Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
07/01/2014 to 09/30/2014
Ouachita 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
R8 - Southern Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide)
Southern Region Caves and
Mine Closures
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Completed
CE
Actual: 06/02/2014
07/2014
Dennis Krusac
404-347-4338
dkrusac@fs.fed.us
Description: The purpose of the action is to close caves and mines to minimize the transmission potential of white nose
syndrome and for the protection of associated wildlife species.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44053
Location:
UNIT - Cherokee National Forest All Units, National Forests In Florida All Units, Kisatchie National Forest All
Units, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest All Units, National Forests In North Carolina All Units, Savannah
River Natural Resource Management and Res All Units, National Forests In Mississippi All Units, Ouachita
National Forest All Units, Francis Marion and Sumter National Forest All Units, National Forests In Texas All Units,
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area All Units, Daniel Boone National Forest All Units, George
Washington and Jefferson National Forest All Units, National Forests in Alabama All Units, Ozark-St. Francis
National Forest All Units. STATE - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia. COUNTY - Lake, Okaloosa,
Santa Rosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Covington, Hale, Lawrence, Macon, Ashley, Benton, Montgomery, Murray,
Oglethorpe, Chickasaw, Randolph, Pontotoc, Jackson, Morgan, Whitley, Natchitoches, Vernon, Winn, Roanoke,
Berkeley, Edgefield, Newberry, Cocke, Monroe, Unicoi, Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Craven,
Botetourt, Charlotte, Roanoke, Shenandoah. LEGAL - Not Applicable. National Forest Systems lands: KY, VA,
TN, NC, SC, MS, AL, GA, FL, LA, TX, AR, OK.
Ouachita National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
07/01/2014 03:34 am MT
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R8 - Southern Region
Ouachita National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R8 - Southern Region
Ouachita National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
Christopher Mountain
Restoration Project
EA
Compartment 258 Rx Burn
CE
Control of Invasive Species
Vegetation
Project Contact
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Expected:09/2014
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Comment Period Public Notice
- Forest products
02/28/2014
- Vegetation management
Est. Objection Period Legal
(other than forest products)
Notice 07/2014
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
- Road management
Description: Compartments 64, 71, 72, 92-94, 1649-1651, 1660, 1669-71 and 1684-85
09/2014
Kimberly Miller
870-867-2101
kimberlymiller@fs.fed.u
s
Web Link:
http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43592
Location:
UNIT - Caddo Ranger District, Womble Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Montgomery. LEGAL
- Not Applicable. Compartments 64, 71, 72, 92-94, 1649-1651, 1660, 1669-71 and 1684-85.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Completed
Actual: 04/23/2014
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
Description: Prescribed burning treatments on approx. 1,652 acres in Compartment 258.
05/2014
Raymond Self
479-637-4174
rlself@fs.fed.us
Web Link:
http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44037
Location:
UNIT - Cold Springs Ranger District, Poteau Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Scott. LEGAL Not Applicable. Compartment 258.
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
On Hold
EA
N/A
N/A
Mary Mentz
479-495-2844
mmentz@fs.fed.us
Description: EA for control of invasives specicies vegetation for Jessieville-Winona-Fourche Ranger District and Crossett
Experimental Forest
Web Link: http://www.southernregion.fs.fed.us/ouachita/projects/
Location:
07/01/2014 03:34 am MT
UNIT - Fourche Ranger District, Winona Ranger District, Jessieville Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas.
COUNTY - Ashley, Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Saline, Scott, Yell. LEGAL - Ashley, Garland, Montgomery,
Perry, Saline, Scott, and Yell Counties, AR. Jessieville-Winona-Fourche Ranger District (400,000+ ac) and
Crossett Experimental Forest (1,680 ac).
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Ouachita National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R8 - Southern Region
Ouachita National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
Special Use Re-authorization
(Road easements) 2014
- Special use management
Completed
Project Contact
Actual: 04/07/2014
04/2014
CE
Robin Vaughn
501-984-5313
rvaughn@fs.fed.us
Description: David Burrows, Paula Childs, Tom Bell, and Bobby Irons propose to reathorize permits for private road
easements.
Location:
Ouachita National Forest
Albert Pike Recreation Area
Project
UNIT - Fourche Ranger District, Jessieville Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Garland,
Montgomery, Yell. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Locations in Garland, Montgomery and Yell Counties.
