Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
04/01/2015 to 06/30/2015
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)
Greater Sage-grouse
Management Direction - Idaho
- Land management planning
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
EIS
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
12/24/2013
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 02/2014
Expected:08/2014
09/2014
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.
Location:
UNIT - Boise National Forest All Units, Salmon-Challis National Forest All Units, Sawtooth National Forest All
Units, Caribou-Targhee National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams, Blaine, Bonneville,
Camas, Caribou, Cassia, Elmore, Fremont, Madison. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Boise NF, Salmon-Challis NF,
Caribou-Targhee NF, Sawtooth NF, Curlew NG.
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
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 05/2015
Expected:09/2015
12/2015
CE
Patti Schwind
208-756-5147
pschwind@fs.fed.us
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:
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.
Issuing New Permits for
Expired Outfitter & Guide
Permits
- Special use management
CE
Description: Issuing 10 land based & 3 river recreation Outfitting and Guiding permits
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39513
Location:
04/02/2015 08:57 pm MT
Completed
Actual: 01/16/2015
02/2015
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 5 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:
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.
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
EIS
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
02/13/2015
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 10/2015
Expected:12/2015
01/2016
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)
04/02/2015 08:57 pm MT
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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
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
01/23/2014
Project Contact
Expected:06/2015
07/2015
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
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
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
03/15/2012
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 06/2015
Expected:12/2015
02/2016
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
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.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Special use management
EIS
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
05/23/2014
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 06/2015
Expected:03/2016
06/2016
Mary Hammer
208-756-5109
marylhammer@fs.fed.u
s
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:
04/02/2015 08:57 pm MT
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
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
10/21/2010
Project Contact
Expected:07/2015
08/2015
John Fowler
208-879-4168
jfowler@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
*NEW LISTING*
R4 - Intermountain Region
Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one
Riley Rhoades
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Developing Proposal
Expected:07/2015
08/2015
208-879-4132
- Forest products
Est. Scoping Start 03/2015
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
Location:
Mosquito Flat Fuels Reduction
Project
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 (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.
- Fuels management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/21/2012
EA
Expected:09/2015
05/2016
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:
04/02/2015 08:57 pm MT
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)
Pahsimeroi Allotment Spring
Rehabilitation
CE
Project Purpose
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R4 - Intermountain Region
Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one
Joshua Edwards
05/2015
- Heritage resource
Completed
Actual: 03/12/2015
208-588-3400
management
jledwards@fs.fed.us
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Grazing management
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Watershed management
Description: Fencing five wetland springs to improve the conditions at the locations. One site will have stock ponds breached
and water piped off site. All fences will be placed outside of the wetland community type to minimize impacts to
the soft soils.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45757
Location:
Reauthorization Of Grazing on
the Spud Creek and Marco
Creek Allotments
Planning Status
UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - The location of the
springs is T11N, R23E, Sections 17, 20, 28, and 29. The project occurs on the east side of the Lost River range,
roughly 42 miles Southeast of Challis, Idaho. The location of the springs is T11N, R23E, Sections 17, 20, 28, and
29.
- Grazing management
EA
In Progress:
Notice of Initiation 09/20/2007
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 11/2015
Expected:10/2016
01/2017
Faith Ryan
208-756-5562
fryan@fs.fed.us
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:
04/02/2015 08:57 pm MT
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.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Name
Salmon-Challis National Forest
District)
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R4 - Intermountain Region
Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one
Barry Dopp
Spring Gulch Grazing Allotment - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
06/2015
Completed
Actual: 03/12/2015
Fencing Project
208-879-4100
- Grazing management
bdopp@fs.fed.us
Vegetation
management
CE
(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 .87 mile of fence.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45777
Location:
UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - T16N, R22E,
Sections 31, 32; T15N, R22E, Section 4, 5, B.M. Project area is approximately 20 miles northeast of Challis
located just south of the East Fork Morgan Creek.
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.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/nepa_register/TCM-exlx_EIS.html
Location:
West Fork Confluence Stream
Restoration Project
In Progress:
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
03/27/2015
Expected:06/2015
07/2015
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.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/26/2015
Expected:06/2015
CE
07/2015
Bart Gamett
208-588-3420
bgamett@fs.fed.us
Description: The project is designed to improve fish habitat in the Yankee Fork & West Fork Yankee Fork by restoring a dredge
mined area to a more natural condition. The project is located primarily on private land with a small portion located
on national forest.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45989
Location:
Salmon-Challis National Forest
04/02/2015 08:57 pm MT
UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - T12N R15E S20.
Confluence of the Yankee Fork and West Fork Yankee Fork.
Leadore 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
Canyon Creek Stream
Restoration Project
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Leadore Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/19/2015
Expected:05/2015
05/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Craig Hemping
208-756-5229
chemping@fs.fed.us
Description: Installing stream improvement structures to help restore Salmonid spawning habitat in Canyon Creek, including
pool formations, spawning and rearing stream substrate composition, stream bank stability and streamside
shading over a five year period.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46355
Location:
Soapstone Springs Exclosure
Expansion
Project Contact
UNIT - Leadore Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - T.16N., R27E., Sections 5, 6, 7,
and 18 as well as T.17N., R.27E., Section 32. The proposed project is located on Canyon Creek, a tributary to the
Lemhi River. The project area is approximately 5-8 miles northeast of the town of Leadore, Idaho.
