Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
10/01/2015 to 12/31/2015
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
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
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
Allotment Establishment for
E11 Tract
- Grazing management
Completed
Actual: 09/19/2015
09/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie All Units. STATE - Illinois. COUNTY - Will. LEGAL - T33N R10E
Section 11 & 12. Tract 5 is on the East Side of Midewin, centrally located between Tract 62 to the west, Allotment
E-2 (Tract 8) to the north, Allotment E-5 (Tract 4) to the south, and the Wauponsee Glacial Trail on the east.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Cancelled
N/A
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
Description: Grassland bird habitat improvement on approximately 2,540 acres
Location:
Gypsy Moth Cooperative Slow
the Spread Project
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
William Glass
815-423-2129
wglass@fs.fed.us
On Hold
N/A
N/A
Nevia Brown
815-423-2120
neviabrown@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposed multiple treatments as needed of aerial application of mating disruptant flakes and/or biological
insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). Treatments are part of a coordinated effort to slow the spread of this nonnative invasive insect.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40220
Location:
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N/A
UNIT - Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie All Units. STATE - Illinois. COUNTY - Will. LEGAL - T33N R9E S10
and T33N R10E S11. Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie East and west of Illinois Statate Route 53.
EA
*UPDATED*
Kelly Gutknecht
815-423-6370
kellyagutknecht@fs.fed.
us
Description: To establish allotment boundary perimeter and interior fencing. This is a compensation allotment for an existing
allotment that will now be used as a Bison pasture to support the Experiment Bison project.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47492
Location:
Grassland bird habitat
improvement
Project Contact
UNIT - Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie All Units. STATE - Illinois. COUNTY - Will. LEGAL - T33N R9E S12
and others; prairie-wide. Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, prairie-wide project.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R9 - Eastern Region
Jeffery Martina
Proposal for the Nicor Gas
- Special use management
In Progress:
Expected:09/2015
10/2015
Transmission Pipeline Renewal
815-423-6370 Ext 232
Scoping Start 01/20/2015
(DOA) Project- Special Use
jmartina@fs.fed.us
Permit
Description: Northern Illinois GAs Company (Nicor Gas)has submitted a request to renew a sixty-six wide 3-mile easement of
CE
right-of-way (ROW) originally issued by the Department of Army in 1965. Midewin has been administering the
utility ROW since 1997
*NEW LISTING*
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47493
Location:
UNIT - Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie All Units. STATE - Illinois. COUNTY - Will. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
The pipeline is approximately 3 miles long on the west side of Midewin. IL 53 highway and the Union Pacific
Railroad both run parallel to the pipeline on the E, adjacent grasslands are N, S and W.
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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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