acre. Grade and improve the surface of the existing parking area. The purpose of the project is to increase user
safety.
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
Chad Hayward
307-276-5817
chayward@fs.fed.us
Description: Remove road fill and culverts from the end of FS Road 10112 to reduce negative impacts and improve stream
function.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46291
Location:
Horse Creek Winter Trailhead
Parking Lot Extension
Project Contact
UNIT - Big Piney Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - T34N R113W NE ¼ NW
¼ Section 6. At the Forest boundary of Forest Service Road 10389 in the vicinity of Horse Creek, west of Merna,
Wyoming.
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Bridger-Teton National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Big Piney Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Maki Creek Trail Bridge
- Recreation management
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/02/2015
Expected:11/2015
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R4 - Intermountain Region
11/2015
*UPDATED*
Matthew Anderson
307-367-5751
manderson08@fs.fed.u
s
Description: The Forest Service proposes to construct a bridge for hikers on the Maki Creek trail.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43356
Location:
Middle Piney Lake Dam
Rehabilitation
UNIT - Big Piney Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Township 33N, Range
115W, Section 16. Approximately 22 miles west/ southwest of Daniel, Wyoming.
- Facility management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 11/2015
Expected:09/2016
10/2016
EA
*UPDATED*
Trevlyn Robertson
307-886-5317
trevlynrobertson@fs.fed
.us
Description: Reconstruct the dam at Middle Piney Lake.
Location:
UNIT - Big Piney Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Approximatey 23 west of Big Piney, Wyoming.
Oil and Gas Leasing Decision in - Minerals and Geology
Portions of the Wyoming Range
-- Supplemental Analysis
EIS
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
03/21/2014
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 11/2015
Expected:08/2016
Actual: 01/25/2011
08/2016
Jose Castro
406-522-2520
jcastro@fs.fed.us
Description: The 2011 decision not to authorize leasing was withdrawn. A new Draft Supplemental EIS is expected in 2015 with
a Final SEIS and draft Record of Decision in mid-2016. THIS DECISION IS SUBJECT TO THE PREDECISIONAL OBJECTION PROCESS (36 CFR 218).
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=24734
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
UNIT - Big Piney Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Big Piney
Ranger District various locations.
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Bridger-Teton National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Big Piney Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Riley Ridge Unit Development
(Forest Service Portion)
- Minerals and Geology
On Hold
N/A
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Michael Thom
208-443-6839
mthom@fs.fed.us
N/A
EA
*UPDATED*
Description: Authorization of further development of one existing gas well and construction of approximately 1,200 feet of
buried pipeline.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43866
Location:
South Cottonwood Creek Road
and Trailhead Flood Damage
Restoration
UNIT - Big Piney Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Approximately 20 miles west of Big Piney, Wyoming.
- Recreation management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/02/2015
Expected:11/2015
07/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
Project Contact
Matthew Anderson
307-367-5751
manderson08@fs.fed.u
s
Description: Realign the stream channel in order to reduce flooding of the road and trailhead at South Cottonwood Creek.
Submit comments by 2/20/2015 to comments-intermtn-bridger-teton-big-piney@fs.fed.us
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45966
Location:
UNIT - Big Piney Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - T 33N. R 115 W. Section
18. Approximately 24 miles west/southwest of Daniel, Wyoming.
Anita DeLong
307-886-5329
akdelong@fs.fed.us
True Oil Lander Peak Area
Exploratory Proposal
(previously True Oil Lander
Peak Exploratory Wells)
- Minerals and Geology
EA
Description: True Oil has submitted the Lander Peak Exploration Proposal for two exploratory wells; one from an existing pad
and one from a reclaimed pad. THE PROJECT WILL NOW BE SUBJECT TO THE PRE-DECISIONAL REVIEW
(OBJECTION) PROCESS PER 36 CFR 218.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=31165
*UPDATED*
Location:
Bridger-Teton National Forest
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/15/2012
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 01/2016
Expected:06/2016
07/2017
UNIT - Big Piney Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Township 32 North,
Range 115 West, Sections 15 and 27. 22 miles northwest of Big Piney, Wyoming , near South Cottonwood Creek.
