Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
07/01/2015 to 09/30/2015
Dixie 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
Project Contact
R4 - Intermountain Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide)
Energy Gateway South 500 kV
Powerline (EGS)
- Special use management
EIS
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
04/01/2011
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 08/2014
Expected:03/2015
01/2020
Charles Call
435-865-3730
ckcall@fs.fed.us
Description: This proposed 500 kV transmission line is designed to deliver power to Rocky Mountain Power utility costumers in
Utah and the intermountain west. Generation sources are located in central Wyoming.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42534
Location:
Greater Sage-grouse
Management Direction - Utah
UNIT - Duchesne Ranger District, Pine Valley Ranger District, Richfield Ranger District, Price Ranger District,
Fillmore Ranger District, Heber-Kamas Ranger District, Spanish Fork Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY
- Beaver, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Iron, Juab, Millard, Piute, Sevier, Uintah, Wasatch, Weber. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. The project initiates in central Wyoming and crosses public, private, and state lands in Wyoming,
Colorado, and Utah. Project terminates at the Mona substation in central Utah.
- Land management planning
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
EIS
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
11/01/2013
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 05/2014
Expected:11/2014
11/2014
Glen Stein
801-625-5281
gstein@fs.fed.us
Description: The purpose of this project is to prepare environmental impact statements (EISs) and supplemental environmental
impact statements to incorporate greater sage-grouse 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/western.html
Location:
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UNIT - Ashley National Forest All Units, Dixie National Forest All Units, Fishlake National Forest All Units, MantiLasal National Forest All Units, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache All Units. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Beaver, Box Elder,
Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Davis, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Morgan, Piute,
Rich, Salt Lake, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, Washington, Wayne, Weber.
LEGAL - Not Applicable. All National Forests in Utah.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R4 - Intermountain Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide)
Transwest Express 600 kV
Direct Current Powerline (TWE)
- Special use management
EIS
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
02/18/2011
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 07/2013
Expected:12/2014
03/2018
Charles Call
435-865-3730
ckcall@fs.fed.us
Description: This proposed 600 kV direct current transmission line is designed to carry renewable energy (primarily wind power)
from generation sources in central Wyoming to markets in in the pacific southwest.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42526
Location:
UNIT - Roosevelt Ranger District, Pine Valley Ranger District, Richfield Ranger District, Fillmore Ranger District,
Ferron Ranger District, Heber-Kamas Ranger District, Spanish Fork Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY Beaver, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Iron, Juab, Millard, Piute, Sevier, Uintah, Wasatch, Weber. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. This project initiates in central Wyoming and crosses public, private, and state lands in Wyoming,
Colorado, Utah, and Nevada.
R4 - Intermountain Region
Dixie National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
Outfitter and Guide Special Use - Special use management
Permit Issuance
On Hold
N/A
CE
N/A
Leslie Fonger
435-676-9360
lesliefonger@fs.fed.us
Description: Reissue priority permits and issue new permits for outfitting and guiding.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=31662
Location:
Dixie National Forest
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UNIT - Cedar City Ranger District, Escalante Ranger District, Powell Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY
- Garfield, Iron. Escalante, Powell and Cedar City Ranger Districts.
Cedar City Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R4 - Intermountain Region
Dixie National Forest
Project Name
Dixie National Forest
Project Purpose
EA
Ikes Valley Vegetation Project
R4 - Intermountain Region
UNIT - Cedar City Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Garfield. LEGAL - T36S,R8W,Secs 25-27,36;
T36S,R7W,Secs 20,29-34; T37S,R8W,Secs 1,2 ;T37S, R7W,Secs 3-10,13-17,20-23,27-33; SLB&M.
Approximately 8 miles north of Duck Creek Village, Utah.
UNIT - Cedar City Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Kane. LEGAL - T37S, R7W; T37S, R6W; T38S,
R7W; T38S R6W, SLB&M. Approximately 3 miles west and northwest of Long Valley Junction, UT.
Dave Swank
- Forest products
On Hold
N/A
N/A
435-865-3224
- Vegetation management
dswank@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
Description: Vegetation treatments on 9281 acres to improve vigor in a variety of species. Mechanical treatments and
prescribed fire will be used to reduce forest fuels, regenerate aspen and sagebrush, thin conifer timber and reduce
pinyon-juniper invasion.
Location:
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Project Contact
Patrick Moore
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Developing Proposal
Expected:06/2016
07/2016
435-865-3221
- Forest products
Est. Notice of Initiation 09/2015
ptmoore@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
Description: The main purpose of this project would be to reduce the susceptibility of healthy ponderosa pine stands to bark
beetle infestation. A secondary purpose would be to improve VSS composition by moving towards an un-even
aged system creating VSS1 stands.
