Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
10/01/2014 to 12/31/2014
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
R4 - Intermountain Region
Payette National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
Lick Creek Water Association
Water System Project
- Special use management
Completed
Project Contact
Actual: 08/05/2014
11/2014
CE
Denise Cobb
208-634-0446
dfcobb@fs.fed.us
Description: The project would approve the application for the operation and maintenance of the Lick Creek Water Association
(LCWA) improvements to provide water to private property.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39807
Location:
Wildlife Conservation Strategy
(Forest Plan Amendment) [101]
UNIT - Payette National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Valley. LEGAL - T. 20. N., R. 9 E.,
Section 2; Boise Meridian, Valley County, Idaho. Edwardsburg, ID in the Big Creek Drainage of the Middle Fork
Salmon River.
- Land management planning
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
EIS
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
01/21/2011
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 05/2016
Expected:05/2016
06/2016
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:
Payette National Forest
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UNIT - Payette National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams, Idaho, Valley, Washington.
Payette National Forest.
Council Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R4 - Intermountain Region
Payette National Forest
Project Name
Payette National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Council Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Idaho Power SUA Reissue Evergreen Distribution Line
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 05/22/2014
Expected:12/2014
Project Contact
12/2014
CE
Kathryn Nash
208-634-0416
knash@fs.fed.us
Description: Issue a special use authorization to Idaho Power Company for the operation and maintenance of a single phase
electric distribution line in the Evergreen-Gaylord Creek area. The right-of-way is 1.94 miles long and 40 feet
wide.
Location:
Middle Fork Weiser River
Landscape Restoration Project
EIS
UNIT - Council Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The line is near
Highway 95 and the Gaylord Creek road 50171. Township 17 North, Range 1 East, section 6 and Township 18
North, Range 1 East, sections 19, 30 and 31 (Boise Meridian).
Stephen Penny
- Recreation management
Developing Proposal
Expected:04/2016
04/2016
208-253-0164
- Forest products
Est. NOI in Federal Register
spenny@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
11/2014
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
Description: This project is in the planning phase. It covers 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:
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.
Kathryn Nash
208-634-0416
knash@fs.fed.us
Pine Telephone Fiber Optic
Cable SUA Reissue - Hells
Canyon
- Special use management
CE
Description: Issue a special use authorization for the operation and maintenance of a right of way for fiber optic cable in Hells
Canyon. The right of way is approximately 17 miles long and 15 feet wide. Additional facilities include a utility hut at
Eagle Bar.
Location:
Payette National Forest
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In Progress:
Scoping Start 05/22/2014
Expected:12/2014
12/2014
UNIT - Council Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The cable is
installed adjacent to the Hells Canyon Dam road and travels from Cooperfield to Hells Canyon Dam. Beginning in
T20N, R4W, section 33 and ending in T22N, R3W, section 28.
Krassel Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R4 - Intermountain Region
Payette National Forest
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 and Big
Creek Road Plan of Operation
- Recreation management
- Minerals and Geology
- Road management
EA
In Progress:
Notice of Initiation 08/21/2014
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 02/2015
Expected:09/2015
Project Contact
10/2015
Anthony Botello
209-295-4251
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
*NEW LISTING*
Location:
Golden Hand #1 and #2 Lode
Mining Claims Plan of
Operations [81]
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
EIS
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
06/29/2012
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 02/2015
Expected:06/2015
06/2015
Jim Egnew
208-634-0700
jegnew@fs.fed.us
Description: Plan of Operations (POO) proposal to allow for collection of subsurface geological information on the Golden Hand
#1 and #2 mining claims. The mining claims are located in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=27442
Location:
Silver Run Bulk Sampling
Project
UNIT - Krassel Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Idaho, Valley. LEGAL - T22N, R9E, Section 23,
Boise Meridian. Approximately 50 miles northeast of McCall, Idaho. The claims encompass approximately 20
acres each adjacent to Coin Creek, a tributary of Beaver Creek.
- Minerals and Geology
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/26/2012
Expected:01/2015
CE
05/2015
Jeff Hunteman
208-634-0434
jhunteman@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:
Payette National Forest
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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.
McCall Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R4 - Intermountain Region
Payette National Forest
Project Name
Payette National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
McCall Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Commercial Firewood Project
- Forest products
CE
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 11/2014
Expected:03/2015
Project Contact
06/2015
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:
Jackson Creek Trail (#116) Reroute Project
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.
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/06/2014
Expected:11/2014
07/2015
CE
Andrew Peterson
208-634-0440
ahpeterson@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposed action would re-route eight sections of the Jackson Creek (#116) Trail. Old sections of trail would
be decommissioned.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43602
Location:
Little Ski Hill Run Expansion
Project
UNIT - McCall Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Idaho, Valley. LEGAL - Township 21 North, Range
4 East, Section 6, Township 22 North Range 4 East, Sections 19, 30, and 31, and Township 22 North Range 3
East, Sections 13 and 24 in Valley and Idaho Counties, Idaho. The project area is located in the Upper French
Creek drainage approximately 20 air miles North of McCall, Idaho.
