Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
10/01/2014 to 12/31/2014
National Forests In Florida
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
R8 - Southern Region
National Forests In Florida, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
2013 Closure Order
Authorization
- Regulations, Directives,
Orders
Completed
Project Contact
Actual: 02/10/2014
03/2014
EA
Matthew Trager
850-523-8582
mdtrager@fs.fed.us
Description: The National Forests in Florida proposes to reauthorize closure orders issued for short-term protection
ofresources or human health and safety.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43248
Location:
UNIT - National Forests In Florida All Units. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Columbia, Franklin, Lake, Leon,
Liberty, Marion, Putnam, Wakulla, Baker. LEGAL - Not Applicable. All units of the National Forests in Florida
(Apalachicola, Ocala and Osceola National Forests).
Guy Duffner
850-523-8575
glduffner@fs.fed.us
Florida National Scenic Trail
Routing and Bridge
Construction
- Recreation management
CE
Description: The Forest Service proposes to reroute two sections of trail totalling approximately ten miles and rebuild one
bridge.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40399
Location:
Forest Plan Amendment to
Accelerate Ecological
Restoration (Amendment 12)
EA
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/07/2012
02/2013
UNIT - National Forests In Florida All Units. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Hamilton, Walton. Along the Florida
National Scenic Trail in Walton and Hamilton Counties.
Matthew Trager
N/A
- Land management planning
On Hold
N/A
850-523-8582
- Forest products
mdtrager@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
Description: This project proposes amendments to the National Forests in Florida Revised Land and Resource Mangement
Plan to accelerate ecological restoration activites through revision of vegetation management standards.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40141
Location:
UNIT - National Forests In Florida All Units. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Columbia, Franklin, Lake, Leon,
Liberty, Marion, Okaloosa, Putnam, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, Walton, Baker. This project will amend the Forest Plan;
it does not propose any site-specific activities.
National Forests In Florida, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R8 - Southern Region
National Forests In Florida, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
Apalachicola Route
Designation Revision
- Recreation management
- Road management
On Hold
Project Contact
N/A
N/A
EA
Harold Shenk
850-926-3561 x 6502
hshenk@fs.fed.us
Description: The Apalachicola National Forest is evaluating monitoring information and public comments received during the
first year of implementation of the 2007 Apalachicola National Forest Motorized Route Designation for a possible
revision.
Location:
Non-Native Invasive Plant
Species Control
UNIT - Apalachicola Ranger District, Wakulla Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Calhoun, Leon,
Liberty. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Aplachicola National Forest.
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
On Hold
N/A
EA
N/A
Carrie Sekerak
352-669-3153, ext.
5521
csekerak@fs.fed.us
Description: Use herbicides to control several non-native invasive plant species.
Location:
National Forests In Florida
Beasley Pond Analysis Area
EIS
Apalachicola Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
R8 - Southern Region
Branden Tolver
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:02/2015
03/2015
850-926-3561
- Forest products
NOI in Federal Register
btolver02@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
06/11/2013
(other than forest products)
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
- Fuels management
Register 10/2014
- Road management
Description: The Forest Service is proposing silviculutural and restoration treatments on approximately 3800 acres of forestland
in the southwestern part of the Apalachicola National Forest.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42229
Location:
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UNIT - Lake George Ranger District, Seminole Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Lake, Marion,
Putnam. LEGAL - T11S throughT17S, Range 23E through 29E. The entire area of the Ocala National Forest
(excluding Wilderness), and some private land.
UNIT - Apalachicola Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Liberty. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Compartments 25, 26, 27, and 28 of the Apalachicola National Forest.
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Project Name
National Forests In Florida
Soldier Bay Analysis Area
EA
Project Purpose
Lake Delancy Boat Ramp
Improvement Project
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R8 - Southern Region
Apalachicola Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Branden Tolver
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:03/2015
04/2015
936-344-6205
- Vegetation management
Notice of Initiation 01/14/2014
btolver02@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Est. Comment Period Public
- Fuels management
Notice 11/2014
- Road management
Description: The Forest Service is proposing to treat approximately 1,775 acres of forest land on the Apalachicoal National
Forest. Treatments include: pine thinnings, clearcutting, hazardous fuel reduction treatments, planting pine
seedlings, hardwood reduction
Location:
National Forests In Florida
Planning Status
UNIT - Apalachicola Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Wakulla. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Soldier
Bay Analysis area is located in compartments 312, 326, and 328 of the Apalachicola National Forest in Wakulla
County, FL.
R8 - Southern Region
Lake George Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
08/23/2013
Est. Objection Period Legal
Notice 01/2014
Expected:02/2014
05/2014
Eve Shackleton
352-625-2520
eshackleton@fs.fed.us
Description: Improve recreation infrastructure, public safety, and satisfaction associated with access to Lake Delancy.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41935
Location:
Norwalk Chip Removal CE
CE
UNIT - Lake George Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Marion, Putnam. LEGAL - T 12S, R 25E,
Sections 23 and 26. Lake Delancy.