R8 - Southern Region
Caddo Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
EA
In Progress:
Notice of Initiation 09/11/2012
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 07/2014
Expected:11/2014
11/2014
Christopher Ham
501-321-5253
cpham@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposed changes to Albert Pike Recreation Area management including: Loops A,B,C open seasonally for day
use; Decommission Loop D; reroute access road to private cabins; Loop A/B bathhouse open seasonally; Loop C
bathhouse closed.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40111
Location:
Ouachita National Forest
Compartments 254 and 260
Harvest and Salvage
CE
Cold Springs Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
R8 - Southern Region
Dava Bauer
- Forest products
Completed
Actual: 04/23/2014
05/2014
(479) 637-4174
- Vegetation management
dlbauer@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Description: Conduct green thinning and salvage treatments associated with ice storm damaged timber in Compartments 254
and 260.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43857
Location:
07/01/2014 03:34 am MT
UNIT - Caddo Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Montgomery. LEGAL - Sec 27 T4S R27W.
Located on the Little Missouri River near Langley, AR.
UNIT - Cold Springs Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Scott. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Compartments 254 and 260.
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Ouachita National Forest
Project Name
Ouachita National Forest
FY14 Midstory Reduction
Treatments
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Project Purpose
Potato Hill Mountain
EA
07/01/2014 03:34 am MT
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R8 - Southern Region
Dava Bauer
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Completed
Actual: 05/14/2014
05/2014
479-675-3233
- Vegetation management
dlbauer@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Description: Proposal to conduct approx. 986 acres of midstory reduction treatments in various compartments on the Cold
Springs Unit.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44297
UNIT - Cold Springs Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Logan, Scott. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Compartments 250, 255, 285, 288, 298, 301, 303, 304, 306, 311, 318, 319, 320, 330.
Fourche Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
R8 - Southern Region
Hunter Speed
- Recreation management
Developing Proposal
Expected:12/2014
12/2014
501-984-5313
- Heritage resource
Est. Notice of Initiation 07/2014
hspeed@fs.fed.us
management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Forest products
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
- Road management
Description: Ecosystem management activites in Baker, Blue Mountain, and Mitchell management watersheds of Fourche Unit,
Jessieville-Winona-Fourche RD, Ouachita National Forest (Compartments 400-403, 411-416)
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40286
Location:
Ouachita National Forest
Decision
Cold Springs Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Location:
Ouachita National Forest
Planning Status
UNIT - Fourche Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Yell. LEGAL - T 4 N, R 24 & 25 W; T 5 N, R
24&25 W; Yell Co., AR. Baker, Blue Mountain, Mitchell management watersheds; Compartments 400-403, 411416; Jessieville-Winona-Fourche RD, Ouachita national Forest.
Jessieville-Winona Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R8 - Southern Region
Ouachita National Forest
Project Name
Ouachita National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R8 - Southern Region
Jessieville-Winona Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Alum Fork Range Allotment EA
- 2013
- Grazing management
EA
In Progress:
Notice of Initiation 04/04/2013
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 07/2014
Expected:10/2014
Project Contact
10/2014
Mary Mentz
479-495-2844
mmentz@fs.fed.us
Description: Allow continued annual livestock grazing within the Alum Fork Grazing Allotment on the Winona unit of the
Jessieville Winona Fourche District
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41905
Location:
Prescribed fire on Phase 3 Pine
Bluestem areas
CE
UNIT - Winona Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Saline. LEGAL - Not Applicable. 3 miles north
of Jessieville.
Virginia McDaniel
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:09/2014
02/2015
501-984-6253 X107
- Fuels management
Scoping Start 01/13/2014
vmcdaniel@fs.fed.us
- Research and Development
Description: The purpose of the prescribed burning is to improve stand condition, reduce fuel buildup, and continue long-term
research activities in coordination with research. Includes timber stand and wildlife habitat improvement activities
with no herbicides.
Location:
UNIT - Jessieville Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Garland, Perry, Saline. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. Burns are located in Garland, Perry, and Saline counties.
Hunter Speed
Redbank Creek Acquired Lands - Vegetation management
On Hold
N/A
N/A
Restoration
501-984-5313 x 112
(other than forest products)
hspeed@fs.fed.us
EA
Description: Restoration of acquired lands to native tree species by site preparation with prescribed burning, subsoiling
(ripping), hand planting, and vegetation control with chainsaw and herbicide application; also release utilizing
chainsaw and/or herbicide
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=34699
Location:
07/01/2014 03:34 am MT
UNIT - Jessieville Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Garland, Montgomery. LEGAL - S 19, 20,
29, 30 & 31, T1N, R22W; S 23, 24, 25, 26 & 36, T1N, R23W; Garland & Montgomery Counties, Arkansas.
Compartments 617 & 618 of Irons Fork Watershed and Compartments 616, 624, 625, & 626 of Big Branch
Watershed.