- Special use management
Completed
CE
Actual: 07/31/2014
10/2014
Lisa Klinger
208-634-0401
lklinger@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposed action would widen the existing run to safely accommodate a more expansive terrain park and a
more traditional run on the south side of the existing lift (T-bar. Trees would be cut and removed to accomplish
this project.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43847
Location:
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UNIT - McCall Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams. LEGAL - Township 18 North, Range 2
East, section 1; Boise Meridian, Adams County, Idaho. The project area is located within the existing Little Ski Hill
special use permit area, approximately 3 air miles west of McCall, ID.
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Payette National Forest
Project Name
Payette National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
McCall Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Warren Meadow Placer
- Minerals and Geology
CE
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 11/2014
Expected:03/2015
Project Contact
06/2015
John Rygh
208-634-0770
jtrygh@fs.fed.us
Description: Small placer test pits proposed to be excavated in the previously worked gravels in the area of Warren, ID.
Location:
Payette National Forest
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)
Citizens Telecom. Co. of Idaho
dba Frontier Communications
Alpine Meadows Burried
Copper Phone Line
CE
*NEW LISTING*
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/15/2014
Expected:11/2014
12/2014
Denise Cobb
208-634-0446
dfcobb@fs.fed.us
Description: To issue a special use authorization (SUA) to Citizens Telecomunications for the operation and maintenance of a
buried copper cable in the Alpine Meadows Subdivision area. The right-of-way for the cable is approximately
.055 miles long by 15' wide.
Location:
UNIT - New Meadows Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams. LEGAL - T. 19N., R. 2E., section
35. This project is located approximately 5 miles South East of New Meadows, Idaho.
Denise Cobb
Citizens Telecomunications Co. - Special use management
In Progress:
Expected:11/2014
12/2014
of Idaho dba Frontier
208-634-0446
Scoping Start 08/15/2014
Communications Ecks Flat
dfcobb@fs.fed.us
Fiber Optic Line SUP.
Description: To issue a special use authorization (SUA) to Citizens Telecommunications for the operation and maintenance of a
CE
buried fiber optic cable in Ecks Flat. The right-of-way for the cable is approximately 1.01 miles long by 10 feet
wide.
*NEW LISTING*
Location:
Forgy Water System Special
Use Authorization Reissuance
UNIT - New Meadows Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams. LEGAL - T. 19N., R. 2E., section
34. This project is located approximately 4 miles SE of New Meadows, Idaho.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/15/2014
CE
*NEW LISTING*
12/2014
Denise Cobb
208-634-0446
dfcobb@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposed action would issue a special use authorization (SUA) to John and Cynthia Forgy for the operation
and maintenance of an existing water system for power, domestic, and irrigation use.
Location:
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Expected:11/2014
UNIT - New Meadows Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams. LEGAL - T. 22N., R. 1E., section
32. This water system is located on the New Meadows Ranger District, Adams County, Idaho. The collection box
is located approximately 100 yards below the source of an unnamed tributary to Boulder Creek.
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Payette National Forest
Project Name
Payette National Forest
Project Purpose
CE
*NEW LISTING*
- Special use management
Lost Cr/Boulder Cr Landscape
Restoration Project
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/15/2014
Expected:11/2014
Project Contact
R4 - Intermountain Region
12/2014
Denise Cobb
208-634-0446
dfcobb@fs.fed.us
UNIT - New Meadows Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams. LEGAL - T. 19N., R. 2E., section
34. The project is located approximately 4 miles SE of New Meadows, Idaho.
Ken Meyers
- Land management planning
Completed
Actual: 09/05/2014
10/2014
208-347-0344
- Recreation management
kmeyers01@fs.fed.us
- Special area management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Forest products
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
- Road management
Description: Move forest vegetation, fuels / fire conditions toward historical range of variability to reduce wildland fire risk,
improve wildlife habitat / watershed conditions, meet Forest Plan direction, by mechanical thinning / harvest and
prescribed burning.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=33830
Location:
EA
Expected
Implementation
Description: To issue a special use authorization(SUA) to Idaho Power Company for the operation and maintenance of an
existing 138kV transmission line in Ecks Flat. The right-of-way for the line is approximately 1 mile long by 100
feet wide and is 12.22 acres.
Location:
Rapid River Trails
Decision
New Meadows Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Idaho Power Company McCallNew Meadows 138kV
Transmission Line Special Use
Permit
EIS
Planning Status
UNIT - New Meadows Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams. LEGAL - T18N, R1W; T19N, R2W;
T20N, R1W; T20N, R2W; T21N, R1W. Western portion of New Meadows Ranger 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:
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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.
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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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