- Forest products
- Fuels management
Completed
Actual: 09/02/2014
09/2014
Janet Hinchee
352-669-3153
jhinchee@fs.fed.us
Description: Remove sand pine and oaks on 70 acres on Norwalk Island near Salt Springs, Florida in Marion County by
harvesting and chipping material for use at biomass plants
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44904
Location:
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UNIT - Lake George Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Marion. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Norwalk
Island near Salt Springs.
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Project Name
National Forests In Florida
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R8 - Southern Region
Lake George Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Bret Bush
N/A
- Regulations, Directives,
On Hold
N/A
352-625-2520
Orders
bbush@fs.fed.us
- Recreation management
Description: Analysis of the Resource and Social impacts of modifying the current dispersed camping and campfire use policies
Ocala NF Dispersed Camping
and Campfire Analysis
EA
Silver Glen Springs Recreation
Enhancement Project
EA
Web Link:
http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41933
Location:
UNIT - Lake George Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Lake, Marion, Putnam. Ocala NF wide.
- Recreation management
- Heritage resource
management
- Facility management
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
11/01/2011
Est. Objection Period Legal
Notice 07/2014
Expected:10/2014
Antoinette Davis
352-625-2520
aldavis@fs.fed.us
01/2015
Description: Improve upon the land-based management capabilities of the Silver Glen Recreational Area.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37488
Location:
National Forests In Florida
UNIT - Lake George Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Marion. LEGAL - Section 25&30. Township
14. Range 26E and 27E. State Road 19, approximately 6 miles north of State Highway 40.
R8 - Southern Region
Osceola Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Columbia Co. and Plum Creek
Land Exchange
- Recreation management
- Land ownership management
EA
In Progress:
Objection Period Legal Notice
08/08/2014
Expected:10/2014
11/2014
Matthew Trager
850-523-8582
mdtrager@fs.fed.us
Description: The USFS proposes a land exchange in which Columbia Co. and Plum Creek would receive an easement to build
1/3mi. of railroad on the Osceola NF and the USFS would receive an easement for approximately 5mi. of trail
(FNST) on Plum Creek land.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43233
Location:
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UNIT - Osceola Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Columbia, Baker. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
land under USFS jurisdiction is located in the southwestern part of the Osceola NF; the land under Plum Creek
jurisdiction is south of the Olustee Experimental Forest.
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Project Name
National Forests In Florida
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R8 - Southern Region
Osceola Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Forest Plan Amendment to
designate Management Areas
on the Osceola National Forest
(Amendment 11)
- Land management planning
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Watershed management
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
12/20/2013
Est. Objection Period Legal
Notice 01/2014
Expected:01/2014
Project Contact
03/2014
Matthew Trager
850-523-8582
mdtrager@fs.fed.us
Description: This project proposes Management Area designations for approximately 33,693 acres on the Osceola National
Forest that were acquired after the 1999 revision of the Forest Plan.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41157
Location:
North Sandlin Bay Ecosystem
Restoration
EA
Matthew Trager
- Land management planning
In Progress:
Expected:02/2015
03/2015
850-523-8582
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Notice of Initiation 02/11/2013
mdtrager@fs.fed.us
- Forest products
Est. Comment Period Public
- Vegetation management
Notice 09/2014
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
Description: This project proposes thinning and clear cutting slash pine plantations for restoration to longleaf pine flatwoods and
Management Area designation for land in the project area recently acquired by the Forest Service.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41281
Location:
Saint Marys Ecological
Restoration
EA
UNIT - Osceola Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Baker. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Osceola
National Forest, Compartments 111 and 120.
Cynthia Thompson
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Developing Proposal
Expected:03/2015
04/2015
386-752-2577
- Forest products
Est. Notice of Initiation 09/2014
cynthiathompson@fs.fe
- Vegetation management
d.us
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
Description: Sites in the Saint Marys watershed are being evaluated for activities related to restoration of the longleaf/wiregrass
pine ecosystem. Objectives are to restore longleaf pine, associated vegetation communities and to improve wildlife
habitat.
Location:
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UNIT - Osceola Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Columbia, Baker. LEGAL - Not Applicable. This
project will amend the Forest Plan; it does not propose any site-specific activities. The land affected by this project
is in the Osceola National Forest.
UNIT - Osceola Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Baker. East central area of the Osceola National
Forest.
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Project Name
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Forest Health EA
EA
*NEW LISTING*
Project Purpose
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R8 - Southern Region
Seminole Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Janet Hinchee
09/2015
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:03/2015
352-669-3153
- Forest products
Comment Period Public Notice
jhinchee@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
09/18/2014
(other than forest products)
Est. Objection Period Legal
- Fuels management
Notice 12/2014
Description: The Ocala National Forest (ONF) proposes to complete timber harvesting by thinning to improve forest health,
improve groundcover conditions, and reduce hazardous fuels. Connected actions could include roler drum
chopping after harvesting.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45239
Location:
Paisley Woods Trails
Restructure
Planning Status
UNIT - Seminole Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Marion. LEGAL - Not Applicable. All activities
will occur on the Ocala NF in Lake, Marion, and Putnam counties on the Seminole and Lake George RD.
