Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
04/01/2016 to 06/30/2016
Salmon-Challis 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
Completed
Actual: 01/06/2016
01/2016
EA
*UPDATED*
Jeff Hunteman
208-756-5246
comments-intermtnsalmonchallis@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposed action would permit 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
Salmon-Challis National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
Issuing New O&G Permits to
Replace Expired Permits
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/14/2015
Expected:05/2016
06/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
Description: Issuing 11 land based and 21 river based recreation Outfitting and Guiding permits.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39687
Location:
04/01/2016 04:08 am MT
Patti Schwind
208-756-5147
pschwind@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Salmon-Challis National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer, Lemhi. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. Portions of 3 Ranger Districts on the Salmon-Challis National Forest.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Salmon-Challis National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
NRCS Snow Data Sites Special
Use Permit Reissuance
- Special use management
On Hold
N/A
Project Contact
N/A
CE
Gail Baer
208-756-5128
gbaer@fs.fed.us
Description: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is requesting a reissuance of the Special Use Permits for
operation, maintenance, and conversion of manual snow courses and automated SNOTEL data collection sites on
Forest Service Lands.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=34081
Location:
Non-Recreation Special Use
Permit Issuance on the South
Zone to Replace Expired
Permits
CE
*UPDATED*
- Special use management
05/2016
Gail Baer
208-756-5177
gbaer@fs.fed.us
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
05/23/2014
Expected:04/2016
05/2016
Jennifer Purvine
208-879-4162
jpurvine@fs.fed.us
Description: Implement adaptive and integrated invasive plant management on current and potential infested areas which
would include inventory and assessment designed to support Early Detection Rapid Response, control methods,
monitoring, and rehabilitation.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=36537
Location:
UNIT - Salmon-Challis National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Blaine, Butte, Custer, Lemhi.
LEGAL - Not Applicable. Salmon-Challis National Forest outside of the Frank Church-River of No Return
Wilderness Area.
Salmon-Challis National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
04/01/2016 04:08 am MT
Expected:04/2016
UNIT - Salmon-Challis National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer, Lemhi. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. Portions of 3 Ranger Districts on the Salmon-Challis National Forest.
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
EIS
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 01/11/2016
Description: Issuing four special use permits for culinary water pipelines and other non-recreational facilities located on
Ranger Districts on the Salmon-Challis National Forest's south zone.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48533
Location:
Salmon-Challis Forestwide
Integrated Weed Management
UNIT - Salmon-Challis National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer, Lemhi. The manual snow
courses and automated SNOTEL data collection sites are located across the Salmon-Challis National Forest
outside of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
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R4 - Intermountain Region
Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Salmon-Challis National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
Halstead Fire Salvage Project
- Forest products
EA
*UPDATED*
Expected:07/2016
08/2016
David Morris
208-879-4130
dmorris01@fs.fed.us
Description: Salvage marketable forest products from trees killed over 1,452 acres as a result of the Halstead Fire and those
trees that may succumb to expansion of Douglas-fir beetle triggered by the fire. Areas include Challis-Yankee and
Middle Fork Districts.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43556
Location:
Panther (Big) Creek Hot
Springs Geothermal Leasing
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
01/23/2014
Project Contact
UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District, Middle Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer.
LEGAL - Challis-Yankee Fork RD, T11N, R13E, Sections 13, 14, 22-24, and T11N, R14E, Section 18. Middle
Fork RD, T12N, R11E, Sections 12, and 13; T12N, R12E, Sections 5, 6, 9, 15-17, 21, and 22. Project area is
located in two areas one 4 air miles north of Stanley, ID and the other 14 air miles due northeast of Stanley, ID.
- Minerals and Geology
EIS
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
09/25/2015
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 11/2016
Expected:12/2016
04/2017
Kathryn Goessel
208-879-4158
kgoessel@fs.fed.us
Description: The Forest proposes to consent with stipulations to BLM issuance of 3 contiguous, noncompetitive geothermal
leases.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37800
Location:
Shoshone Bannock Tribes
Crystal Springs Hatchery
Support Project at Yankee Fork
River and Panther Cr
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Special use management
EIS
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
05/23/2014
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 06/2016
Expected:10/2016
03/2017
Karryl Krieger
208-756-5102
kkrieger@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposed permanent facilities include chinook salmon trapping, holding and acclimation facilities including weirs at
Pole Flat Campground site on the Yankee Fork River and at the Cobalt Ranger Station on Panther Creek. In
cooperation with BPA.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44200
Location:
04/01/2016 04:08 am MT
UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District, North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL
- T23N, R18E, sections 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27 & 28. An approximately 9-square-mile area in the Hot
Springs Creek drainage of the lower Panther Creek watershed, 20 mi. WNW of Salmon, ID.
UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District, Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY Custer, Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Pole Flat Campground area on the Yankee Fork River and Cobalt
Ranger Station on Panther Creek.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Salmon-Challis National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
Upper Yankee Fork Fuels
Reduction Project
- Fuels management
On Hold
Project Contact
N/A
N/A
EA
Riley Rhoades
208-879-4122
rbrhoades@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposal is to prescribe burn under management conditions to reduce the continuous heavy ground and
ladder fuels and reduce the overstory density in the upper reaches of Trapper Creek and the head of the Yankee
Fork of the Salmon River.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=32990
Location:
Salmon-Challis National Forest
District)
Big Hill Insect and Disease
CE
*UPDATED*
Riley Rhoades
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:04/2016
06/2016
208-879-4132
- Forest products
Scoping Start 06/18/2015
rbrhoades@fs.fed.us
- Fuels management
Description: Project will increase tree resilience to insects and disease by implementing various silvicultural management
techniques to reduce fuels, restore decadent aspen stands, provide commercial forest products, and improve
wildlife habitat.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46452
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/11/2016
Expected:04/2016
05/2016
Brianna Goehring
208-879-4130
bjgoehring@fs.fed.us
Description: This project includes repair of about 1400 feet of Challis Creek Road (Forest Service Road #080) at five impacted
sites in order to reopen the road to the public, and also includes use of two nearby borrow pits for rock material.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48501
Location:
04/01/2016 04:08 am MT
UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - T14N, R18E (S2833), T13N, R18E (S3-6), T13N, R17E (S1), T14N, R17E (S36) All or parts of these sections. Seven miles west of
Challis in and adjacent to Big Hill Gulch, Custer County, Idaho.
- Road management
CE
*UPDATED*
R4 - Intermountain Region
Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one
Location:
Challis Creek Road Repair
UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District, Middle Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer.
LEGAL - T14N, R16E, Sections 3, 9-11, 13-17, 19-23, 26-34. All or parts of these sections. Sixteen miles west
of Challis Idaho in the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River and Trapper Creek in the FCRONRW.
UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - T14N, R18E, Sec
6-8; T14N, R17E, Sec 12-13; and T15N, R18E, Sec 31-32, Boise Meridian. The project area is located about
eight air miles northwest of the town of Challis, ID.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Name
Salmon-Challis National Forest
District)
Grouse Peak Vegetation
Management Project
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Project Purpose
CE
*UPDATED*
R4 - Intermountain Region
Brianna Goehring
05/2016
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:04/2016
208-879-4130
- Grazing management
Scoping Start 12/24/2015
bjgoehring@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
Description: The purpose of this project is to effectively control livestock to protect and improve riparian conditions and fish
habitat by constructing .11 mile of fence.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48170
UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - T14N, R18E, SW¼
Sec 28, Boise Meridian. The project area is located about six air miles west of Challis, Idaho in Custer County and
about one-eighth mile southeast of Mill Creek.
- Fuels management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/21/2012
Expected:09/2016
04/2017
David Morris
208-879-4127
dmorris01@fs.fed.us
Description: Prescribed broadcast burning and tree cutting proposal to reduce hazardous fuels in the WUI in and around the
Mosquito Flat area
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39625
Location:
04/01/2016 04:08 am MT
Project Contact
UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
project area is located seven miles northwest of Challis and surrounds the communication site on top of Grouse
Peak.
EA
*UPDATED*
Expected
Implementation
Christine Droske
10/2016
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:09/2016
208-879-4100
- Vegetation management
Scoping Start 01/29/2016
cadroske@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Description: The intent of the project is to improve timber stands, wildlife forage and habitat by utilizing hand thinning, hand
piling and prescribed burning to restore stands closer to reference conditions.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48557
Location:
Mosquito Flat Fuels Reduction
Project
Decision
Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one
Location:
Keefer Pasture Drift Fence
Planning Status
UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - T14N, R17E, S33.
