Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
10/01/2015 to 12/31/2015
Eldorado 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
Projects Occurring in more than one Region (excluding Nationwide)
Sierra Nevada Forest Plan
Amendment (SNFPA)
- Land management planning
On Hold
N/A
N/A
EIS
Donald Yasuda
916-640-1168
dyasuda@fs.fed.us
Description: Prepare a narrowly focused analysis to comply with two orders issued by the Eastern District Court of California on
November 4, 2009. Correct the 2004 SNFPA Final SEIS to address range of alternatives and analytical
consistency issues.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/snfpa/2010seis
Location:
UNIT - Eldorado National Forest All Units, Lassen National Forest All Units, Modoc National Forest All Units,
Sequoia National Forest All Units, Tahoe National Forest All Units, Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Unit, Carson Ranger
District, Bridgeport Ranger District, Plumas National Forest All Units, Sierra National Forest All Units, Stanislaus
National Forest All Units, Inyo National Forest All Units. STATE - California, Nevada. COUNTY - Alpine,
Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Nevada,
Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yuba, Douglas, Esmeralda, Mineral. LEGAL - Along
the Sierra Nevada Range, from the Oregon/California border south to Lake Isabella as well as lands in western
Nevada. Sierra Nevada National Forests.
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
Eldorado National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
Eldorado National Forest Over
Snow Vehicle Use Designation
- Recreation management
EIS
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
02/27/2015
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 02/2016
Expected:02/2017
10/2017
Micki Smith
209-295-5960
mdsmith@fs.fed.us
Description: Analysis for over snow travel by tracked vehicles and trail grooming
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46034
Location:
10/01/2015 04:24 am MT
UNIT - Eldorado National Forest All Units. STATE - California. COUNTY - Alpine, Amador, El Dorado, Placer.
LEGAL - Not Applicable. Entire forest.
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Eldorado National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
- Special use management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2015
Project Contact
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
Eldorado National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
Re-issue Pacific Gas and
Electric Company Permits
Expected
Implementation
Expected:12/2015
CE
12/2015
Cindy Oswald
530-647-5320
coswald@fs.fed.us
Description: Re-issue easement and permit for existing distribution power lines.
Location:
UNIT - Eldorado National Forest All Units. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador, El Dorado. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. Various location across the forest.
Eldorado National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
Caples Ecological Restoration
Project
CE
*UPDATED*
Jennifer Ebert
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:10/2015
05/2016
530-642-5187
- Vegetation management
Scoping Start 04/06/2015
jebert@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
Description: Prescribed understory burning, aspen enhancement, and meadow restoration within the Caples Creek Watershed.
Location:
Ice House/Cleveland
Plantations Restoration
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Placerville Ranger District, Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador, El Dorado.
LEGAL - Not Applicable. Located wtihin the Caples Creek Watershed, north of Highway 88, in the vicinity of Jake
Schneider Meadow, Government Meadows, Kirkwood Lake, and Caples Lake.
Jennifer Ebert
- Vegetation management
Developing Proposal
Expected:03/2016
04/2016
530-642-5187
(other than forest products)
Est. Scoping Start 11/2015
jebert@fs.fed.us
- Fuels management
Description: Conduct stand density management and fuels reduction activities within plantations through commercial and precommercial thinning.
Location:
10/01/2015 04:24 am MT
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District, Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL Not Applicable. Located within the Cleveland and Ice House Fire Areas, along the Highway 50 corridor between
Pollock Pines and Kyburz, Ice House Road, and Peavine Ridge.
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Eldorado National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Eldorado National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
Iowa Hill / Gerle Meadow Land
Exchange
EA
*UPDATED*
EIS
*UPDATED*
10/01/2015 04:24 am MT
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District, Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL Iowa Hill - T11N R11E Portions of S25; T11N R12E, Portions of S19 & S30 MDM
; Gerle Meadow - T14N R14E, Portions of S35 & S36 MDM. Federal Parcels: on and around Iowa Hill along the
east side of the southern end of Slab Creek Reservoir within the Placerville R.D. Non-federal Parcel: along
Wentworth Springs Rd. approx.. 3 miles west of Loon Lake within the Pacific R.D.