Buffalo Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R4 - Intermountain Region
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Buffalo Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Dime and Mystery Lakes
Fisheries Project
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2015
Expected
Implementation
Expected:08/2016
R4 - Intermountain Region
10/2016
EA
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Buffalo Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Teton, Fremont. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Dime
Lake is 3.25 miles south of Flagg Ranch and Mystery Lake is 3 miles NE of Brooks Lake, Wyoming.
R4 - Intermountain Region
Greys River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Cottonwood Lake Dam Spillway - Special use management
Completed
Actual: 08/25/2015
09/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
Dave Fogle
307-885-1301
dfogle@fs.fed.us
Description: Authorize Wyoming Game and Fish Dept. to use rotenone to remove introduced trout species from Dime Lake and
Mystery Lake in the Teton Wilderness.
Location:
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Project Contact
Dave Fogle
307-886-5301
dfogle@fs.fed.us
Description: Lower the dam's spillway by 3 feet.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47098
Location:
UNIT - Greys River Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Not Applicable. 5 miles
east of Smoot, Wyoming.
Don Delong
307-883-9212
ddelong@fs.fed.us
Reauthorization and
Management of Cattle Grazing
on the Little Greys Allotment
- Grazing management
EA
Description: The September 2009 Decision to reauthorize livestock grazing on the allotment was reversed on appeal. The
reauthorization project is currently on hold; grazing continues.
Location:
Star Valley Ranch Fuels
Treatment
On Hold
N/A
UNIT - Greys River Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Approximately 8 miles east of Alpine, Wyoming.
- Fuels management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/20/2015
Expected:10/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
06/2016
Dwayne Gibbons
307-885-1333
dgibbons@fs.fed.us
Description: Decrease fuel adjacent to private property by thinning timber stands and burning
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46628
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
N/A
UNIT - Greys River Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Adjacent to the town of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming.
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Bridger-Teton National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Jackson Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Dew Place/Bacon Creek OHV
Trail Improvements
- Recreation management
On Hold
N/A
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R4 - Intermountain Region
David Wilkinson
307-739-5544
dwilkinson@fs.fed.us
N/A
CE
Description: Trail Improvements for OHV use including construction of an OHV bridge and approximately half mile of new OHV
trail, conversion of approximately two and half miles of road to OHV trail, and bringing an OHV trail up to standard.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44175
Location:
UNIT - Jackson Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Teton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. In the Upper
Gros Ventre River corridor, approximately 20 mile east northeast of Jackson, Wyoming.
Deidre Witsen
307-739-5434
dwitsen@fs.fed.us
Hoback Campground Host Site
- installation of electrical
cabling
- Special use management
CE
Description: Burial of an electrical distribution cable in a 715" long x 42" deep x 24" wide trench and installation of a 25 kva
transformer that will be 33" x 36" x 24" in order to provide power to the host site.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46872
Location:
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
Suite of Projects
Completed
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 08/31/2015
08/2015
Ray Spencer
307-739-5415
rspencer01@fs.fed.us
Description: Creation/improvement of mountain features/facilities including ski runs, lifts, snow making, avalanche control and
summer trails, all of which have received conceptual approval as part of the updated Master Development Plan.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45873
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
07/2015
UNIT - Jackson Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Teton. LEGAL - SW 1/4 Section 1, T38N,
R115W. Hoback Campground, approximately 8 miles east of Hoback Junction.
EA
*UPDATED*
Actual: 07/07/2015
UNIT - Jackson Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Teton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Jackson Hole
Mountain Resort, Teton Village, Wyoming.
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Bridger-Teton National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Jackson Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Teton to Snake Fuels
Management
- Fuels management
EIS
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
08/07/2015
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 02/2016
Expected:05/2016
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R4 - Intermountain Region
06/2016
Steve Markason
307-739-5431
smarkason@fs.fed.us
Description: Fuels management, such as, prescribed fire and cutting and thinning of vegtetation for fire hazard reduction and
restoration/maintenance of fire adapted ecosystems. Analysis type changed to EIS in 2013. DEIS available August
2015.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=23638
Location:
Upper Gros Ventre Riparian
Enhancement (formerly Fish
Creek Stabilization and Wildlife
Enhancement)
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Jackson Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Teton, Lincoln. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
BTNF administered lands west of the Snake River from Teton Village/GTNP to Alpine. May also include some
CTNF administered lands & lands on east side of the river.