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Ouachita National Forest
Project Name
Ouachita National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R8 - Southern Region
Jessieville-Winona Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Special Use Re-authorization
(radio repeater) 2014
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 03/31/2014
Project Contact
04/2014
CE
Robin Vaughn
501-984-5313
rvaughn@fs.fed.us
Description: The Yell County Fire Department proposes to reauthorize a permit for a radio repeater at the Dutch Creek
Communications Site in Yell County. There are no changes to the authorized facilities or increases in the scope or
intensity of activities.
Location:
Wildlife Habitat Improvement in
MA-21 2014
UNIT - Jessieville Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Yell. LEGAL - S26, T3N, R24W, Yell
County. The radio repeater is located at the Dutch Creek Communications Site in Yell County (S26, T3N, R24W).
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/04/2014
Expected:07/2014
07/2014
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Description: Mid-story thinning will increase light levels to the forest floor which will promote a grass and forb understory (ie
food and cover for wildlife). This will move the conditions closer to those described in the Forest Plan for MA-21.
Location:
Ouachita National Forest
Big Brushy Campground
EA
Virginia McDaniel
501-984-5313 X107
vmcdaniel@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Jessieville Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Garland, Perry, Saline. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. 6 miles NW of Jessieville, 8 and 15 miles NE of Jessieville and 5 miles W of Paron.
R8 - Southern Region
Mena-Oden Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
- Facility management
In Progress:
Objection Period Legal Notice
05/14/2014
Expected:07/2014
07/2014
Tim Oosterhous
870-356-4186
toosterhous@fs.fed.us
Description: The Ouachita National Forest proposes to decommission Big Brushy Recreation Area (BBRA) on the Oden
Ranger District.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43056
Location:
07/01/2014 03:34 am MT
UNIT - Mena Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Montgomery. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Montgomery County, Arkansas in T1S, R26W, Section 6.
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Ouachita National Forest
Project Name
Ouachita National Forest
Burt Land Exchange
CE
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R8 - Southern Region
Mena-Oden Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Land ownership management
- Land acquisition
Completed
Actual: 03/28/2014
Project Contact
03/2014
Jessica Soroka
501-321-5226
jasoroka@fs.fed.us
Description: The Forest Service proposes the following land exchange:
Federal Land: Tract 5725: Section 10, T1S-R24W 40 acres, m/l. Part of NW¼SE¼ Section 10, T1S-R24W,
41.35 acres, m/l.
Non-Federal Land: Tract 5724: Section 23, T3S-R29W, 80.00 acres m/l
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43066
Location:
Nickleson Branch
EA
Charity Ryles
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:09/2014
09/2014
479-394-2382
- Forest products
Comment Period Public Notice
cjryles@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
05/16/2013
(other than forest products)
Est. Objection Period Legal
- Fuels management
Notice 07/2014
- Watershed management
- Road management
Description: Nickleson Branch 6th Level Watershed Siviculture activities, wildlife habitat restoration, fuels reduction and roads
management
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42090
Location:
Wolf Pen Gap 2011 Project
EA
UNIT - Mena Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Scott. LEGAL - 13 miles Southeast of Waldron,
Arkansas in T1N R26W %u2013 Sections 5 and 6; T1N R27W - Sections 1-3 and 10-11; T2N R26W - Sections
19-22 and 27-32; and T2N R27W - Sections 24-27 and 34-36; Scott County, Arkansas. Nickleson Branch
Project Area, Southeast of Waldron Arkansas, Scott County.
Charity Ryles
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Expected:07/2014
08/2014
479-394-2382
- Watershed management
Objection Period Legal Notice
cjryles@fs.fed.us
- Road management
04/09/2014
Description: The Ouachita National Forest proposes to formally designate a system of roads and trails for public use of
motorized vehicles, including Off-Highway Vehicles (OHVs), in the area known as Wolf Pen Gap.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=33235
Location:
07/01/2014 03:34 am MT
UNIT - Mena Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Montgomery, Polk. LEGAL - Tract 5725:
SE%uFFFDSE%uFFFD Section 10, T1S-R24W and Tract 5724: W%uFFFDSW%uFFFD Section 23, T3SR29W,. Story in Montgomery County AR and Nichols Mountain in Polk County Ar.
UNIT - Mena Ranger District, Oden Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Polk. LEGAL - T3S;
R29,30W; western portion of R28W. Approximately 7 miles southeast of Mena, AR.