Katy Parr
09/2015
- Forest products
Completed
Actual: 09/02/2015
530-621-5203
- Vegetation management
kparr@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
Description: The project was developed in response to the need to restore portions of the King Fire of 2014 and includes
hazard tree removal, fuel reduction, salvage logging, reforestation, road improvements, watershed improvements,
and research.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45952
Location:
Eldorado National Forest
Project Contact
Duane Nelson
05/2016
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Expected:04/2016
530-647-5301
- Heritage resource
Scoping Start 03/04/2015
dnelson03@fs.fed.us
management
Est. Comment Period Public
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Notice 12/2015
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Watershed management
- Land ownership management
Description: The project proposes a land for land exchange of three contiguous federal parcels managed by the USFS
Eldorado National Forest, totaling 433 acres known as Iowa Hill, for a single non-federal parcel of 325 acres
known as Gerle Meadow.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46455
Location:
King Fire Restoration
Expected
Implementation
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District, Georgetown Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado, Placer.
LEGAL - Not Applicable. Approximately 63,000 acres of National Forest System land north of Highway 50 and
south of the Middle Fork of the American River.
Amador Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
Eldorado National Forest
Project Name
Eldorado National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Amador Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Amador High Country Routes
Project
- Road management
EA
*NEW LISTING*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/15/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 11/2015
Expected:03/2016
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
06/2016
Diana Erickson
530-621-5214
dkerickson@fs.fed.us
Description: Road repairs along the Carson Emigrant National Recreation Trail (17E24), Hungalelti Ridge Trail (16E26), and
the Long Valley Trail (17E28). Change the vehicle use designation on the northern end of the Long Valley Trail at
Mud Lake.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47470
Location:
Bear River Grazing Allotment
Management Plan
UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Alpine, Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Carson Emigrant National Recreation Trail (17E24), Hungalelti Ridge Trail (16E26), and the Long Valley Trail
(17E28).
- Grazing management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 11/2015
Expected:04/2016
05/2016
EA
*UPDATED*
Description: Develop Allotment Management Plan for the Bear River Grazing Allotment that will be incorporated into the term
grazing permit and used to guide management of grazing operations, including issuance of a special use permit for
use of Dufrene cow camp.
Location:
Bob Kirkwood Driveway
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/20/2015
Expected:10/2015
06/2016
Micki Smith
209-295-5960
mdsmith@fs.fed.us
Description: Private driveway construction and special use permit.
Location:
10/01/2015 04:24 am MT
UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Bear
River Allotment is bounded on the north by Highway 88, the south by the Mokelumne River, the west by the Forest
boundary and the east by Cole Creek and upper Bear River Reservoir.
- Road management
CE
*UPDATED*
Kristina Garcia
530-621-5246
kjgarcia@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Alpine. LEGAL - Township 10N, Range 18E,
Section 20. The start of the driveway would be approximately 775 feet from Woods Lake Road, and approximately
225 feet from the intersection of Woods Lake Road and State Route 88.
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Eldorado National Forest
Project Name
Eldorado National Forest
Bud's Alley Widening
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Amador Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 09/23/2015
Expected
Implementation
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
10/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Alpine. LEGAL - T10N R17E Section 35. The
site is on the south side of the Buds Alley Ski Run, within Kirkwood Meadows Ski Resort.
- Recreation management
- Facility management
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
05/28/2015
- Special use management
EA
*UPDATED*
Completed
Actual: 09/23/2015
09/2015
Micki Smith
209-295-5960
mdsmith@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Alpine. LEGAL - T10N; R17E; Section 35.
The project area is located just above the top terminal of Chair 11.
Marc Young
- Forest products
Developing Proposal
Expected:01/2017
10/2017
209-295-5955
- Vegetation management
Est. Scoping Start 01/2016
mdyoung@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
Description: Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable
landscape on approximately 500 acres by commercially and pre-commercially thinning, understory burning, and
reconstructing roads.
Location:
10/01/2015 04:24 am MT
Rebecca Shufelt
209-295-5962
rrshufelt@fs.fed.us
Description: Kirkwood Mountain Resort proposes to grade a slope above a road cut. Grading will reduce the near vertical
existing slope to one which more closely matches the surrounding terrain. No material will be brought to or
removed from the project site.
Location:
Cole Forest Health Project
05/2016
UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Located
on the east side of Silver Lake.
