Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
04/01/2016 to 06/30/2016
Hoosier 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
R9 - Eastern Region
Hoosier National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
Forest Plan Amendment #2
- Land management planning
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected:05/2016
05/2016
UNIT - Hoosier National Forest All Units. STATE - Indiana. COUNTY - Brown, Crawford, Dubois, Jackson,
Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange, Perry. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Forest-wide.
R9 - Eastern Region
Brownstown Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
D Trail Re-designation and Reroute
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/18/2015
Expected:05/2016
06/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
Vicki Gullang
812-275-5987
vgullang@fs.fed.us
Description: The Hoosier is proposing to reroute approximately one mile of the D Trail and re-designate the trail to include
mountain bike use.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48046
Location:
East Bass Pond Trail
Reconstruction
Kevin Amick
812-275-5987
kamick@fs.fed.us
Description: The Hoosier is proposing to amend the Hoosier National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan to establish
a Management Area and associated direction to existing and future communication sites. No new sites would be
added or created at this time.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47745
Location:
Hoosier National Forest
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
02/01/2016
Project Contact
UNIT - Brownstown Ranger District. STATE - Indiana. COUNTY - Brown. LEGAL - T8N, R2E; Sections 26,
27, and 35. The trailhead is located approximately 3 miles southwest of Story, Indiana.
- Recreation management
On Hold
CE
N/A
N/A
Vicki Gullang
812-275-5987
vgullang@fs.fed.us
Description: The Hoosier National Forest is proposing to reconstruct approximately 4,300 feet of the East Bass Pond segment
of the Cope Hollow trail to improve and protect soil and water resource.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42363
Location:
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UNIT - Brownstown Ranger District. STATE - Indiana. COUNTY - Monroe. LEGAL - Section 25 of Township 7
North, Range 1 East. The East Bass Pond segment of the Cope Hollow trail, located within the Charles C. Deam
Wilderness.
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Project Name
Hoosier National Forest
Project Purpose
*UPDATED*
Decision
Expected
Implementation
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2016
Expected:07/2016
08/2016
UNIT - Brownstown Ranger District. STATE - Indiana. COUNTY - Lawrence. LEGAL - T6N, R2E, Section 16.
Approximately 2 miles west of Norman, Indiana.
RTC Communications Buried
- Special use management
Telephone Line Permit Renewal
Completed
Actual: 01/13/2016
02/2016
CE
UNIT - Brownstown Ranger District. STATE - Indiana. COUNTY - Lawrence. LEGAL - T4N, R2W, S1/4SE1/4
Section 21, N1/4NE1/4 Section 28 and SWNE Section 23. Approximately 4 miles northeast of Huron, Indiana.
R9 - Eastern Region
Tell City Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Kenneth Carpenter and David
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 01/13/2016
Hammond Private Road Special
Use Permit Renewal
Description: Proposal to reissue a special use permit for a private road.
CE
*UPDATED*
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48144
Location:
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Jackie Contreras
812-547-7051
jcontreras@fs.fed.us
Description: Renewal of a special use permit to RTC Communications for a buried telephone line.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48143
Location:
Hoosier National Forest
Len Kring
812-547-9234
lenmkring@fs.fed.us
Description: The Hoosier National Forest is proposing to remove the Hickey-Martin Dam from Henderson Creek to allow for
movement of aquatic species and to restore hydraulic processes within the stream.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48520
Location:
*UPDATED*
Project Contact
R9 - Eastern Region
Brownstown Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Hickey-Martin Dam Removal
CE
Planning Status
02/2016
Jackie Contreras
812-547-7051
jcontreras@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Tell City Ranger District. STATE - Indiana. COUNTY - Perry. LEGAL - T6S, R2W, NE1/4 Section 25.
Approximately 4 mile northwest of Rome, Indiana.
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Project Name
Hoosier National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
- Special use management
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected:04/2016
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 01/13/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
*NEW LISTING*
UNIT - Tell City Ranger District. STATE - Indiana. COUNTY - Perry. LEGAL - T6S, R1W, NW1/4NW1/4
Section 17. Approximately 1 mile southeast of Gerald, Indiana.
UNIT - Tell City Ranger District. STATE - Indiana. COUNTY - Perry. LEGAL - T5S, R2W, Section 20. The
project is near Saddle Lake, approximately 9 miles northeast of Tell City.
Cheryl Coon
04/2017
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Developing Proposal
Expected:03/2017
812-275-5987
- Vegetation management
Est. Scoping Start 04/2016
ccoon@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Description: Proposal to restore fire-dependent barrens communities using prescribed fire while considering additional
treatments to reduce woody species encroachment and plant succession.
Location:
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Jackie Contreras
812-547-7051
jcontreras@fs.fed.us
Len Kring
05/2016
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:04/2016
812-547-9234
- Watershed management
Scoping Start 02/11/2016
lenmkring@fs.fed.us
- Road management
Description: The Hoosier is proposing to remove a road/stream crossing structure at Albany Road and stabilize the stream bank
at a structure on Saddle Creek Road to allow for movement of aquatic species and to restore hydraulic processes
within the stream.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48522
Location:
Tell City Barrens Restoration
02/2016
Description: Proposal to reissue a special use permit for a private road.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48145
Location:
Saddle Lake Aquatic Organism
Passages
Ron Scott
812-275-5987
ronscott@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Tell City Ranger District. STATE - Indiana. COUNTY - Perry. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The proposed
project is alongside county and state roads and on existing power poles at various locations on National Forest
System lands throughout Perry County, Indiana.
CE
*UPDATED*
04/2016
Description: The Hoosier is proposing to issue a special use permit to authorize Perry Spencer RTC, Inc. to bury new fiber optic
line along county and state roads and to install aerial fiber optic line on existing power poles.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47744
Location:
Richard Hensell Private Road
Permit Renewal
In Progress:
Scoping Start 10/08/2015
Project Contact
R9 - Eastern Region
Tell City Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Perry Spencer RTC, Inc.
EA
Expected
Implementation
UNIT - Tell City Ranger District. STATE - Indiana. COUNTY - Crawford, Perry. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Proposal is in three project areas: Boone Creek, approximately 3 miles northwest of Alton, IN; Mogan Ridge,
located between SR 37 and SR 66 near Derby, IN; and Harding Flats, near Gerald, IN.
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Project Name
Hoosier National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R9 - Eastern Region
Tell City Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Tell City Openings
EA
*UPDATED*
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
In Progress:
Scoping Start 05/19/2014
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 10/2016
Expected:01/2017
Project Contact
02/2017
Christopher Thornton
812-547-7051
cdthornton@fs.fed.us
Description: Maintain openings as early successional habitat using a variety of tools.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42433
Location:
Uniontown North Restoration
EA
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Tell City Ranger District. STATE - Indiana. COUNTY - Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. The project would occur throughout the Tell City Ranger District.
Kevin Amick
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:05/2016
06/2016
812-275-5987
- Forest products
Comment Period Public Notice
kamick@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
02/01/2016
(other than forest products)
Description: Proposal to implement the 2006 Land and Resource Management Plan by increasing the amount of early
successional habitat available.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44189
Location:
UNIT - Tell City Ranger District. STATE - Indiana. COUNTY - Crawford. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project
is located near Birdseye, Indiana. The project is south of State Road 64, west of State Road 37 and north of Oak
Hill Road.
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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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