Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
04/01/2016 to 06/30/2016
Olympic 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
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Regionwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Region)
Aquatic Invasive Species order
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Completed
Actual: 03/28/2016
03/2016
EA
*UPDATED*
Description: The purpose of this order is to prevent the spread or introduction of aquatic invasive plant or animal species on all
Forests in R6. Public involvement is targeted for the Umatilla, Willamette, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, Gifford Pinchot,
and Colville NFs.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47350
Location:
UNIT - R6 - Pacific Northwest Region All Units. STATE - Oregon, Washington. COUNTY - Adams, Asotin,
Benton, Chelan, Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Grays Harbor, Island,
Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pend Oreille, Pierce, San
Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman,
Yakima, Baker, Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Crook, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Gilliam, Grant,
Harney, Hood River, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Malheur, Marion, Morrow,
Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco, Washington, Wheeler, Yamhill. LEGAL
- Not Applicable. Order will apply to all Forests in Region 6, however targeted scoping is with the Umatilla, Gifford
Pinchot, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, Willamette and Colville NFs public scoping lists.
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
Olympic National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
Invasive Plant Program
Management Amendment
- Land management planning
In Progress:
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected:05/2016
05/2016
Gregory Wahl
360-956-2375
gtwahl@fs.fed.us
Description: To add the herbicide aminopyralid to the list of approved ones in the Forest Plan. This amendment is a relatively
minor modification to the invasive plant program. It would not approve any projects on the ground. Project-level
analysis is required.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46482
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
James Capurso
208-557-5780
jcapurso@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Olympic National Forest All Units. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson.
LEGAL - Not Applicable. Forest-wide.
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Olympic National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Gregory Wahl
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:04/2016
06/2016
360-956-2375
- Vegetation management
Scoping Start 02/25/2016
gtwahl@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Description: Precommercially thin up to 1,000 acres per year of 17 to 39 year-old trees during the next five years (FY20162020). Stands will be thinned generally to spacings of 12 to 20 feet (300 to 100 trees per acre, respectively).
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48827
Location:
Precommercial Thinning (PCT)
Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2020
CE
*NEW LISTING*
CE
*NEW LISTING*
UNIT - Olympic National Forest All Units. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson,
Mason. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Low to mid elevation openings located throughout the Forest.
Gregory Wahl
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:05/2016
06/2016
360-956-2375
- Vegetation management
Scoping Start 02/01/2016
gtwahl@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Description: Precommercially thin up to 800 acres per year of 17 to 39 year-old trees during the next five years (Fiscal Years
2016-2020). Stands will be thinned generally to spacings of 12 to 20 feet (300 to 100 trees per acre, respectively).
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48945
Location:
Special Use Permit
Reissuances
UNIT - Olympic National Forest All Units. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson,
Mason. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Low to mid elevation openings located throughout the Forest.
Gregory Wahl
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:04/2016
06/2016
360-956-2375
- Vegetation management
Scoping Start 02/01/2016
gtwahl@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Description: Precommercially thin up to 800 acres per year of 17 to 39 year-old trees during the next five years (FY20162020). Stands will be thinned generally to spacings of 12 to 20 feet (300 to 100 trees per acre, respectively).
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48828
Location:
Precommercial Thinning (PCT)
Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2020
UNIT - Olympic National Forest All Units. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson,
Mason. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Forest-wide.
- Special use management
Completed
CE
*UPDATED*
Actual: 01/28/2016
01/2016
Joel Nowak
360-956-2266
joelnowak@fs.fed.us
Description: Reissue 10 expiring or expired Special Use Permits. The permits include waterlines, private road use, seismic
research stations, and a patrol cabin. No changes or new ground disturbance are proposed.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47596
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
Olympic National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
Precommercial Thinning (PCT)
Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2020
Expected
Implementation
UNIT - Olympic National Forest All Units. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson,
Mason. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Forest-wide.