Areas to the immediate south, west, and north of the Mosquito Flat area. Generally, the headwater drainage of the
Challis creek watershed, approximately 8 air miles west of Challis, ID.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Name
Salmon-Challis National Forest
District)
Reauthorization Of Grazing on
the Spud Creek and Marco
Creek Allotments
Project Purpose
Planning Status
- Grazing management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/20/2007
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 03/2017
R4 - Intermountain Region
03/2018
Faith Ryan
208-756-5562
fryan@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Marco Creek
Alloment:T10N,R18E,Sec10,15,17,18,20,&21-SpudCreek Allotment T10N, R17 andR18E,Sec
5,,67,8,9,10,15,16,17,&21. The Spud Creek and Marco Creek Alloments is located in the East Fork of the Salmon
River.
- Grazing management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/24/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected:10/2017
Project Contact
Description: The Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District proposes to authorize continued livestock grazing on the Spud and
Marco Creek Allotments consistent with existing management in order to continue to meet or move toward desired
resource conditions (see project
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=21209
Location:
Slab Barn Pasture Drift Fence
Expected
Implementation
Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one
EA
*UPDATED*
Decision
Expected:04/2016
05/2016
Brianna Goehring
208-879-4130
bjgoehring@fs.fed.us
Description: The purpose of this project is to improve livestock distribution within the Slab Barn Pasture on the Challis Creek
Allotment by constructing approximately .26 miles of drift fence to separate the west portion of the pasture from the
eastern pasture.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48284
Location:
UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - T14N, R18E, NE1/4
Sec. 30, Boise Meridian. The project area is located about seven air miles west of Challis, Idaho in Custer County.
Kathryn Goessel
208-879-4158
kgoessel@fs.fed.us
Thompson Creek Modified Plan
of Operations for Mine
Expansion
- Minerals and Geology
- Land ownership management
EIS
Description: The Thompson Creek Mining Company (TCMC) submitted a plan of operations for continued mining through
approximately 2030. The POO proposes new surface disturbance on a total of approximately 500 acres of private
and public (BLM & NFS) lands.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=29417
*UPDATED*
Location:
04/01/2016 04:08 am MT
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/09/2016
Expected:06/2016
09/2016
UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - T11N, R17E, Secs,
6, T11N, R16E, Secs, 1-4, 11-12, T12N, R16E, Secs 25, 34-36, T12N, R17E, Secs 31. The Thompson Creek
Mine is located in Custer County, Idaho approximately 5 miles north of the Salmon River and 35 miles southwest
of the county seat of Challis.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Name
Salmon-Challis National Forest
District)
Westcor Exploration
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one
- Minerals and Geology
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
01/28/2016
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 06/2016
Expected:06/2016
Project Contact
07/2016
Kathryn Goessel
208-879-4158
kgoessel@fs.fed.us
Description: Operator plans to utilize an existing undesignated route & 0.15 miles of temporary route, construct a 50x80-ft
working bench, and obtain a <30 CY bulk sample with a small, tracked excavator and skid loader for off-Forest
processing & analysis.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47986
Location:
Salmon-Challis National Forest
Hawley Creek- Horseshoe
Spring
UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Southwest 1/4,
Section 21, T13N, R15E, B.M. In the Greylock IRA, 1 mile up Montana Gulch, a tributary to Jordan Creek in the
Yankee Fork Salmon River drainage, approximately 25 miles east of Challis, Custer County, Idaho.
- Grazing management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/17/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected:04/2016
08/2016
Ingrid Drieling
208-768-2516
idrieling@fs.fed.us
Description: The Salmon-Challis National Forest proposes to develop an upland spring source and divert the spring water to a
water trough and construct a fence around the spring source in the Big Bear unit of the Hawley Creek allotment.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48168
Location:
04/01/2016 04:08 am MT
R4 - Intermountain Region
Leadore Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
UNIT - Leadore Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project area
is located approximately 0.3 miles SE of Bog Creek within the Hawley Creek allotment approximately 12.8 air
miles east of Leadore, ID.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Name
Salmon-Challis National Forest
Lee Creek Allotment Invading
Conifer Removal Project
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Leadore Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/17/2015
Expected:04/2016
06/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Leadore Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The 725 acre
proposed project area (see map) in Lee Creek Allotment would have 2 project sites (1-2) that encompass 317
acres of conifer removal.