- Grazing management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 07/2015
Expected:11/2015
06/2016
CE
Sara Norman
208-768-2505
scnorman@fs.fed.us
Description: The project will expand the exclosure around a developed headbox at Soapstone Springs on the Grizzly Hill
C&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
Sawmill Canyon Vegetation
Management Project
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&H Allotment, approximately 6 miles northwest of Leadore,
Idaho.
R4 - Intermountain Region
Lost River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Forest products
- Fuels management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/29/2011
EA
Expected:06/2015
09/2015
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:
04/02/2015 08:57 pm MT
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.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Name
Salmon-Challis National Forest
Antelope Valley Grazing
Allotments
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Lost River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Grazing management
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
07/10/2014
Expected:05/2016
Project Contact
07/2016
Joshua Edwards
208-588-3405
jledwards@fs.fed.us
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:
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.
Joshua Edwards
208-588-2224
jledwards@fs.fed.us
Bell Mountain Allotment, Deep
Creek Spring Pipeline
Extension
- Grazing management
CE
Description: Add a section of pipeline and one trough to an existing developed spring and pipeline. This project would add a
trough on NFS administered land to better distribute livestock across the pasture.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37885
Location:
Lost River Small Batch Fences
N/A
N/A
UNIT - Lost River Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Butte. LEGAL - SW ¼ of NW ¼ of Section 14,
Township 10N Range 27E, Butte County. First developed spring north of the Deep Creek drainage on the Bell
Mountain Allotment. Zone 11N North 802729.359, East 4900937.945, Datum NAD83.
- Grazing management
EA
On Hold
Developing Proposal
Est. Notice of Initiation 04/2015
Expected:07/2015
08/2015
Joshua Edwards
208-588-2224
jledwards@fs.fed.us
Description: Project proposes to construct five segments of fence totalling 1.25 miles and installing three cattleguards on Forest
roads to better manage livestock in Copper Basin, North Fork and Kane Canyon areas.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37963
Location:
04/02/2015 08:57 pm MT
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.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Name
Salmon-Challis National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Lost River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Mackay Old Warehouse Site
- Land ownership management
Administrative Site Conveyance
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/20/2014
Expected:08/2015
Project Contact
09/2015
CE
Randy Thomas
208-756-5138
rthomas@fs.fed.us
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.
Mammoth Canyon Road
Reclamation
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
Developing Proposal
Est. Notice of Initiation 03/2015
Expected:09/2015
06/2016
EA
*NEW LISTING*
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:
Timber Creek Trail Reroute
04/02/2015 08:57 pm MT
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 03/2015
Expected:02/2016
08/2016
Philip McNeal
208-879-4197
pmcneal@fs.fed.us
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
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.
- Recreation management
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Glenwood Brittain
208-756-5169
gbrittain@fs.fed.us
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.
Middle Fork 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
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
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.
R4 - Intermountain Region
North Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Hughes Creek #2 Placer Testing - Minerals and Geology
EA
*NEW LISTING*
In Progress:
Notice of Initiation 07/25/2014
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 04/2015
Expected:06/2015
07/2015
Julie Hopkins
208-756-5279
juliehopkins@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal to excavate two test pits, 30' wide x 50' long x 15' deep, to explore lower 5 feet of pits for gold.
Location:
North Fork Sheep Creek Placer
UNIT - North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - T.25N., R.21E., sections 7
and 8, Boise Meridian, Lemhi County, Idaho. Hughes Creek drainage approximately 8 miles north/northwest of the
community of North Fork, Lemhi County, Idaho.
- Minerals and Geology
EA
Developing Proposal
Est. Notice of Initiation 04/2015
Expected:03/2016
07/2016
Julie Hopkins
208-756-5279
juliehopkins@fs.fed.us
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:
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UNIT - North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - T25N, R22E, Sections 11 and
14, Boise Meridian. North Fork of Sheep Creek.
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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:08/2015
Project Contact
11/2015
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
*NEW LISTING*
Developing Proposal
Est. Notice of Initiation 04/2015
Expected:09/2015
10/2015
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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Project Name
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Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R4 - Intermountain Region
Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
East Boulder Placer Exploration - Minerals and Geology
Project
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 03/2015
Expected:06/2015
07/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Glenwood Brittain
208-756-5169
gbrittain@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal to drill 30 exploration auger holes in jurisdictional wetland with less than 1 acre of surface disturbance
near the confluence of East Boulder Creek and West Fork of East Boulder Creek.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46508
Location:
Sanderson Ditch Conversion to
buried Pipeline
Project Contact
UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - T.23N., R.20E., Sections
6 and 7, Boise Prime Meridian, Lemhi County, Idaho. Approximately 17 miles northwest of Salmon, Lemhi County,
Idaho.
- 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:
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.
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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
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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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