Location:
EA
Expected
Implementation
Peter Goetzinger
- Vegetation management
In Progress:
Expected:08/2015
09/2015
435-865-3271
(other than forest products)
Comment Period Public Notice
pgoetzinger@fs.fed.us
- Fuels management
02/10/2015
Description: Treat forest vegetation ground, ladder and crown fuels in areas surrounding private subdivisions in order to
enhance fire prevention and fire control.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42922
Location:
Little Creek-Red Creek
Vegetation Treatment
Decision
Cedar City Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Henrie Knolls North Vegetation
Treatment
EA
Planning Status
UNIT - Cedar City Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Iron. LEGAL - T33S, R7W. T34S, R7W.
Approximately 9 miles east of Parowan, Utah.
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Project Name
Dixie National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Cedar City Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Mammoth Creek Fish Barriers
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/17/2015
Expected:06/2015
Project Contact
06/2015
Michael Golden
435-865-3726
mgolden@fs.fed.us
Description: The purpose of this project is to maintain and enhance the status of Bonneville cutthroat trout in Mammoth Creek
drainage.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46563
Location:
Sawyer Point Vegetation
Treatment
UNIT - Cedar City Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Garfield, Iron. LEGAL - T36S, R7W, Section 31
and T36S, R8W, Sections 14, 23, 26, 28, 29, SLB&M. Mammoth Creek is a major tributary to the Sevier River in
the Upper Sevier River 6th field Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) watershed.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Fuels management
In Progress:
Expected:07/2015
08/2015
EA
Eric Eastep
435-865-3278
eeastep@fs.fed.us
Description: Vegetation treatments to improve habitat and veg conditions.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37386
Location:
Dixie National Forest
Chriss/Deer Creek Trail
Connector
UNIT - Cedar City Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Garfield, Kane. LEGAL - T37S, R6W, Sec 3134; T38S, R6W, Sec 3-6. Approximately 6 miles northeast of Duck Creek Village, UT.
R4 - Intermountain Region
Escalante Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
On Hold
CE
N/A
N/A
Cindy Calbaum
435-826-5425
ccalbaum@fs.fed.us
Description: Develop a new trail connector between the Chriss Lake and Deer Creek Trails. This will provide users with the
option of a loop trail.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40235
Location:
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UNIT - Escalante Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Garfield. Off State Route 12 approximately 9
miles north of Boulder, UT, between trail numbers 34015 and 34016.
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Project Name
Dixie National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Escalante Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Lower Box Trailhead Relocation - Recreation management
- Road management
EA
On Hold
N/A
Project Contact
N/A
Jessica Grow
435-826-5427
jgrow@fs.fed.us
Description: Relocate the lower trailhead for the Box Trail outside of the wilderness boundary.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40234
Location:
Mitchell Spring Vegetation
Improvement Project
EA
Ranch Creek Watershed and
Riparian Improvement Project
UNIT - Escalante Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Garfield. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Southern end
of the Box Trail adjacent to the Pine Creek Road (FR 153).
Dean Dolatta
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:09/2015
10/2015
435-826-5423
- Vegetation management
Comment Period Public Notice
ddolatta@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
07/21/2014
Description: Improve forest health by removing dead/dying Douglas fir and restore aspen and ponderosa pine stands.
Web Link:
http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40232
Location:
UNIT - Escalante Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Garfield. LEGAL - T 34N R 1W, Sections 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24,25, 26, & 27; T 34N R 1E Sections7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20 & 30. The upper portion of the Birch
Creek Watershed, adjacent to Main Canyon Road (FH 17) and downslope from Griffen Top Road (FR 140).
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2015
EA
*NEW LISTING*
10/2016
Brooke Shakespeare
435-826-5434
bshakespeare@fs.fed.u
s
Description: The project purpose is to improve riparian health, stream functioning, and upland watershed health throughout the
drainages for the benefit of Bonneville cutthroat and other wildlife species requiring riparian and upland habitat.
Location:
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Expected:09/2016
UNIT - Escalante Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Garfield. LEGAL - T33S R1W, T33S R2W, T34S
R1W, and T34S R2W. The project is approximately 15 miles south of Antimony, Utah. The NFMA analysis covers
most of the Ranch Creek-Sevier River sub-watershed and the Horse Creek drainage on the Escalante RD.
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Project Name
Dixie National Forest
Project Purpose
Decision
Expected
Implementation
EA
Chance Stewart
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:09/2015
09/2015
435-826-5475
- Vegetation management
Comment Period Public Notice
chancestewart@fs.fed.u
(other than forest products)
03/20/2013
s
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
Description: The project would use prescribed fire and mechanical and hand vegetation treatments to reduce wildfire hazard
and improve forest health. It would also stabilize and restore streams and provide guzzlers for wildlife.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37898
Location:
UNIT - Escalante Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Garfield. LEGAL - Parts of Townships 35 and 36
South, Ranges 1 West and 1 East of the Salt Lake Base and Meridian. The proposed 16,863-acre Upper Valley
Landscape Improvement Project project is located in Garfield County, Utah (UT) approximately 15 miles southwest
of Escalante, UT. Access is via Utah Hiway 12.