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Ouachita National Forest
Project Name
Ouachita National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R8 - Southern Region
Oklahoma Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Blackjack East Prescribed Burn - Fuels management
CE
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/02/2012
Expected:09/2014
Project Contact
09/2014
Sammy McFarland
918-653-2991 ext. 112
smcfarland@fs.fed.us
Description: This project is located 2-7 miles northwest of Whitesboro; south of State Highway 1 in LeFlore County and will
encompass approximately 2,508 acres for fuel reduction.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39726
Location:
Buffalo Creek Bridge
Replacement
CE
Cedar Mountain Sub-Unit 1
Prescribed Burn
UNIT - Kiamichi Ranger District. STATE - Oklahoma. COUNTY - Le Flore. LEGAL - Sections 4, 5, 8 and 17,
T3N, R23E; Sections 28, 29, 32 and 33, T4N, R23E. This project is located 2-7 miles northwest of Whitesboro,
Oklahoma; south of Oklahoma State Highway 1, in LeFlore County, Oklahoma.
Bubba Brewster
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Developing Proposal
Expected:09/2014
09/2014
501-321-5368
- Watershed management
Est. Scoping Start 08/2014
bbrewster@fs.fed.us
- Road management
Description: Re-align road to slightly straighten bridge approaches; remove and replace low-water crossing.
Web Link:
http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42026
Location:
UNIT - Kiamichi Ranger District. STATE - Oklahoma. COUNTY - McCurtain. LEGAL - Sec19,T2S,R26E. 8
miles SE of Smithville, Oklahoma.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Fuels management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/04/2011
Expected:09/2014
09/2014
CE
John Wilson
580-494-6402 x114
kriswilson@fs.fed.us
Description: To conduct prescribed burning on 5,540 acres of National Forest for the purpose of vegetation management and
fuels reduction in order to create/move toward a more sustainable ecosystem
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38317
Location:
Haver White Reciprocal
Easement
UNIT - Kiamichi Ranger District. STATE - Oklahoma. COUNTY - McCurtain. LEGAL - Sections 7-9, 16-21,
T4S, R24E. Approximately 14 miles north of Broken Bow, OK and approximately 9 miles south of Bethel, OK, west
of Hwy 259 and east of the Glover River.
- Road management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/19/2008
Expected:08/2014
CE
09/2014
Randy Sander
580-286-6564
rsander@fs.fed.us
Description: Grant access to private property in return for NF access across private property.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=24014
Location:
07/01/2014 03:34 am MT
UNIT - Kiamichi Ranger District. STATE - Oklahoma. COUNTY - Le Flore. LEGAL - Section 13, T4N, R23E;
Section 18, T4N, R24E. 13 miles northeast of Talihina, Oklahoma.
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Ouachita National Forest
Project Name
Ouachita National Forest
Project Purpose
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R8 - Southern Region
Daniel Benefield
- Land management planning
In Progress:
Expected:06/2014
09/2014
918-653-2991 ext. 115
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Scoping Start 08/27/2012
dbenefield@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
Description: The habitat improvement within this proposed project location would include approximately 6,600 acres of
chainsaw felling midstory trees. The purpose of this project is to improve the quality of available wildlife habitat for
game species.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40017
Location:
Lower Cedar Creek Road
Relocation
Decision
Oklahoma Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Kiamichi Valley Wildlife Habitat
Improvement
CE
Planning Status
UNIT - Kiamichi Ranger District. STATE - Oklahoma. COUNTY - Le Flore. LEGAL - Sections 8-11, 13-17,
21-28, T3N, R23E; and Sections 15-23, 25-29, 34-36, T3N, R24E. Area located north of Whitesboro and Muse,
Oklahoma.
- Road management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/24/2012
Expected:06/2014
07/2014
CE
John Baldwin
580-494-6402 ext. 119
jbaldwin01@fs.fed.us
Description: Approximately 0.4 miles of Forest Service Road 53000, relocated out of the creek bottom and onto the adjacent
slope. Existing low water crossing will be removed and large box culvert bridge will be installed upstream in-line
with road relocation.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39860
Location:
Mountain Fork West
EA
07/01/2014 03:34 am MT
UNIT - Kiamichi Ranger District. STATE - Oklahoma. COUNTY - McCurtain. LEGAL - Sections 28 & 29, T4S,
R23E. Approximately 9.5 miles northeast of Wright City, approximately 4 miles east of Old Oklahoma Highway 98,
and 8 miles west of US Highway 259.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Completed
Actual: 05/27/2014
- Forest products
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Road management
Description: Management activities to benefit timber, wildlife and fire (fuels reduction)
06/2014
Mark Davies
580-286-6564
mjdavies@fs.fed.us
Web Link:
http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41725
Location:
UNIT - Kiamichi Ranger District. STATE - Oklahoma. COUNTY - McCurtain. LEGAL - T5,6S R25,26E. Six
miles northeast of Broken Bow Oklahoma.