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Olympic National Forest
Project Name
Olympic National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Hood Canal Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Dosewallips Road Washout
- Road management
On Hold
N/A
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
N/A
EIS
Gregory Wahl
360-956-2375
gtwahl@fs.fed.us
Description: Forest Service Road 2610 washed out during the January 2002 storm event. Environmental analysis will be
conducted to determine access to Olympic National Park and Forest Service campgrounds.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=7483
Location:
Dungeness Large Wood
Enhancement Project
UNIT - Hood Canal Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - T26N, R3W, Sec
16, Willamette Meridian. Dosewallips.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
01/29/2016
Expected:08/2016
09/2016
Robert Metzger
360-956-2293
rpmetzger@fs.fed.us
Description: Partner with the Jamestown Sklallam tribe to construct 15 large wood jams and stabilize 3 naturally occurring wood
jams in the Grey Wolf and Dungeness Rivers.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43811
Location:
UNIT - Hood Canal Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam. LEGAL - T29N, R03W, Sec
19, 30 and 31; T29N, R04W, Sec 24, 27, and 36, Willamette Meridian. Grey Wolf River Miles 0.4-2.0 and
Dungeness Rivers River Miles 13.4-14.2.
Bill Shelmerdine
360-956-2282
bshelmerdine@fs.fed.us
Emergency Relief for Federally
Owned Roads (ERFO), FY16,
Hood Canal Ranger District
- Road management
CE
Description: Road maintenance within the right-of-way prism for FS-2610 (crossing at Case Creek), FS-2620 (repair culvert &
washout), and FS-2650 (pipe replacement)
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48825
*NEW LISTING*
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/25/2016
Expected:05/2016
07/2016
UNIT - Hood Canal Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Road maintenance within the right-of-way prism for FS-2610 (crossing at Case Creek), FS-2620 (repair culvert
& washout), and FS-2650 (pipe replacement).
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Olympic National Forest
Project Name
Olympic National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Hood Canal Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Lower Skokomish Vegetation
Management Project
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Forest products
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
12/07/2015
Expected:07/2016
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
08/2016
Kimberly Crider
360-956-2376
kcrider@fs.fed.us
Description: Conduct vegetation management (timber harvest) and restoration treatments on about 4,500 acres to improve and
restore late successional forest habitat conditions for wildlife and watershed health and to contribute to local
economies.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43401
*UPDATED*
Location:
UNIT - Hood Canal Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Mason. LEGAL - T22N, R05W, Sec 114, 16-22, 24, 26, 28-30, 31-34, 36; T22N, R06W, 13, 23, 22; T23N, R04W, Sec 7-9, Willamette Meridian.
Lower North Fork and Lower South Fork Skokomish River watersheds.
Joel Nowak
360-956-2266
joelnowak@fs.fed.us
Rocky Brook Hydroelectric
Facilities Special Use Permit
Reissuance
- Special use management
CE
Description: Reissue Special Use Permit for the Rocky Brook Hydroelectric facilities located on National Forest System lands.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46484
*UPDATED*
Location:
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/18/2015
Expected:04/2016
04/2016
UNIT - Quilcene Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - T26N, R2W, Sec 21,
Willamette Meridian. Approximately 4 miles NW of Brinnon, WA.
Martha Krueger
360-288-0278
mfkrueger@fs.fed.us
Washington State Fish &
Wildlife Patrol Cabin Permit
Renewal
- Special use management
CE
Description: Reissue 10-year Special Use Permit to Washington Fish and Wildlife for their patrol cabin. Used for enforcement
patrols. Permit area covers about 1 acre, cabin is about 700 sq ft.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=31231
*UPDATED*
Location:
Olympic National Forest
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
Completed
Actual: 01/28/2016
07/2016
UNIT - Hood Canal Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Grays Harbor. LEGAL - T22N, R07W,
Sec 27, Willamette Meridian. Located on FSR 2300 approximately 1 mile East of Lake Wynoochee.
Pacific Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
Olympic National Forest
Project Name
Olympic National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Pacific Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
29-554 Rayonier Tailhold
Permit
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 03/17/2016
Expected
Implementation
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
07/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
Molly Erickson
360-374-1233
mjerickson@fs.fed.us
Description: Authorize five tailhold trees or stumps. No tree removal.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45720
Location:
Calawah OHV Project
Project Contact
UNIT - Soleduck Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam. LEGAL - T29N, R12W, Sec 26,
Willamette Meridian. Located in the Calawah River watershed.
