Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
10/01/2015 to 12/31/2015
Payette 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)
Middle Fork Zone Elk
Monitoring Project
- Special use management
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
08/27/2015
Expected:12/2016
12/2016
*NEW LISTING*
Jeff Hunteman
208-756-5246
comments-intermtnsalmonchallis@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposed action would authorize Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) to conduct helicopter landings in
the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness through a special use permit.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47584
Location:
UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District, Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District, Middle Fork Ranger District, Krassel
Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer, Idaho, Lemhi, Valley. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Project
area is the IDFG Middle Fork Zone located within the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
R4 - Intermountain Region
Payette National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
Outfitted and Guided
Snowmobile Tours Project
- Special use management
EA
*UPDATED*
Expected:01/2016
01/2016
Jane Cropp
208-634-0757
jcropp@fs.fed.us
Description: Interest in guided snowmobile tours has been growing. Currently there is only one permitted snowmobiling O&G on
the Forest. This project would provide the public the opportunity to use a licensed O&G to take them snowmobiling
on the Forest.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46176
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
06/26/2015
UNIT - Payette National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams, Idaho, Valley, Washington.
LEGAL - Not Applicable. This analysis is located across the entire Forest. Three general areas, to allow
snowmobiling outfitting and guiding opportunities, have been defined.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Payette National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
Wildlife Conservation Strategy
(Forest Plan Amendment) [101]
- Land management planning
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
EIS
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
01/21/2011
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 09/2016
Project Contact
Expected:01/2017
01/2017
Patricia Anderson
Soucek
208-634-0812
psoucek@fs.fed.us
Description: Short- and long-term management strategies and priorities for maintaining and restoring habitats associated with
terrestrial wildlife species.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=28633
Location:
UNIT - Payette National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams, Idaho, Valley, Washington.
LEGAL - Not Applicable. Payette National Forest.
R4 - Intermountain Region
Payette National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
2015 West Zone Range
Improvement Projects
- Grazing management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/30/2015
Expected:12/2015
04/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
Description: This project proposes to repair, rebuild and improve seven spring developments and four livestock watering
reservoirs
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47293
Location:
Reissue of 7 Devils Lodge, LLC
Outfitter-Guide
UNIT - Council Ranger District, Weiser Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams, Washington.
LEGAL - Not Applicable. These eleven projects are located approximately 9 miles west, 15 miles north and 12
miles east of Caimbridge, Idaho.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/27/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected:12/2015
12/2015
Jascha Zeitlin
208-549-4224
jzeitlin02@fs.fed.us
Description: This project would reissue the special use permit held by 7 Devils Lodge, LLC to continue to provide guided
snowmobile tours on the forest, as well as reinstating summer use previously authorized.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46710
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
Robert Bumgarner
208-549-4262
rbumgarner@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Council Ranger District, Weiser Ranger District, New Meadows Ranger District. STATE - Idaho.
COUNTY - Adams. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Near Bear Idaho, Cuddy and Smith Mountain area, 20 miles north
of Council, Idaho.
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Project Name
Payette National Forest
Project Purpose
*UPDATED*
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
UNIT - Council Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams. LEGAL - T14N R1E AND R2E; T15N R1E
AND R2E; T16N R1E AND R2E; T17N R2E, BM. Middle Fork of the Weiser River Watershed, 10 miles southeast
of Council, Idaho.
- Grazing management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/30/2015
Expected:10/2015
10/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
Big Creek Airstrip SUA
Reissuance
UNIT - Council Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Approximately
18 miles southeast of Council, Idaho.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/14/2015
Expected:12/2015
12/2015
Anthony Botello
209-295-4251
abbotello@fs.fed.us
Description: Issuance of a new special use authorization for the operation and maintenance of the Big Creek Airstrip. Big
Creek is an open-public airfield on National Forest land outside of the wilderness.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47514
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
R4 - Intermountain Region
Krassel Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Robert Bumgarner
208-549-4262
rbumgarner@fs.fed.us
Description: This project proposes to rebuild and improve an exclosure fence to improve protection of bull trout spawning
habitat from livestock grazing.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47306
Location:
Payette National Forest
Project Contact
Stephen Penny
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Expected:04/2016
04/2016
208-253-0164
- Forest products
NOI in Federal Register
spenny@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
12/24/2014
(other than forest products)
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
- Fuels management
Register 11/2015
- Watershed management
Description: This project is approximately 50,000 acres and is in the Weiser-Little Salmon Headwaters Collaborative Forest
Restoration Project area. Opportunities for forest and watershed restoration will be assessed.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41687
Location:
Sheep Creek Bull Trout
Exclosure Fence
Decision
Council Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Middle Fork Weiser River
Landscape Restoration Project
EIS
Planning Status
UNIT - Krassel Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Valley. LEGAL - The project area is 12 acres and
is described as: Township 21 North, Range 9 East, sections 23 and 26; Boise Meridian. The airstrip i s located
adjacent to the town of Edwardsburg. Access to the airstrip is on the Warren Profile Gap road 50340.