- Grazing management
- Facility management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/17/2015
Expected:04/2016
- Grazing management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/17/2015
Expected:04/2016
04/01/2016 04:08 am MT
06/2016
Ingrid Drieling
208-768-2516
idrieling@fs.fed.us
Description: The project will expand the exclosure around a developed headbox at Soapstone Springs on the Grizzly Hill
C&amp;H Allotment, protecting the spring source.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43474
Location:
Salmon-Challis National Forest
Ingrid Drieling
208-768-2516
idrieling@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Leadore Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project area
is located near the LPNHL along the Idaho and Montana boarder, approximately 9 miles east of Tendoy, Idaho in
Lemhi County.
CE
*UPDATED*
07/2016
Description: The action would consist of constructing a 0.72 of wire fence along portions of the southern and eastern boundary
of the LPNHL; and installing one cattle guard crossing the National Forest System (NFS) 731 road.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48166
Location:
Soapstone Springs Exclosure
Expansion
Michael Steck
208-768-2515
msteck@fs.fed.us
Description: Conifer removal would entail the felling of trees that are on the leading edges of conifer stands that are invading
into sage-grouse habitat within sagebrush habitat, and the removal of trees that are out by themselves in sagegrouse habitat..
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48280
Location:
Lemhi Pass Fence
Project Contact
UNIT - Leadore Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - NW 1/4, SE 1/4, Sec. 36, T. 17N,
R. 26E. The project is located on the Grizzly Hill C&amp;H Allotment, approximately 6 miles northwest of Leadore,
Idaho.
Lost River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R4 - Intermountain Region
Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Name
Salmon-Challis National Forest
Sawmill Canyon Vegetation
Management Project
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Lost River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Forest products
- Fuels management
In Progress:
Expected:04/2016
05/2016
EA
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Lost River Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer, Lemhi. LEGAL - T12N, R25E, S.1,2;
T12N, R26E,S. 5-8; T13N, R25E, S. 25,36; T13N, R26E, S. 30, 31, Boise Meridian. Project Area is located in
Sawmill Canyon the headwaters of the Little Lost River drainage, 35 miles NNE of Mackay, Idaho.
- Grazing management
EA
*UPDATED*
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected:05/2017
07/2017
Allison Jackson
760-914-1895
ajackson@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Lost River Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Butte, Custer. LEGAL - parts of T 3 & 4 N, R 23
E. Antelope Valley in Butte and Custer County encompassing 46,375 acres, 18 miles south of Mackay.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Grazing management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/24/2015
Expected:04/2016
07/2016
Birk Roseman
208-588-3405
birkrroseman@fs.fed.us
Description: Construct 0.25 miles of fence on the Wildhorse C&H grazing allotment, at the Kane Lake Trailhead in Kane
Canyon, to protect fish and wildlife habitat.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48327
Location:
04/01/2016 04:08 am MT
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
07/10/2014
Description: Authorize grazing on the Antelope, Leadbelt, Dry Fork, Sawmill Canyon and Stoddard Canyon grazing allotments.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=19137
Location:
Kane Lake Trailhead Fence
David Morris
208-879-4127
dmorris01@fs.fed.us
Description: Project will implement various sivicultural managment techniques to reduce fuels, restore decadent aspen stands,
provide commercial forest products, and address insect epidemic that is currently occurring in the drainage.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37108
Location:
Antelope Valley Grazing
Allotments
Project Contact
UNIT - Lost River Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - T6N R19E Section 27 NE 1/4,
Boise Meridian. Approximately 28 miles west-southwest of Mackay, Idaho in Custer County.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Name
Salmon-Challis National Forest
Lost River Small Batch Fences
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Lost River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Grazing management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2016
EA
Expected:07/2016
Project Contact
08/2016
Lanson Stavast
208-588-3418
lstavast@fs.fed.us
Description: Project proposes to construct three segments of fence totalling 0.9 miles and installing three cattleguards on
Forest roads to better manage livestock in the North Fork of the Big Lost River on the Wildhorse C&H Allotment.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37963
Location:
UNIT - Lost River Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Road/Ramey T6N R21E Sec
23 SW ¼, North Fork T7N R19E Sec 26, 35, 36, Kane Lake TH T6N R19E Section 27 NE ¼. Road/Ramey- 17
miles SW of Mackay, ID , North Fork- 28 miles W of Mackay, ID, Kane Lake TH- 28 miles WSW of Mackay, ID.
All in Custer Co.