- Recreation management
EA
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/01/2012
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 08/2016
Expected:02/2017
02/2017
Kimberly Crider
360-956-2376
kcrider@fs.fed.us
Description: Develop Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) trail system and staging area in the Bonidu area within the North Fork
Calawah watershed. The proposal would provide about 21.1 miles of interlinking trails.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38717
Location:
Dedmore Private Road
Reissuance
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District South. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam. LEGAL - T29N, R10W, Sec 6
and 7; T29N, R11W, Sec 1, 2, 11 and 12; and T30N, R11W, Sec 35, Willamette Meridian. Bonidu area accessed
by Forest Service Roads 2929 and 2900700.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/10/2014
Expected:07/2016
08/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
Description: Reissue 20-year Special Use Permit for 500 feet of private road.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45983
Location:
Dedmore Waterline Reissuance
Molly Erickson
360-374-1233
mjerickson@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Soleduck Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam. LEGAL - T30N, R7W, Sec 33,
Willamette Meridian. Located in the Elwha River watershed.
- Special use management
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/10/2014
Expected:02/2016
03/2016
Molly Erickson
360-374-1233
mjerickson@fs.fed.us
Description: Reissue 20-year Special Use Permit for a waterline (1000 ft. of 1 1/2 in. pipe) and associated improvements.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45959
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
UNIT - Soleduck Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam. LEGAL - T30N, R7W, Sec 33,
Willamette Meridian. Elwha River watershed.
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Olympic National Forest
Project Name
Olympic National Forest
Project Purpose
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Grays Harbor Public Utilities
District Neilton Point
Maintenance Special Use
Permit Modification
CE
*UPDATED*
- Road management
H to Z Thinning
Location:
- Special use management
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
08/2016
Bill Shelmerdine
360-956-2282
bshelmerdine@fs.fed.us
On Hold
N/A
N/A
Molly Erickson
360-374-1233
mjerickson@fs.fed.us
Description: Modify Grays Harbor County Public Utilities District existing Special Use Permit to remove or top up to six trees
that are interfering with transmission from the Neilton Point electronic site.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45985
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District South. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Grays Harbor. LEGAL - T22N, R9W,
Sec 18, Willamette Meridian. Located at Neilton Point communications site, in the Humptulips River watershed.
- Forest products
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/30/2015
Expected:06/2016
07/2016
Michael Hutchins
828-682-6146
mnhutchins@fs.fed.us
Description: Commercially variable density thin (thinning, heavy thinning, gaps up to two acres in size, and skips) up to 70
harvest acres, through a timber sale and/or stewardship contract (uneven-aged harvesting).
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47637
Location:
Hendricksen Waterline Reissue
Expected:05/2016
Project Contact
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District South. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Grays Harbor. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. Road maintenance within the right-of-way prism at Newberry Creek.
CE
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/25/2016
Expected
Implementation
Description: Road maintenance within the right-of-way prism at Newberry Creek
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48824
Location:
UNIT - Soleduck Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam. LEGAL - T30N, R11W, Sec 32
and 33. The project is located on the Pacific Ranger District of the Olympic National Forest, Clallam County,
Washington. The proposed project is within the Olympic Adaptive Management Area (AMA).
- Special use management
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/01/2014
Expected:06/2016
07/2016
Molly Erickson
360-374-1233
mjerickson@fs.fed.us
Description: Reissue waterline Special Use Permit that has been in use since the 1930's. No changes to the existing footprint
are proposed.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44231
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
Decision
Pacific Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Emergency Relief for Federally
Owned Roads (ERFO), Fiscal
Year 2016, Pacific Ranger
District
*UPDATED*
Planning Status
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District South. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam. LEGAL - T30N, R10W, Sec
20, Willamette Meridian. Sol Duc watershed .
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Olympic National Forest
Project Name
Olympic National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Pacific Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Humptulips Thinning
- Forest products
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected:06/2016
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
07/2016
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 03/17/2016
08/2016
UNIT - Soleduck Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam. LEGAL - T30N, R10W, Sec 35,
Willamette Meridian. South of FS Road 2929 on Kugel Ridge.