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected:02/2016
Description: Convert Camp Silverado Boy Scout Facility into rentable group campsites.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45446
Location:
Chair 11 Slope Stabilization
Micki Smith
209-295-5960
mdsmith@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposed project involves the removal of a large rock and approximately 30 trees (a mix of young red fir,
lodgepole, and western white pine) which will widen the Bud's Alley ski run to improve skier safety.
Location:
Camp Silverado Developed
Recreation Site
Project Contact
UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. South of
Highway 88 and Bear River Reservoir.
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Eldorado National Forest
Project Name
Eldorado National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Amador Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Deer Valley 4WD Meadow
Restoration and Blue Lake
Road Maintenance
- Road management
EA
Description: Improve and maintain Deer Valley Trail (19E01) and Blue Lakes road (9N01).
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45439
*UPDATED*
Location:
Foster Firs Forest Health
Project
EA
*UPDATED*
Expected:01/2016
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
07/2016
UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Alpine. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Along Blue
Lakes road (9N01) between Meadow Lake and Lower Blue Lake and along Deer Valley 4WD trail (19E01).
UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. North of
Highway 88 and west of Mormon Emigrant Trail road.
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 09/23/2015
09/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Alpine. LEGAL - T10N R17E Section 35.
Within Kirkwood Mountain Ski Resort near the top of lift chair #3.
- Special use management
Completed
CE
*UPDATED*
Actual: 09/23/2015
09/2015
Micki Smith
209-295-5960
mdsmith@fs.fed.us
Description: Kirkwood Mountain Ski Resort proposes installation of a stationary anchor (a "deadman") that can be used to
slowly and safely maneuver a groomer downhill via a winch line. The deadman would also be a base for a new
Emigrant Trail interpretive sign.
Location:
10/01/2015 04:24 am MT
Micki Smith
209-295-5960
mdsmith@fs.fed.us
Description: Kirkwood Ski Resort proposed the installation of one 'live' (electronic) and two 'gantry' (directional) signs (three
new signs total) near the top of Chair #3.
Location:
Happiness Is Installation
Matt Brown
530-642-5110
mrbrown@fs.fed.us
Marc Young
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:12/2015
03/2016
209-295-5955
- Vegetation management
mdyoung@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
Description: Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable
landscape on approximately 1,000 acres by commercially and precommercially thinning, understory burning, and
reconstructing roads.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41240
Location:
Gantry and Live Sign
Installation
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
08/14/2015
Project Contact
UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Alpine. LEGAL - T10N, R17E, Section 35.
Within Kirkwood Mountain Ski Resort, on the "Happiness Is" Ski Run.
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Eldorado National Forest
Project Name
Eldorado National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Amador Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Panther Forest Health Project
EA
*UPDATED*
EIS
Project Contact
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
Marc Young
- Forest products
Developing Proposal
Expected:11/2016
10/2017
209-295-5955
- Vegetation management
Est. Scoping Start 11/2015
mdyoung@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
Description: Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable
landscape on approximately 500 acres by commercially and pre-commercially thinning, understory burning, and
reconstructing roads.
Location:
Power Fire Reforestation
Expected
Implementation
UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. South of
Highway 88 in the vicinity of Panther Ridge.
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
04/30/2014
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 12/2015
Expected:06/2016
07/2016
Robert Carroll
530-647-5386
rlcarroll@fs.fed.us
Description: The project includes planting and release of seedlings. Portions of the area may require site prep before planting,
including hand cutting, mechanical site prep, and herbicides.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=14704
Location:
Scotiago Forest Health Project
EA
Marc Young
- Forest products
Developing Proposal
Expected:06/2017
10/2017
209-295-5955
- Vegetation management
Est. Scoping Start 03/2016
mdyoung@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
Description: Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable
landscape on approximately 1,000 acres by commercially and precommercially thinning, understory burning, and
reconstructing roads.
Location:
10/01/2015 04:24 am MT
UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. South of
CA 88 between Ham's Station & Lumberyard, down to the North Fork Mokelumne River, approx 40 miles east of
Jackson, CA.
UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Bewteen
Highway 88 and Omo Ranch road to the western forest boundary.
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Eldorado National Forest
Project Name
Eldorado National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Amador Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Volcano Telephone Company
- Special use management
Special Use Permit Amendment
Completed
Actual: 05/19/2015
Expected
Implementation
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
05/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
Canyon Creek Trail
Development
Rebecca Shufelt
209-295-5962
rrshufelt@fs.fed.us
Description: Amend the Volcano Telephone Special Use Permit to include a radio repeater on Kirkwood Ski Resort's Chair 10
and a Wi-Fi Hotspot at Carson Pass Visitor Center.
