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Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 10/01/2008 to 12/31/2008 Payette National Forest This Report Contains the Best Available Information at the Time of Publication Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 10/01/2008 to 12/31/2008 Payette National Forest This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact. Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact Projects Occurring in more than one Region (excluding Nationwide) 10/01/2008 Page 1 of 19 Payette National Forest Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact Projects Occurring in more than one Region (excluding Nationwide) Geothermal Leasing - Regulations, Directives, In Progress: Expected:12/2008 02/2009 Peter Gaulke Programmatic Environmental Orders DEIS NOA in Federal Register 703-605-4796 Impact Statement 06/13/2008 [email protected] EIS Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 10/2008 Description: The Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service are preparing a joint Programmatic Environmental Impac Statement to analyze the leasing of BLM and USFS administered lands with moderate to high potential for geothermal resources in 11 western states. Web Link: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/energy/geothermal/geothermal_nationwide.html Location: UNIT - Clearwater National Forest All Units, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest All Units, Bitterroot National Forest All Units, Lewis And Clark National Forest All Units, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest All Units, San Juan National Forest All Units, White River National Forest All Units, Carson National Forest All Units, Cibola National Forest All Units, Coronado National Forest All Units, Gila National Forest All Units, Lincoln National Forest All Units, Boise National Forest All Units, Bridger-Teton National Forest All Units, Dixie National Forest All Units, Fishlake National Forest All Units, Payette National Forest All Units, Salmon-Challis National Forest All Units, Sawtooth National Forest All Units, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest All Units, Uinta National Forest All Units, Cleveland National Forest All Units, Eldorado National Forest All Units, Lassen National Forest All Units, Los Padres National Forest All Units, Mendocino National Forest All Units, Modoc National Forest All Units, San Bernardino National Forest All Units, Sequoia National Forest All Units, Tahoe National Forest All Units, Gifford Pinchot National Forest All Units, Malheur National Forest All Units, Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest All Units, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest All Units, Umpqua National Forest All Units, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest All Units, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest All Units, Willamette National Forest All Units, R10 - Alaska Region All Units, Custer National Forest All Units, Rio Grande National Forest All Units, Apache- Sitgreaves National Forests All Units, Wasatch-Cache National Forest All Units, Klamath National Forest All Units, Sierra National Forest All Units, Ochoco National Forest All Units, Gallatin National Forest All Units, Helena National Forest All Units, Grand Mesa Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest All Units, Santa Fe National Forest All Units, Angeles National Forest All Units, Plumas National Forest All Units, Fremont-Winema National Forest All Units, Umatilla National Forest All Units, Lolo National Forest All Units, Nez Perce National Forest All Units, Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests All Units, Manti-Lasal National Forest All Units, Caribou-Targhee National Forest All Units, Shasta Trinity National Forest All Units, Deschutes National Forest All Units, Mt. Hood National Forest All Units, Tonto National Forest All Units, Inyo National Forest All Units, Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands All Units, Washington Office (National Headquarter). STATE - Wyoming, Washington, Utah, Texas, South Dakota, Oregon, Oklahoma, North Dakota, New Mexico, Nevada, Nebraska, Montana, Kansas, Idaho, District of Columbia, Colorado, California, Arizona, Alaska. COUNTY - Aleutians East, La Paz, Colusa, Denver, Douglas, Bonner, Columbia, Coos. 11 contiguous Western States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming) and Alaska. 