- Special use management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 03/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected:11/2016
12/2016
Joel Nowak
435-636-3364
joelnowak@fs.fed.us
Description: Reissue 20-year Special Use Permit to Rain Forest Resort, Inc. for operation and maintenance of the Lake
Quinault Chevron gas station and garage.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46536
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
Molly Erickson
360-374-1233
mjerickson@fs.fed.us
Description: Authorize Interfor to tie onto five trees or stumps on Kugel Ridge (off of FS Road 2929) adjacent to Kugel Den
Timber Sale on DNR land. The selected trees would be left on site and standing.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41866
Location:
Lake Quinault Chevron Permit
Reissuance
Michael Hutchins
828-682-6146
mnhutchins@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District South. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Grays Harbor. LEGAL - T16N, R13W,
Sec 2. Located on the Pacific Ranger District of the Olympic National Forest, Grays Harbor County, Washington.
The proposed project is within the Olympic Adaptive Management Area (AMA).
CE
*UPDATED*
Project Contact
Description: Commercially variable density thin (thinning, heavy thinning, gaps up to two acres in size, and skips) up to 70
harvest acres, to be achieved through a timber sale/stewardship contract (uneven-aged harvesting).
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47638
Location:
Interfor Tailhold Authorization
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/30/2015
Expected
Implementation
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District South. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Grays Harbor. LEGAL - T23N, R9W,
Sect 20. Lot 154A and the northwest portion of Lot 153A of the Lake Quinault Recreation Residence Tract. The
Lake Quinault Chevron is located at 332 South Shore Road on the south shore of Lake Quinault.
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Olympic National Forest
Project Name
Olympic National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Pacific Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
North Fork Calawah Vegetation
Management Project
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Forest products
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/25/2016
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 06/2016
Expected:10/2016
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
04/2017
Kimberly Crider
360-956-2376
kcrider@fs.fed.us
Description: Conduct vegetation management (timber harvest) and restoration treatments on 4,000 acres to accelerate
development of late-successional forest habitat conditions for wildlife and watershed health, and to contribute to
local economies.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47182
Location:
Norwood
UNIT - Soleduck Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam. LEGAL - T29N, R12W, Sec 1-9,
13-17, 20, 21; T29N, R11W, Sec 1-15, 19, 22, 29, 30; T30N, R11W, Sec 31-35; T29N, R10W, Sec 7, 17-19,
Willamette Meridian. Project is located about 6 miles NE of the town of Forks, WA in North Fork Calawah,
Bockman Creek-Sol Duc, and Beaver Creek-Sol Duc, Kugel Creek-Sol Duc, and Gunderson Creek-Sol Duc
River watersheds.
- Facility management
CE
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/01/2015
Expected:05/2016
06/2016
Roland Watson
360-956-2317
rjwatson@fs.fed.us
Description: Dispose, either through off-site removal or demolition/salvage sale, two houses on site. No ground disturbance;
above ground removal of structures only.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48418
Location:
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District South. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Grays Harbor. LEGAL - T23N, R9W,
SE/SW Sec 10. Located in the Norwood Storage and Residential Site.
Gregory Wahl
360-956-2375
gtwahl@fs.fed.us
Pacific Northwest Electronic
Warfare Range Environmental
Assessment
- Special use management
EA
Description: Navy is proposing training electronic warfare range consisting of the movement and operation of mobile emitters.
This EA is tiered from previous EIS. Several sites are on Forest Service Roads. Navy documents at:
http://go.usa.gov/36s35
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42759
*UPDATED*
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
08/11/2014
Expected:10/2016
11/2016
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District South, Soleduck Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam,
Grays Harbor, Jefferson. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Several mobile sites on Forest Service Roads on the west side
(Pacific Ranger District) of the Forest in Clallam, Jefferson, and Grays Harbor Countys.