Mackay Old Warehouse Site
- Land ownership management
Administrative Site Conveyance
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/20/2014
Expected:06/2016
07/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
Mammoth Canyon Road
Reclamation
Description: The Forest proposes to sell one historic warehouse building and two out building sheds in Mackay, Idaho on a
0.48-acre fenced parcel with utilities.
Web Link:
http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=23524
Location:
UNIT - Lost River Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - T7N, R24E, Section28, Lots
1-3, Block 21. The Mackay site is 0.48 acres on the south corner of the intersection of Park Avenue and Salmon
Street, Mackay, ID.
- Minerals and Geology
- Road management
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
05/14/2015
Expected:07/2016
08/2016
Glenwood Brittain
208-756-5169
gbrittain@fs.fed.us
Description: The Lost River Ranger District (LRRD) is proposing to reclaim transportation routes by decommissioning twentyone unauthorized routes and five closed system routes in the Alder Ck drainage, approximately 6 air miles south to
southwest of Mackay, ID.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46512
Location:
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Randy Thomas
208-756-5138
rthomas@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Lost River Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - T.6.N., R.23.E. Sections 10,
13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24; T.6.N., R.24.E. Sections 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 34, 35; and T.5.N., R.24.E. Section 3, Boise
Meridian, Custer County, ID. Approximately 6 miles south to southwest of Mackay, ID.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Name
Salmon-Challis National Forest
Road/Ramey Fence Relocation
Project Purpose
- Grazing management
- Recreation management
Parker Mountain Exploratory
Drilling Project
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/17/2015
07/2016
Expected:07/2016
08/2016
Lanson Stavast
208-588-3418
lstavast@fs.fed.us
Philip McNeal
208-879-4197
pmcneal@fs.fed.us
R4 - Intermountain Region
Middle Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Minerals and Geology
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/02/2015
Expected:04/2016
07/2016
Amanda Kriwox
208-879-4153
akriwox@fs.fed.us
Description: Exploration for mineralization by core drilling up to 9 core holes at the Parker Mine site. No roads would be
constructed. Activities would occur outside the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47408
Location:
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Expected:06/2016
UNIT - Lost River Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer, Lemhi. LEGAL - T 13 N, R25 E S/SE
section 14. Timber Creek Pass 38 miles NE of Mackay, ID.
CE
*UPDATED*
R4 - Intermountain Region
Description: Reroute 0.50 miles of Forest Trail 4137 Timber Creek Trail, due to poor trail design and to rehabilitate existing
resource damage associated with the original trail location.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46576
Location:
Salmon-Challis National Forest
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/24/2015
Project Contact
UNIT - Lost River Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - T6N R21E Section 23 SW ¼,
Boise Meridian. The location of this project is approximately 17 miles southwest of Mackay, Idaho in Custer
County.
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected
Implementation
Description: Relocate 0.1 miles of fence on the Boone Creek C&H grazing allotment, between the Road Creek and Ramey
Creek units.The need for this project is to improve the distribution of livestock use in the Road Creek unit.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48311
Location:
Timber Creek Trail Reroute
Decision
Lost River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
CE
*UPDATED*
Planning Status
UNIT - Middle Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - T.15N., R.16E., Sections 26,
27, B.M. 17 miles west northwest of Challis, ID.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Name
Salmon-Challis National Forest
Sulphur Creek Aircraft landing
Strip
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Middle Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
On Hold
N/A
Project Contact
N/A
EA
Gail Baer
208-756-5128
gbaer@fs.fed.us
Description: Re-issuance of a special use permit for a portion of the Sulphur Creek landing strip which is located on national
Forest lands.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=15530
Location:
Salmon-Challis National Forest
North Fork Sheep Creek Placer
UNIT - Middle Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Valley. LEGAL - T 14 N, R 9 E, SE 1/4, NW
1/4, Section 21, B.M. West of Sulphur Creek Ranch, which is located approximately 4 miles up Sulphur Creek from
it's mouth west of the Middle Fork of the Salmon river.
- Minerals and Geology
EA
*UPDATED*
07/2017
Julie Hopkins
208-756-5279
juliehopkins@fs.fed.us
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
11/19/2015
Expected:05/2016
05/2016
Glenwood Brittain
208-756-5169
gbrittain@fs.fed.us
Description: The Operator proposes to remove between 100 and 600 tons of rock for bulk sampling with no more than 1000
tons of total material to be disturbed over an approximately 1 acre area. Completion of reclamation by Oct 2019.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48059
Location:
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Expected:10/2016
UNIT - North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - T25N, R22E, Sections 11 and
14, Boise Meridian. North Fork of Sheep Creek.