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Project Name
Payette National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Krassel Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Big Creek Restoration and
Access Management Project
- Recreation management
- Road management
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/21/2014
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 05/2016
Expected:02/2017
Project Contact
03/2017
Anthony Botello
208-634-0601
abbotello@fs.fed.us
Description: The Proposed Action would implement a range of restoration activities, including route
decommissioning/rehabilitation, route designation and improvements, stream crossing improvement, and
educational/interpretive improvements.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45084
Location:
Big Creek Road Plan of
Operation Project
UNIT - Krassel Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Idaho, Valley. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
portion of the project area within MA 13 lies within Big Creek drainage, a tributary of the Middle Fork Salmon River,
and the 10 acres within MA 12 lie within the South Fork Salmon River drainage.
- Minerals and Geology
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/21/2014
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 05/2016
Expected:02/2017
02/2017
Anthony Botello
208-630-0601
abbotello@fs.fed.us
Description: The Big Creek Road Plan of Operation Project would authorize the use of roads to conduct exploration and
development
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46053
Location:
Crater Lake Access Road
- Special use management
CE
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/05/2015
Expected:11/2015
11/2015
Kathryn Nash
208-634-0416
knash@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposed action would issue a special use authorization to private land owners for use and maintenance of a
road crossing National Forest land. The road is approximately 1/2 mile. A parking area and turn around would be
included.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46345
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
UNIT - Krassel Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Valley. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The roughly
36,206 acre project area is located principally in the Big Creek, Smith Creek, and Logan Creek drainages on the
Payette National Forest, approximately 7 miles north and east of Yellow Pine.
UNIT - Krassel Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Valley. LEGAL - The road begins in Township 20
North, Range 9 East, section 30 and ends in Township 20 North, Range 8 East, section 25; Boise Meridian.
Motorized access would be authorized on road 503408900 (aka red Metal Mine Road) from Profile Gap road
50340 to a parking turn around area for landowner ingress and egress to private property.
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Project Name
Payette National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Krassel Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Golden Meadows Exploration
Project
- Minerals and Geology
In Progress:
EA
*UPDATED*
06/2016
UNIT - Krassel Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Valley. LEGAL - Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 15,
13, 14, Township 18 North, Range 9 East, and Section 35, Township 19 North, Range 9 East, Boise Meridian. The
project is located in the Stibnite-Yellow Pine Mining District in central Idaho, approximately 14 miles east of Yellow
Pine, Idaho.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/14/2015
Expected:10/2015
11/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
Denise Cobb
208-634-0446
dfcobb@fs.fed.us
Description: Issue a new special use permit for the operation and maintenance of an existing water system that consists of a
screened water collection box on No Name Creek, an intermittent tributary to Big Creek, with approximately 600' of
2" plastic water line.
Location:
Silver Run Bulk Sampling
Project
Anthony Botello
208-634-0601
abbotello@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposed action would conduct exploration drilling in 24 drill areas within NFS land. Roughly 128 drill pads
would be used to conduct drilling activities. Associated activities include access road construction and
authorization and rock source.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usda-pop.php/?project=37756
Location:
No Name Creek Water System
Special Use Permit
Expected:01/2016
Actual: 12/03/2013
10/01/2012
Project Contact
UNIT - Krassel Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Valley. LEGAL - T. 21N, R. 9E, section 35, Boise
Meridian. The water system is located out in the Big Creek area, roughly 40 miles North East of McCall, ID.