Location:
Eldorado National Forest
Project Contact
UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador, El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Kirkwood Ski Resort and Carson Pass Visitor Center.
Georgetown Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
- Watershed management
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/07/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 10/2015
Expected:02/2016
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
05/2016
Jonathan Jue
530-333-5550
jjue@fs.fed.us
Description: Construction of 11 trail reroutes to replace steep and poorly designed or located trails, provide dry crossings of
streams, create a bypass around the Bald Mountain Staging Area, and provide trail riding opportunity to replace
riding on a road.
Location:
East Rock Creek Trail
Development Project
UNIT - Georgetown Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Various trail segments in the Rock Creek Trail System.
- Recreation management
- Watershed management
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/14/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 12/2015
Expected:06/2016
08/2016
Jonathan Jue
530-333-5550
jjue@fs.fed.us
Description: Construction of 3 trails to replace a steep and poorly designed trail and to provide new trail riding opportunities.
This project will construct an estimated 6 miles of trail and includes the closure and restoration of the trail being
replaced.
Location:
10/01/2015 04:24 am MT
UNIT - Georgetown Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Located in the vicinity of Ballarat Canyon and Slate Mountain on the Rock Creek Trail System.
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Eldorado National Forest
Project Name
Eldorado National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Georgetown Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
Claudia Funari
530-333-5560
cfunari@fs.fed.us
Eldorado National Forest
Abandoned Mine Hazard
Reduction
- Minerals and Geology
EA
Description: Close 12 shafts and 25 adits from entry to reduce the health and safety threat to the general public, wildland
firefighters, forest employees, and wildlife.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40348
Location:
Tobacco Gulch Fuels
Reduction and Forest Health
Project
EA
UNIT - Georgetown Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Located near Darling Ridge, Mace Mill, and Traverse Creek on the Georgetown Ranger District.
- Road management
Completed
CE
Actual: 05/08/2015
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
05/2015
Charis Parker
530-647-5430
cparker@fs.fed.us
Description: Issue a Road Use Permit to Placer County Water Agency for Communication Site access. Includes approximately
100 feet of new road construction on NFS lands and installation of a gate.
Location:
10/01/2015 04:24 am MT
09/2014
UNIT - Georgetown Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. Locations are scattered
throughout the western portion of the Georgetown Ranger District, approximately 15 to 20 different sites.
Pacific Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Bunker Hill Road Use Permit
*UPDATED*
Expected:08/2014
Dana Walsh
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:01/2016
01/2016
530-333-5558
- Vegetation management
Comment Period Public Notice
danawalsh@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
10/17/2012
- Fuels management
Description: Commercial thinning, biomass removal, tractor piling and mastication on approximately 1,200 acres of forest lands
generally within the WUI or planned SPLATS. Treatment of noxious weeds would be aimed at containing and
controling.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=28683
Location:
Eldorado National Forest
In Progress:
215 Comment Period Legal
Notice 04/15/2013
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado, Placer. LEGAL - T14N, R14E,
Sections 22, 23, 26, 27, 33, 34, and 35. NFS Roads 17N12, 14N07, 14N27, and 14N06 accessing Bunker Hill from
Ice House Road.
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Eldorado National Forest
Project Name
Eldorado National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Pacific Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
John Don't Forest Health/Fuels
Reduction Project
EA
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. El Dorado
County, Pacific RD, Crystal Basin Recreation Area near Wright's Lake.
- Recreation management
- Watershed management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/06/2015
Expected:10/2015
10/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - T11N, R17E, Section 4.
Ralston Peak Trail intersection with Ralston Trail (17E41).
- Special use management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2015
Expected:12/2015
05/2016
CE
*NEW LISTING*
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Forest
route 14N39 located near Sourdough Hill.
- Watershed management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected:01/2016
06/2016
Charis Parker
530-647-5430
cparker@fs.fed.us
Description: Improve hydrologic function in several meadows in the Van Vleck area. Proposed activities include recontouring
old berms and roadbeds, reconstructing roads and trails, removing culverts, and removing lodgepole pine trees.