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Olympic National Forest
Project Name
Olympic National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Pacific Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Quinault Indian Nation "Inclined - Special use management
Tailhold" Authorization
Completed
Actual: 03/17/2016
Expected
Implementation
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
08/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
Project Contact
Molly Erickson
360-374-1233
mjerickson@fs.fed.us
Description: Authorize Quinault Indian Nation to use tailholds located on National Forest System land.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45721
Location:
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District South. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Grays Harbor. LEGAL - T24N, R10W,
Sec 35, Willamette Meridian. Located about 4 miles north of Lake Quinault in the Queets River watershed.
Quinault National Recreation
- Recreation management
Trail Repair and Reconstruction
In Progress:
Scoping Start 01/01/2009
Expected:03/2016
04/2016
CE
Molly Erickson
360-374-1233
mjerickson@fs.fed.us
Description: Repair and reconstruct approximately 6.2 miles of trail, including some tread relocation and minor reconstruction,
replacement of gravel surfacing, and drainage structure repair.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=27469
Location:
Rayonier Fahnestock Access
- Special use management
CE
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/03/2014
Expected:05/2016
06/2016
Joel Nowak
360-765-2251
joelnowak@fs.fed.us
Description: Permit Rayonier to reconstruct approximately 400 ft of road and construct another 800 ft to access private timber
land. Total right-of-way length would be 1292 ft by 60 ft in width. Total acreage would be 1.7 acres.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44932
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District South. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Grays Harbor. LEGAL - T23N, R9W,
Sec 21, 29, 30, 32, Willamette Meridian. The Quinault Recreation Trail (Tr) System is adjacent to the South Shore
of Lake Quinault. Affected tr: Lodge Tr #850, Quinault Loop Tr #854; Quinault Rain Forest Tr. #855& Gatton Creek
Tr. #88.
UNIT - Soleduck Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam. LEGAL - T29N, R12W,
Willamette Meridian. Approximately 8 miles NE of Forks, WA.
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Olympic National Forest
Project Name
Olympic National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Pacific Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Rayonier tailhold requests
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 03/17/2016
Expected
Implementation
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
07/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
Molly Erickson
360-374-1233
mjerickson@fs.fed.us
Description: Authorize Rayonier to use National Forest tail holds (total of 11 tailholds) to safely achieve logging system
suspension. No trees will be cut and there will be no ground disturbance on National Forest System land.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46675
Location:
Schoemake Waterline Permit
Reissue
Project Contact
UNIT - Soleduck Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam. LEGAL - T29N, R12W, Sec 21
and T29N, R12W, Sec 32.
. Calawah Drainage area.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/30/2014
Expected:04/2016
05/2016
CE
Molly Erickson
360-374-1233
mjerickson@fs.fed.us
Description: Reissue waterline Special Use Permit, in use since the 1930's. No changes to the existing footprint.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44232
Location:
Washington State Department
of Fish and Wildlife Boat
Launch Special Use Permit
Reissuance
CE
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/10/2014
Expected:05/2016
06/2016
Molly Erickson
360-374-1233
mjerickson@fs.fed.us
Description: Reissue a 30-year term Special Use Permit for the use and associated maintenance of a boat launch on the Hoh
River.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45984
Location:
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UNIT - Pacific Ranger District South. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Clallam. LEGAL - T30N, R10W, Sec
19, Willamette Meridian.
. Located in the Calawah watershed. .
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District South. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - T27N, R11W, Sec
28, Willamette Meridian. Located on the Hoh River off of Lower Hoh River Road. Hoh River watershed.
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Project Name
Olympic National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Pacific Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
West Fork Humptulips River
Trail Construction
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 01/01/2011
CE
*UPDATED*
Decision
Expected:06/2016
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
07/2016
David Hammer
435-781-5283
davidchammer@fs.fed.
us
Description: Convert about 2.5 miles of decommissioned road to trail status and construct two ½ mile trail segments to create a
6-mile loop trail.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=33059
Location:
UNIT - Pacific Ranger District South. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Grays Harbor. LEGAL - T22N, R08W,
Sec 6; T23N, R08W, Sec 29, 31, and 32, Willamette Meridian. Approx. 6 miles NE of Quinault, WA. The roads-totrail segment would be from MP 0.0-MP 2.5 on the Forest Service Road 2208-043. New trail would connect
Forest Service Roads 2208-043 and 2208-040 .
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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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