- Minerals and Geology
EA
*UPDATED*
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 06/2016
Description: Excavate five test pits and one trench in three locations in the North Fork of Sheep Creek drainage. A stratified
sample from the pay gravels would be washed in a portable trammel, and the results tested to determine next
steps.
Location:
Sage Creek Bulk Sampling
Project
R4 - Intermountain Region
North Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
UNIT - North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Located on
the ridge between the West Fork of Sage Creek and the East Fork of Sage Creek. in T.24N, R.20E, Section 3,
Boise Prime Meridian, Lemhi County, Idaho.
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Project Name
Salmon-Challis National Forest
Sagewood Salvage Project
CE
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
North Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Forest products
- Fuels management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 10/29/2014
Expected:10/2016
Project Contact
11/2016
Margaret Seaberg
208-865-2711
margareteseaberg@fs.f
ed.us
Description: Removal of dead and dying trees on less than 250ac to improve the overall health of stands, reduce hazardous
fuels, improve timber productivity and provide several different kinds of forest products including commercial and
personal use products.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45287
Location:
Salmon-Challis National Forest
Duck Creek Diversion and
Pipeline
UNIT - North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - T.25.N., R.20.E., Sec. 35;
T.24.N., R.20.E, Sec. 1, 2, 11, 12. Within the Sage Creek and Donnelly Drainages on the North Fork Ranger
District of the Salmon-Challis National Forest.
R4 - Intermountain Region
Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
On Hold
N/A
N/A
CE
Gail Baer
208-756-5128
gbaer@fs.fed.us
Description: Issuance of a special use permit for a water diversion pipeline and access road. Water diversion will replace an
existing diversion. The new structure will include a lockable headgate with a measureable flow and a passive
cylinder fish screen
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=13444
Location:
Dump Creek Withdrawal
- Minerals and Geology
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
04/16/2015
Expected:06/2016
06/2016
Glenwood Brittain
208-756-5169
gbrittain@fs.fed.us
Description: The Salmon Cobalt Ranger District (SCRD) is proposing to withdraw approximately 107.02 acres of National
Forest Lands from mineral entry under the 1872 Mining Law.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46509
Location:
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UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - SE1/4 of the SW1/4,
Section 30, T18N, R17E, BPM. Duck Creek, tributary to Camas Creek.
UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - T.23.N., R.20.E. Sections
12, 13, and 24, Boise Meridian, Lemhi County, Idaho. Approximately 12 miles northwest of Salmon, Lemhi County,
Idaho.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Name
Salmon-Challis National Forest
Phelan Sharkey
CE
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Forest products
- Fuels management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 01/20/2016
Expected:09/2016
Project Contact
06/2017
*NEW LISTING*
Margaret Seaberg
208-865-2711
margareteseaberg@fs.f
ed.us
Description: The proposed action would include commercial harvest, non-commercial thinning, shaded fuel breaks, hand piling
and/or prescribed fire; using ground and cable based systems. Temporary roads would be constructed and
decommissioned.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=49256
Location:
Sanderson Ditch Conversion to
buried Pipeline
UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
proposed project area is located on the west side of the Ridge Road (FS Road #60020) approximately 8 air miles
due west of the City of Salmon.
- Special use management
On Hold
N/A
N/A
CE
Gail Baer
208-756-5128
gbaer@fs.fed.us
Description: Bury pipe in the existing Sanderson Ditch. The pipe will be in the existing ROW area.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43019
Location:
Twelvemile Allotment Spring
Developments
UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Sanderson Ditch is a diversion from Wallace Creek and diverts water to private land owners within the Savage
Ranch subdivision.
- Grazing management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/17/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
06/2016
Tina Ruffing
208-587-7867
truffing@fs.fed.us
Description: The Salmon-Challis National Forest proposes to develop two upland spring sources on the Twelvemile allotment
and divert the spring water to two troughs.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48184
Location:
04/01/2016 04:08 am MT
Expected:04/2016
UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Both
proposed water developments are located on the Twelvemile Allotment on the Salmon-Challis Ranger District.
Both are also located in the Twelvemile Creek-Salmon River hydrologic unit.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
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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).
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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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