Location:
10/01/2015 04:24 am MT
Rebecca Shufelt
530-647-5432
rrshufelt@fs.fed.us
Description: Authorize SMUD to construct a reroute of an existing route to access a communications site; needed to eliminate
the existing steep grade. The reroute would construct a new section of road approximately 1,950 feet long and 50
feet wide.
Location:
Van Vleck Meadow Restoration
Project
Jon Erickson
530-647-5439
jonerickson@fs.fed.us
Description: Reconstruct a segment of Ralston Peak trail to reduce meadow impacts. Restore an old section of trail within the
meadow.
Location:
SMUD Communication Site
Access Road Re-route
Project Contact
Dana Walsh
- Vegetation management
In Progress:
Expected:02/2016
02/2016
530-333-5558
(other than forest products)
Notice of Initiation 05/12/2014
danawalsh@fs.fed.us
- Fuels management
Est. Comment Period Public
- Watershed management
Notice 10/2015
Description: Vegetation removal through timber harvest, hand thinning and burning, mastication, piling and prescribed burning,
meadow and aspen enhancement, stream improvement, and road improvement.
Location:
Ralston Peak Trail
Reconstruction
Expected
Implementation
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Van Vleck
area - including Van Vleck, Calf Pasture and Fillipini Meadows.
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Eldorado National Forest
Project Name
Eldorado National Forest
Project Purpose
Big Dog Fuels Reduction
Project
EA
EA
Project Contact
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
10/2015
Rebecca Shufelt
530-647-5432
rrshufelt@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Forest
route 12N30JE.
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
Robert Broderick
- Vegetation management
On Hold
N/A
N/A
209-295-5922
(other than forest products)
rbroderick@fs.fed.us
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
Description: The project involves forest thinning and fuels reduction activities on approximately 1,000 acres. Commercial and
pre-commercial thinning with follow-up prescribed burning in plantations and mixed conifer stands to improve
forest health.
UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
planning area is located east of Grizzly Flat, CA.
Robert Broderick
- Forest products
On Hold
N/A
N/A
209-295-5922
- Vegetation management
rbroderick@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
Description: Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable
landscape on approximately 3,000 acres by commercially and pre-commercially thinning, understory burning, and
reconstructing roads.
Location:
10/01/2015 04:24 am MT
Expected:09/2015
Placerville Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Location:
Brown Rock Forest Health
Project
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/24/2015
Expected
Implementation
Description: Issue a special use permit to William and Elizabeth Wright for road use. The special use permit will authorize the
use of a closed route on NFS lands to access private property on a NFS road (12N30JE) for a 5-year term.
Location:
Eldorado National Forest
Decision
Pacific Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Wright Road Special Use Permit - Special use management
- Road management
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Planning Status
UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. North
and south of Mormon Emigrant Trail road.
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Eldorado National Forest
Project Name
Eldorado National Forest
Project Purpose
EA
*UPDATED*
Elkins Flat Restoration Project
- Recreation management
Expected:12/2015
05/2016
Josh Sjostrom
530-647-5356
jsjostrom@fs.fed.us
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2015
Expected:03/2016
05/2016
Josh Sjostrom
530-647-5356
jsjostrom@fs.fed.us
Description: Reroute 3 segments of the Elkins Flat Trail System, including Trail 14E25, Trail 14E28, and Trail 14E26.
Location:
General Sherman Forest Health
Project
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
08/10/2015
UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
project is located immediately adjacent to the Elkins Flat Staging Area.
- Recreation management
CE
*UPDATED*
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
Description: Restoration of approximately 9 acres within the Elkins Flat Staging Area - Installation of parking control features
and interpretive signage.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47310
Location:
Elkins Flat Trail Reroutes
Project Contact
UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Cody
Meadow is located approximately 32 miles east of Placerville and 3.5 miles south of Highway 50.
EA
*UPDATED*
Expected
Implementation
Steven Markman
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:04/2016
07/2016
530-647-5379
- Vegetation management
Scoping Start 07/28/2014
sgmarkman@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Est. Comment Period Public
- Watershed management
Notice 12/2015
Description: Rehabilitation and/or removal of 2.6 miles of roads and skid trails surrounding Cody Meadow, contruction of a small
scale plug and pond, planting of riparian vegetation in the meadow, and rerouting of road access to the outside
edge of the meadow.