Dale Deiter
- Heritage resource
Cancelled
N/A
N/A
307-739-5410
management
ddeiter@fs.fed.us
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
Description: Reconnect abandoned river meanders of the Gros Ventre River. This is a restoration project that is categorically
excluded from analysis in an EA or EIS, therefore, this decision will not be subject to appeal or objection
Location:
UNIT - Jackson Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Teton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Upper Gros
Ventre River, northeast of Jackson, Wyoming.
Pam Bode
307-739-5513
pbode@fs.fed.us
Wyoming Game and Fish
Commission Alkali Creek
Feedground
- Special use management
EIS
Description: Long-term authorization for the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to continue to use the facilities at the Alkali
feedground on National Forest System land to conduct winter elk feeding and related management programs.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39126
*UPDATED*
Location:
Bridger-Teton National Forest
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
In Progress:
Expected:10/2015
12/2015
UNIT - Jackson Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Teton. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Approximately 13 miles east of Kelly, Wyoming; south of the Gros Ventre River.
Kemmerer Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R4 - Intermountain Region
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Kemmerer Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Hobble Creek Road Crossing
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
- Road management
CE
*UPDATED*
Cancelled
N/A
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R4 - Intermountain Region
Trevlyn Robertson
307-886-5317
trevlynrobertson@fs.fed
.us
N/A
Description: Cancelation of previously proposed design. Will conduct maintenance.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40272
Location:
Kemmerer Grazing and
Rangeland Vegetation
Managment
UNIT - Kemmerer Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Township 28 N, Range
117 1/2 W, Section 36. Approximately 20 miles northeast of Cokeville, Wyoming.
- Grazing management
On Hold
N/A
Aaron Zobell
(307) 828-5115
richardazobell@fs.fed.u
s
N/A
EIS
*UPDATED*
Description: Authorization of grazing on 16 sheep allotments - Porcupine, Lower Salt, Buckskin Knoll, Lake Alice, Smiths Fork,
Aspen Springs, Basin Ck, Devil's Hole, Elk Ck, Green Knoll, Indian Ck, Lake Mtn, Pole Ck, Sams Allen Ck, So
Fontenelle, Spruce Ck.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=26874
Location:
UNIT - Kemmerer Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Between
Commissary Ridge and Salt Creek on the Kemmerer Ranger District.
Labarge Vegetation Restoration - Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
EA
*UPDATED*
Expected:10/2015
10/2015
Adriene Holcomb
307-745-2341
aholcomb@fs.fed.us
Description: Combination of mechanical treatments and prescribed fire to improve the health of forested stands, salvage dead
and dying trees, enhance wildlife habitat, reduce fuels, and remove hazard trees along roads. It also adds six miles
of existing routes.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=33162
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
In Progress:
UNIT - Kemmerer Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Not Applicable. LaBarge
Creek area, west of LaBarge, Wyoming.
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Bridger-Teton National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Kemmerer Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Shafer Creek and LaBarge
Creek Fish Passage
Improvement
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
- Road management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/19/2014
Expected:11/2015
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
07/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
Project Contact
Matthew Anderson
307-367-5751
manderson08@fs.fed.u
s
Description: The Kemmerer Ranger District proposes to replace two culverts in the LaBarge Creek Watershed for the purpose
of improving fish passage, flood capacity and road infrastructure
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44039
Location:
UNIT - Kemmerer Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Township 28 N, Range
116 W, Section 13 and Township 29 N, Range 116 W, Section 7,. Approximately 25 miles west of Big Piney,
Wyoming.