- Recreation management
On Hold
N/A
N/A
EA
Bret Bush
352-625-2520, ext.
2509
bbush@fs.fed.us
Description: Restructure recreational trail use by eliminating, combining, or relocating motorized and non-motorized trails.
Current situation: unmanagable user behavior and conflicts, safety concerns, and overlapping and incompatible
trail systems.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35447
Location:
St. Francis Watershed CE
UNIT - Seminole Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Lake. LEGAL - T16S R27E sections 29, 30,
and 37-39; T17S R28E sections 6, 7, 17-20, and 30; T17S R27E sections 1-5, 9-15, and 22-24. Project area
bounded by FR 61 and CR 445 on the west, FR 69 on the east and north, and SR 42 on the south.
Compartments: 240, 260-262, 266-267, 288-290, and 301-302.
- Special area management
Completed
Actual: 09/17/2014
CE
*NEW LISTING*
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Jonathan Lampley
352-625-2520
jlampley@fs.fed.us
Description: Restoration actions and road improvements necessary to provide safe public access and restore the historic road
leading to the St. Francis landing.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45112
Location:
National Forests In Florida
11/2014
UNIT - Seminole Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Lake. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Compartment
303 Lake County.
Wakulla Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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Project Name
National Forests In Florida
Apalachicola Administrative
Office
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R8 - Southern Region
Wakulla Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Facility management
On Hold
N/A
Project Contact
N/A
EA
Harold Shenk
850-926-3561
hshenk@fs.fed.us
Description: Construct a new administrative office for the Apalachicola National Forest in Leon County across from the forests
Wakulla Work Center.
Location:
Capital City to the Sea Trail
Proposal
UNIT - Wakulla Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Leon. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Leon County,
Florida, Bloxham Cutoff Rd.
- Recreation management
- Road management
EA
In Progress:
Notice of Initiation 03/31/2014
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 11/2014
Expected:03/2015
10/2015
Chandra Roberts
850-926-3561 ext.
6509
chandraroberts@fs.fed.
us
Description: The FS is evaluating a 15-mile segment of a paved (12 ft wide) , multi-use trail, proposed by Capital Region
Transportation Planning Agency (CRTPA) that crosses the Apalachicola National Forest.
Web Link: http://cc2st.com/
Location:
UNIT - Wakulla Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Leon, Wakulla. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Compartments 219, 223, 227, 247, 248.
Sherry Gaston
850-926-3561ex t6511
sgaston@fs.fed.us
Duke Energy JA Line pole
replacements and culvert
repairs
- Special use management
CE
Description: Replacement of up to 84 existing wood transmission structures on the JA 69kv transmission line. culvert
replacement with in kind along access road for transmission line.
*NEW LISTING*
Location:
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In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/19/2014
Expected:10/2014
10/2014
UNIT - Wakulla Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Wakulla. LEGAL - Not Applicable. JA powerline
from Sopchoppy to Arran.
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Project Name
National Forests In Florida
RCW Core Analysis Area
EIS
Project Purpose
CE
*NEW LISTING*
CE
*NEW LISTING*
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Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R8 - Southern Region
Branden Tolver
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:12/2015
01/2016
936-344-6205
- Forest products
NOI in Federal Register
btolver02@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
06/17/2013
(other than forest products)
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
- Fuels management
Register 04/2015
Description: The Forest Service proposes silvicultural and restoration treatments on approximately 11,200 acres within the Red
Cockaded Woodpecker (RCW) Core Analysis Area.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42241
UNIT - Wakulla Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Leon, Wakulla. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The
RCW Core Area is located in Township 1S Range 2W: Township 1S Range 3W: Township 1S Range 4W;
Township 2S Range 3W; Township 2S Range 2W; Township 3S Range 3W and Township 3S and Range 3W.
Sonja Durrwachter
- Forest products
Completed
Actual: 09/03/2014
10/2014
850-643-2282
- Vegetation management
sdurrwachter@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Description: This project includes thinning 68 acres in Compartment 208 stand 38 and putting skid trails in Compartment 208
stand 5 (17 acres).
Location:
Talquin Electric Cooperative,
INC. Springhill New
Underground Line
Amendment #17 WAK25
Decision
Wakulla Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Location:
Sun Down Sale Addition
Planning Status
UNIT - Wakulla Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Leon. LEGAL - Not Applicable. This project is in
sections 23 and 24, Township 3 west. Range 2 south, Leon County, Florida.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/29/2014
Expected:10/2014
10/2014
Sherry Gaston
850-926-3561ex t6511
sgaston@fs.fed.us
Description: Talquin Electric Cooperative, INC. (TEC) requested authorization to install approximately one mile of new three
phase 14.4 kv underground electric distribution line with cabinets at approximately 8oo feet intervals 24feet off the
edge of pavement
Location:
UNIT - Wakulla Ranger District. STATE - Florida. COUNTY - Leon. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project area
is along the westerly shoulder (plus or minus 6 feet from edge of pavement) of Springhill Road from Sam Allen
Road to Cox Road.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
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This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
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