- Minerals and Geology
On Hold
CE
N/A
N/A
Anthony Botello
208-634-0601
abbotello@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposed action would conduct bulk sampling of a silver deposit in order to evaluate feasibility of long term
mining.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39058
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
UNIT - Krassel Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Valley. LEGAL - T. 17 N., R. 6 E., Section 14;
Boise Meridian, Valley County, Idaho. Silver Creek a Tributary of South Fork Salmon River.
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Project Name
Payette National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Krassel Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Wooten Water System Special
Use Permit
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/14/2015
Expected:10/2015
11/2015
CE
Denise Cobb
208-634-0446
dfcobb@fs.fed.us
Description: Issue a new special use permit for the operation and maintenance of an existing water system diverting and
transporting water from Government Creek for use on private property. The system consists of a 4'x4'x8' collection
tank & ~1320' of 3" pipe.
*UPDATED*
Location:
Payette National Forest
Project Contact
UNIT - Krassel Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Valley. LEGAL - T. 21N, R. 9E, sections 34 and
35, Boise Meridian. The project is located roughly 40 miles North East of McCall, Idaho.
R4 - Intermountain Region
McCall Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Brundage Mountain Resort
Cat-Ski Outfitter and Guide
Permit Reissuance
- Recreation management
- Special use management
EA
*UPDATED*
Expected:09/2016
10/2016
Lisa Klinger
208-634-0401
lklinger@fs.fed.us
Description: The Forest Service proposes to authorize Brundage Mountain Resort a special use authorization for a term of 10
years. This includes a seasonal yurt, addition/modifications of snowcat routes, and allocation of 860 service days to
the resort.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46256
Location:
Commercial Firewood Project
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/12/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 12/2015
UNIT - McCall Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Cat-Ski program
is authorized approximately 65 miles of over-snow routes generally north and northwest of the Brundage Mountain
Resort.
- Forest products
On Hold
CE
N/A
N/A
Debbie Ellis
208-347-0314
dellis@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposal would harvest approximately 47 acres of trees in the Upper Elkhorn Creek drainage, 52 acres in the
Upper Payette river drainage (Cloochman Saddle Area), and 78 acres in the Lake Creek drainage (Nethker Area)
of dead trees.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43842
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
UNIT - McCall Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Idaho, Valley. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
proposal would harvest approximately 47 acres of trees in the Upper Elkhorn Creek drainage, 52 acres in the
Upper Payette river drainage, and 78 acres in the Lake Creek drainage.
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Project Name
Payette National Forest
Warren Meadow Placer
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
McCall Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Minerals and Geology
Completed
Actual: 07/31/2015
Project Contact
07/2015
CE
Lisa Klinger
208-634-0401
lklinger@fs.fed.us
Description: Small placer test pits proposed to be excavated in the previously worked gravels in the area of Warren, ID
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42899
Location:
Payette National Forest
Rapid River Trails
EA
UNIT - McCall Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Idaho. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Warren, ID.
R4 - Intermountain Region
New Meadows Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
- Special area management
On Hold
N/A
N/A
Michael Beckwith
208-347-0325
mabeckwith@fs.fed.us
Description: Change trail use designation in and crossing Rapid R Wild River Corridor to non-motorized / -mechanized;
investigate joining trails designated 2-wheel motorized to the W and E of the Corridor; and 2-wheel motorized
access to Lick Cr Lookout.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=36507
Location:
Payette National Forest
UNIT - New Meadows Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams. LEGAL - R1W, T21N, Sec. 28, 29,
31, 32; R1W, T20N, Sec. 6, 7; R2W, T21N, Sec. 36. New trail construction and/or reconstruction in R2W, T20N,
Sec. 1 and/or R1W, T30N, Sec. 6. Around the southern end of the designated Rapid River Wild River Corridor in
the western portion of New Meadows Ranger District.
R4 - Intermountain Region
Weiser Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Surdam On/Off Range Allotment - Grazing management
Management Planning
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/04/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 12/2015
Expected:04/2016
04/2016
Alicia Underhill
208-347-0325
aunderhill@fs.fed.us
Description: The purpose of this analysis will determine whether grazing cattle is an acceptable use on this allotment and if so
authorize cattle grazing on the allotment.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47039
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
UNIT - Weiser Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Washington. LEGAL - Legal location for the
allotment is Township 15 North, Range 4 West, Section 31 South ½ and Range 5 Section 36 SE ¼ Boise
Meridian. Located on the Weizer Ranger District in Washington County, Idaho.
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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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