R4 - Intermountain Region
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Pinedale Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Grazing Authorization for
Muddy Creek, Temple Creek,
and Bunion Creek Allotments
- Grazing management
EA
Description: Reauthorization of grazing on Muddy Creek, Temple Creek, and Bunion Creek allotments. Comment period ended
on April 27, 2015.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45980
*UPDATED*
Location:
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
03/28/2015
Expected:06/2017
- Grazing management
EA
Description: Deterrmine disposition of allotments
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47656
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
Dave Booth
(307)367-5754
dbooth@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Pinedale Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Southern
Wind River Range.
Grazing Authorization for Raid
Lake, Cross Lake, and East
Fork Allotments
*NEW LISTING*
07/2017
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
09/04/2015
Expected:07/2016
08/2016
Dave Booth
(307)367-5754
dbooth@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Pinedale Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Approximately 23 miles east of Pinedale Wyoming in the Bridger Wilderness.
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Bridger-Teton National Forest
Project Name
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R4 - Intermountain Region
Pinedale Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Dave Booth
Grazing Authorization for
- Grazing management
In Progress:
Expected:06/2016
07/2016
Sweetwater, Blucher Creek and
(307)367-5754
Comment Period Public Notice
East Squaw Creek Cattle and
dbooth@fs.fed.us
03/21/2014
Horse Allotments
Description: Proposed reauthorization of grazing on the Sweetwater, Blucher Creek, and East Squaw Creek Cattle and Horse
EA
Allotments.
*UPDATED*
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43343
Location:
Green River CorridorRecreation & Watershed
Enhancement Project
EA
*UPDATED*
Cindy Stein
- Recreation management
On Hold
N/A
N/A
307-367-5717
- Watershed management
cstein@fs.fed.us
- Road management
Description: Inventory, development and implementation of a management plan to address resource concerns regarding
dispersed recreation use and roaded access within the Green River corridor; including camping restrictions and
travel management updates.
Location:
Pinyon Osborn Vegetation
Treatments
UNIT - Pinedale Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette, Fremont. LEGAL - T29, 30 and
31N; R101, 102, 103 and 104W. southern Wind River Range.
UNIT - Pinedale Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. Green River corridor from Green
River Lakes southwest to forest boundary at north end of State Hwy. 352, approximately 20 miles north of Cora,
WY.
- Fuels management
On Hold
EA
N/A
N/A
Paul Hutta
307-367-5735
phutta@fs.fed.us
Description: Mechanical and prescribed fire treatments to reduce/restore shrub, aspen and conifer fuels along the Upper Green
River Corridor. This decision was reversed on appeal. This project is on hold pending the sage grouse Forest Plan
amendment.
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
UNIT - Pinedale Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Pinyon
Ridge, Osborn Mountain and areas between the Forest Boundary and Dollar Lake on the east side of Forest
Roads 600 and 660.
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Bridger-Teton National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Pinedale Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Skyline Wildland Urban
Interface Fuels Reduction
- Fuels management
EA
*UPDATED*
Expected:04/2016
Project Contact
R4 - Intermountain Region
04/2016
Paul Swenson
307-367-4326 x5711
paswenson@fs.fed.us
Description: Fuels reduction treatments with equipment & prescribed burning. The treatments will reduce the risk of high
severity wildfire and increase public and firefighter safety. Comments due 8/18/15 Send to comments-intermtnbridger-teton-pinedale@fs.fed.us
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45976
Location:
Upper Green River Area
Rangeland
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
07/19/2015
Expected
Implementation
UNIT - Pinedale Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Portions of T. 34S R.
108E. Sections 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11 T. 35S R. 108E Sections 16,17,20,21,22,29,28,27,26,32,33,34,35. Beginning
approximately two miles northeast of Pinedale, east of Fremont Lake, and adjacent to the highly utilized Skyline
Drive National Forest Service Road 134.
- Grazing management
EIS
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
06/18/2010
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 12/2015
Expected:04/2016
Actual: 09/30/2004
06/2016
Dave Booth
(307)367-5754
dbooth@fs.fed.us
Description: Forest Service proposes to reauthorize cattle and horse grazing on six allotments containing about 170,000 acres
in the Upper Green River area. A Final Supplemental EIS and draft decision are expected in 2015.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=3049
Location:
UNIT - Pinedale Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Upper
Green River.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial
status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited
bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at
(202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA
is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
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