R4 - Intermountain Region
Pine Valley Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
BLM Wild Horse Management
NEPA
Project Contact
R4 - Intermountain Region
Escalante Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Upper Valley Landscape
Improvement Project
Dixie National Forest
Planning Status
- Grazing management
On Hold
EA
N/A
N/A
Eric Eastep
435-865-3278
eeastep@fs.fed.us
Description: Analysis for continued wild horse management in southern Utah lands administered by USDI Bureau of Land
Management and USDA Forest Service-Dixie National Forest.
Location:
Grass Creek Watershed
Restoration
EIS
Nicholas Glidden
- Vegetation management
Developing Proposal
Expected:01/2017
02/2017
435-865-3747
(other than forest products)
Est. NOI in Federal Register
nglidden@fs.fed.us
- Fuels management
09/2015
- Watershed management
Description: The Grass Creek Watershed was selected as a project area for NFMA analysis due to its departure from a healthy
functioning ecosystem. Analysis will focus on fire restoration, fuels reduction, aspen regen, range enhancement,
and biodiversity.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45916
Location:
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UNIT - Pine Valley Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Iron, Washington. Western Iron and
Washington Counties.
UNIT - Pine Valley Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Washington. LEGAL - T38S R14W Sections 810, 14-17, 19-23, 26-36; T38S R15W Sections 25-26, 35-36; T39S R14W Sections 1-12, 14-20; T39S R15W
Sections 1-2, 10-15. Grassy Creek Watershed, Washington County, Utah.
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Project Name
Dixie National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Pine Valley Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Mountain Meadows Massacre
Permit
- Recreation management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 07/2015
Expected:10/2015
EA
Project Contact
10/2015
Pamela Gilbert
435-865-3200
pjgilbert@fs.fed.us
Description: This project will re-issue the permit for the Mountain Meadows Massacre site to the Utah State Parks and
Recreation. In addition, this project proposes to improve the parking area and add additional interpretive signs at
the recreation site.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46562
Location:
Pine Valley Fuelbreak
Improvement
EA
Skeet Houston
- Vegetation management
Developing Proposal
Expected:02/2016
03/2016
435-865-4655
(other than forest products)
Est. Scoping Start 07/2015
sdhouston@fs.fed.us
- Fuels management
Description: Improvement of existing fuelbreak around community of Pine Valley, UT. Activities include removal of invading
woody species (primarily juniper),widening, seeding and construction of 12-18" fireline. Healthy Forest
Restoration Act fuels treatment.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40181
Location:
Pinto Road DFS and
Restoration
EA
UNIT - Pine Valley Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Washington. LEGAL - Township 38 South,
Range 16 West, Section15, 21, 22, Salt Lake Meridian. Mountain Meadows Massacre site is located
approximately four miles north of Central, Utah on the east side of State Highway 18.
UNIT - Pine Valley Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Washington. LEGAL - T39S, R14W, Sec. 19,
20, 29, 30; T39S, R15W, Sec. 13-16, 21-24, SLBM. Surrounding Community of Pine Valley, UT.
Skeet Houston
- Recreation management
Developing Proposal
Expected:09/2016
10/2016
435-865-4655
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Est. Scoping Start 09/2015
sdhouston@fs.fed.us
- Grazing management
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
Description: WUI fuels reduction, winter range enhancement, grass and forbe diversity improvement, dispersed campsite and
watershed management in Pinto Road and Pinto to New Castle road corridors.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44562
Location:
UNIT - Pine Valley Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Washington. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Located
along the Pinto Road area of Pine Valley RD.
Dixie National Forest
Powell Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R4 - Intermountain Region
Dixie National Forest
Project Name
Dixie National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Powell Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Powell Travel Management
Project
- Road management
EIS
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
01/08/2015
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 11/2015
Expected:05/2016
Project Contact
05/2016
Keith Gustafson
435-676-9354
keithgustafson@fs.fed.u
s
Description: The Powell Ranger District of the Dixie National Forest is proposing to revise its system of motorized roads and
trails. Some of the activities are proposed in Inventoried Roadless Areas.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44203
Location:
UNIT - Powell Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Garfield, Kane, Piute. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Powell Ranger District.
South Central Utah Telephone
- Special use management
Association Special Use Project
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
02/25/2015
Expected:09/2015
09/2015
Paul Hancock
435-676-9301
phancock@fs.fed.us
Description: The purpose of the South Central Utah Telephone Association Special Use Project is to improve communication in
the project area, update the Association's permit and reissue their permit for a new term.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46245
Location:
UNIT - Powell Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Garfield. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Powell Ranger
District of the Dixie National Forest.
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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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