10/01/2008 Page 2 of 19 Payette National Forest Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact Projects Occurring in more than one Region (excluding Nationwide) Roadless Area Conservation; - Regulations, Directives, In Progress: Expected:10/2008 10/2008 Bradley Gilbert National Forest System Lands Orders FEIS NOA in Federal Register 208-765-7438 in Idaho 09/05/2008 [email protected] EIS Description: Consideration of Idaho State Petition for management of NFS lands in inventoried roadless areas in Idaho. Web Link: http://roadless.fs.fed.us/idaho.shtml Location: UNIT - Idaho Panhandle National Forest All Units, Clearwater National Forest All Units, Boise National Forest All Units, Payette National Forest All Units, Salmon-Challis National Forest All Units, Sawtooth National Forest All Units, Nez Perce National Forest All Units, Caribou-Targhee National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Ada, Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, Benewah, Bingham, Blaine, Boise, Bonner, Bonneville, Boundary, Butte, Camas, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clark, Clearwater, Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Fremont, Gem, Gooding, Idaho, Jefferson, Jerome, Kootenai, Latah, Lemhi, Lewis, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Nez Perce, Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Power, Shoshone, Teton, Twin Falls, Valley, Washington. NFS lands in the State of Idaho. R4 - Intermountain Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide) SFSR Subbasin Noxious Weed - Vegetation management In Progress: Expected:04/2009 06/2009 Clayton Nalder Management Plan [80] (other than forest products) FEIS NOA in Federal Register Actual: 05/11/2007 208-382-7420 EIS 05/25/2007 [email protected] Description: Use a variety of treatment methods to control and contain noxious and invasive weeds within the South Fork Salmon River Subbasin. Separate decisions will be issued for the Payette (May 2007) and Boise National Forests (April 2009). Location: UNIT - McCall Ranger District, Krassel Ranger District, Cascade Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Valley. Northwest - central portion of Payette National Forest and a portion of Boise NF in the South Fork Salmon River Subbasin. Payette National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest) R4 - Intermountain Region 10/01/2008 Page 3 of 19 Payette National Forest Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact Payette National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest) R4 - Intermountain Region Payette Bighorn Sheep Viability - Land management planning In Progress: Expected:06/2009 09/2009 Patricia Anderson [105] NOI in Federal Register Soucek EIS 04/11/2007 208-634-0812 Est. DEIS NOA in Federal [email protected] Register 10/2008 Description: Supplement to the Southwest Idaho Ecogroup FEIS for the Revised Land and Resource Management Plans to analyze bighorn sheep viability compliance with the Hells Canyon NRA Act, NFMA, 36 CFR 292.48, and 36 CFR 219.9. Location: UNIT - Payette National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams, Idaho, Valley, Washington. Payette National Forest - Forestwide. Payette National Forest Travel - Road management In Progress: Expected:10/2008 06/2009 Jane Cropp Management Plan [95] - Recreation management FEIS NOA in Federal Register Actual: 01/29/2008 208-634-0757 EIS 05/25/2007 [email protected] Description: Revise the Payette 1995 summer and winter Travel Management Plan as amended. Establish a Forest system of designated routes, meet travel and access needs for recreational activities while protecting Forest resources. Multiple decisions will be issued Location: UNIT - Payette National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams, Idaho, Valley, Washington. LEGAL - Forest-wide. In southwest-central Idaho south of the Salmon R., Payette NF is bordered on the south by Boise NF, on the east by Salmon-Challis NF, on north of Nez Perce NF, and on the west by Wallowa-Whitman NF. Payette National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide) R4 - Intermountain Region E. 1/2 Weiser River Watershed - Grazing management On Hold N/A N/A Maura Laverty Livestock Grazing Allotments 208-253-0114 [6] [email protected] EA Description: Update domestic livestock grazing on 3 allotments within Forest Plan standards and guidelines to improve ecological status of rangeland vegetation. Location: UNIT - Council Ranger District, New Meadows Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Adams, Washington. LEGAL - T18-20N, R1&2W, and T13-16N, 1&2E. Council and New Meadows Ranger Districts. Indian Mt. C&H, N. Hornet C&H, Warm Springs C&H. 10/01/2008 Page 4 of 19 Payette National Forest Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact Payette National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide) R4 - Intermountain Region Thorn Creek Housing - Facility management Developing Proposal Expected:12/2008 06/2009 Dan Anderson Construction [44] Est. Scoping Start 10/2008 208-634-0435 EA [email protected] *NEW LISTING* Description: Construction of flexible housing units on the Thorn Creek Administrative site. Also includes the connected actions of re-routing an existing snowmobile trail around the site and clearing of a new site to store material currently
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