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Ouachita National Forest
Project Name
Ouachita National Forest
North Blue Mountain
Prescribed Burn
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R8 - Southern Region
Oklahoma Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Fuels management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/02/2012
Expected:09/2014
CE
Project Contact
09/2014
Sammy McFarland
918-653-2991 ext. 112
smcfarland@fs.fed.us
Description: This project is located 5-8 miles south of Summerfield; north of Forest Service roads A17 and 6009, in LeFlore
County, Oklahoma and will encompass approximately 2,600 acres for fuel reduction.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39727
Location:
Rock Creek
EA
*NEW LISTING*
John Baldwin
- Land management planning
Developing Proposal
Expected:09/2014
01/2015
580-494-6402
- Heritage resource
Est. Notice of Initiation 07/2014
jbaldwin01@fs.fed.us
management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Forest products
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Land ownership management
- Road management
Description: There are no active timber sales currently providing a source of raw materials. Where feasible, timber should be
offered for sale to support local economies. Several stands are severely overstocked. This condition results in
stress and reduced vigor
Location:
Ouachita National Forest
07/01/2014 03:34 am MT
UNIT - Kiamichi Ranger District. STATE - Oklahoma. COUNTY - Le Flore. LEGAL - Sections 1, 11, 12 and
14, T4N, R23E; Sections 6-8, T4N, R24E. This project is located 5-8 miles south of Summerfield; north of Forest
Service roads A17 and 6009, in LeFlore County, Oklahoma.
UNIT - Tiak Ranger District. STATE - Oklahoma. COUNTY - McCurtain. LEGAL - T3&4S and R23&24E. The
plantations to be commercially thinned are located north of Broken Bow, Oklahoma in McCurtain County in T3&4S
and R23&24E.
Poteau Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R8 - Southern Region
Ouachita National Forest
Project Name
Ouachita National Forest
Project Purpose
Location:
Nella Ecosystem Management
Unit - C-1273, 1296, 1297, 1299,
1306
CE
07/01/2014 03:34 am MT
Project Contact
R8 - Southern Region
UNIT - Poteau Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Scott. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Compartments
1277, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1290, and 1292.
- Recreation management
Developing Proposal
Expected:12/2014
03/2015
- Heritage resource
Est. Notice of Initiation 07/2014
management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Forest products
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
- Road management
Description: 10 year entry; T1N/R29W/S4,6,7,8; T1N/R30W/S1-4,9-15,22; T2N/R30W/S33-35
Donna Reagan
(479) 675-3233
dreagan@fs.fed.us
Web Link:
http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43500
Location:
UNIT - Poteau Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Scott. LEGAL - Not Applicable. 7 miles south
of Waldron, AR; surrounds the Nella Community; approx. 4 miles west of Boles, AR; and west of Hwy. 71.
Raymond Self
- Vegetation management
Completed
Actual: 04/29/2014
04/2014
479-637-4174
(other than forest products)
rlself@fs.fed.us
- Fuels management
Description: Approx. 5,258 acres will be prescribed burned to establish a burn rotation to move toward a fully restored shortleaf
pine/bluestem grass ecosystem. It will also give us an opportunity to better address the effects of these large scale
burns on PETS.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43693
Location:
Ouachita National Forest
Expected
Implementation
Raymond Self
- Vegetation management
Completed
Actual: 04/29/2014
04/2014
479-637-4174
(other than forest products)
rlself@fs.fed.us
- Fuels management
Description: Proposal to prescribe burn approx. 6,487 acres to establish a burn rotation to move toward a fully restored
shortleaf pine/bluestem grass ecosystem and better address effects of large scale burns on PETS.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43694
CE
Stateline Rx Burn
Decision
Poteau Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Blackfork Rx Burn
EA
Planning Status
UNIT - Poteau Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Scott. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Compartments
1245, 1258, 1268, 1269, and 1278.
Womble Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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Project Name
Ouachita National Forest
Mount Ida Watershed
Restoration Management
Project
EA
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R8 - Southern Region
Womble Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
In Progress:
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Comment Period Public Notice
- Forest products
02/28/2014
- Vegetation management
Est. Objection Period Legal
(other than forest products)
Notice 08/2014
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
- Road management
Description: Vegetation management
Expected:10/2014
Project Contact
10/2014
Kimberly Miller
870-867-2101
kimberlymiller@fs.fed.u
s
Web Link:
http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42570
Location:
UNIT - Womble Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Montgomery. LEGAL - T2S R25W. Area
surrounding Mount Ida, Arkansas.
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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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