Location:
UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
project will occur within the Elkins Flat Trail System.
Robert Broderick
- Forest products
Developing Proposal
Expected:05/2017
06/2017
209-295-5922
- Vegetation management
Est. Scoping Start 06/2016
rbroderick@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
Description: Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable
landscape on approximately 3,000 acres by commercially and pre-commercially thinning, understory burning, and
reconstructing roads.
Location:
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Decision
Placerville Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Cody Meadow Restoration
EA
Planning Status
UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Located between Mormon Emigrant Trail road and Silver Fork road.
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Eldorado National Forest
Project Name
Eldorado National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Placerville Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Neilsen Grazing Allotment
Management Plan
- Grazing management
Completed
Actual: 09/09/2015
Expected
Implementation
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
04/2016
EA
*UPDATED*
CE
*UPDATED*
Kristina Garcia
530-621-5246
kjgarcia@fs.fed.us
Description: Develop Allotment Management Plan for the Neilsen (Morrison) Allotment that will be incorporated into the term
grazing permit and used to guide management of grazing operations.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40910
Location:
Pilliken Plantation Restoration
Project
Project Contact
UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
Neilsen Allotment is bounded on the north by Highway 50, the east by Silver Fork Road, and the west by Plum
Creek and Mormon Emigrant Trail.
Robert Broderick
- Vegetation management
Developing Proposal
Expected:01/2016
03/2016
209-295-5922
(other than forest products)
Est. Scoping Start 10/2015
rbroderick@fs.fed.us
- Fuels management
Description: Conduct stand density managment and fuels reduction activities on approx. 3,000 acres of 35 to 40 year old Jeffry
pine plantations using commercial and pre-commercial thinning. About 15 miles of road reconstruction is
proposed.
Location:
UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Vicinity
of Alder Lookout, south of Highway 50 and Kyburz.
Josh Sjostrom
530-647-5356
jsjostrom@fs.fed.us
Placerville District Outfitter and
Guide Permits Reauthorization
- Special use management
CE
Description: Reauthorize 6 outfitting and guiding permits that include rock climbing at Lovers Leap, Sugarloaf, Phantom Spires,
and Cody Lake. Reauthorize 1 outfitting and guiding permit for guided canoe/kayak trips at Slab Creek Reservoir
and Loon Lake.
*NEW LISTING*
Location:
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 11/2015
Expected:04/2016
04/2016
UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Lover's
Leap, Sugar Loaf, Phantom Spires, Cody Lake, Slab Creek Reservoir, and Loon Lake.
Catherine Bounds
530-647-5304
cbounds@fs.fed.us
Placerville Ranger District
Recreation Residence Permit
Issuance
- Special use management
CE
Description: Re-issue existing special use permits for the Placerville Ranger District Recreation Residence Tract Associations
for another 10 years.
Location:
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Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 12/2014
Expected:02/2015
02/2015
UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Recreation Residences on Placerville Ranger District along Highway 50.
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Eldorado National Forest
Project Name
Eldorado National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Placerville Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Sierra Pines Camp Maintenance - Special use management
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/16/2010
Expected:10/2015
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
10/2015
Josh Sjostrom
530-647-5356
jsjostrom@fs.fed.us
Description: Upgrade camp facilities including implementing erosion control measures, complying with ADA accessability of
facilities, and reducing the risk of wildfire.
Location:
Straw Saddle Fuels Reduction
Project
EA
Robert Broderick
- Forest products
On Hold
N/A
N/A
209-295-5922
- Vegetation management
rbroderick@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
Description: The project includes commercial and pre-commercial thinning and prescribed burning on approximately 2,000
acres to improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable landscape.
Location:
Trestle Forest Health Project
EIS
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
project is located in the vicinity of Packsaddle Pass and Cody Lake.
Jennifer Ebert
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:04/2016
05/2016
530-642-5187
- Vegetation management
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
jebert@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
07/17/2015
- Fuels management
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
- Watershed management
Register 12/2015
Description: The project would involve forest thinning and fuels reduction activities on approximately 4,000 acres to improve
forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable landscape condition.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=28654
Location:
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UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Sierra
Pines Camp, Placerville Ranger District.
UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
project is located east of Grizzly Flat, CA.
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Eldorado National Forest
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
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To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA
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.
10/01/2015 04:24 am MT
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Eldorado National Forest