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Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 07/01/2010 to 09/30/2010 Clearwater National Forest This Report Contains the Best Available Information at the Time of Publication Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 07/01/2010 to 09/30/2010 Clearwater 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) Geothermal Leasing - Regulations, Directives, Cancelled N/A N/A Tracy Parker Programmatic Environmental Orders 505-758-6310 Impact Statement [email protected] EIS Description: The Forest Service was a cooperating agency, assisting the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in that Agency's geothermal leasing analysis and decision. The BLM issued a record of decision on 12/17/2008. Web Link: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/energy/geothermal/geothermal_nationwide.html Location: UNIT - 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, 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, 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, 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, R10 - Alaska Region All Units, Custer 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, 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, Rio Grande National Forest All Units, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests All Units, Klamath National Forest All Units, Sierra National Forest All Units, Ochoco National Forest All Units, Fremont-Winema National Forest All Units, Umatilla National Forest All Units, Willamette National Forest All Units, Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands All Units, Washington Office (National Headquarter), Uinta-Wasatch-Cache All Units, Lolo National Forest All Units, Nez Perce National Forest All Units, Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests All Units, Tonto National Forest All Units, Inyo National Forest All Units. STATE - Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming. 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. 07/01/2010 Page 1 of 9 Clearwater National Forest Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact R1 - Northern Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide) Clearwater-Nez Perce Forest - Land management planning On Hold N/A N/A Marty Gardner Plan Revision 208-476-8219 CE [email protected] Description: NOI to prepare an EIS to revise the Clearwater and Nez Perce National Forest Management Plans published 9/30/2004. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/cnpz Location: UNIT - Clearwater National Forest All Units, Nez Perce National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Idaho. Nez Perce and Clearwater National Forests. Upper Lochsa Land Exchange - Land ownership management In Progress: Expected:02/2011 05/2011 Teresa Trulock EIS NOI in Federal Register 208-935-4256 12/04/2008 [email protected] Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 07/2010 Description: The Forest Service (FS) is considering a land for land exchange with Western Pacific Timber (WPT). The FS would receive approx. 40,000 acres of WPT land in the upper Lochsa River drainage and WPTwould receive approx. 28,000 acres of federal land. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=26227 Location: UNIT - Sandpoint Ranger District, Palouse Ranger District, North Fork Ranger District, Red River Ranger District, Powell Ranger District , Clearwater Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Benewah, Bonner, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone. The lands aquired are in the upper Lochsa River drainage on the border of ID and MT. The federal lands to exchange out of are scattered on the Idaho Panhandle, Clearwater, and Nez Perce NF. Clearwater National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest) R1 - Northern Region 07/01/2010 Page 2 of 9 Clearwater National Forest Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact Clearwater National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest) R1 - Northern Region Clearwater NF Travel Plan and - Regulations, Directives, In Progress: Expected:08/2010 12/2010 Lois Foster OHV Rule Implementation Orders DEIS NOA in Federal Register 208-935-4258 EIS - Recreation management 07/17/2009 [email protected] - Road management Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 08/2010 Description: Travel planning and analysis to implement the national OHV rule. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/clearwater/Projects/Projects.htm Location: UNIT - Clearwater National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Clearwater, Idaho, Shoshone. LEGAL - Forest-wide (with some exceptions). Travel planning on the Powell, Lochsa, North Fork Ranger Districts and Elk Creek basin of the Palouse Ranger Dsitrict. Lenore Tree Improvement Area - Special use management In Progress: Expected:07/2010 09/2010 Tammy Harding Mineral Withdrawal Project 215 Comment Period Legal (208)935-2513 EA Notice 03/05/2010 [email protected] Description: Application for withdrawal from settlement, sale, location or entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws, 10 acres of Bureau of Land Management lands adjacent to the Lenore Tree Improvement Area. Location: UNIT - Clearwater National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Clearwater. LEGAL - T37N, R1W, Section 32,. 10 acres of BLM lands adjacent to the Lenore Tree Improvement Area, 15 miles west of Orofino, Idaho. Clearwater National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide) R1 - Northern Region Saddle Camp Veg. - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants In Progress: Expected:09/2010 12/2010 Rachel Young EA - Forest products Scoping Start 07/06/2009 208-983-4025 - Vegetation management Est. 215 Comment Period Legal [email protected] (other than forest products) Notice 07/2010 - Fuels management - Watershed management - Road management Description: Treatment along FS Road 107 to reduce fuels to provide for ingress and egress and to manage vegetation to more closely represent desired condition. Location: UNIT - Lochsa Ranger District, Powell Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Idaho. LEGAL - T36N., R.11 E., Sec 3-10, 15-21; T36N., R10E., sec 1, 12, 13, 14; T.37N, R11E. Sec 31-33. Lost Creek and Graves Creek drainages on the Lochsa and Powell Ranger Distircts. 07/01/2010 Page 3 of 9 Clearwater National Forest Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact Clearwater National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide) R1 - Northern Region Small-Scale Suction Dredging - Minerals and Geology Completed Actual: 03/09/2010 06/2010 George Harbaugh on Lolo and Moose Creeks 12/05/2006 208-926-4274 EIS [email protected] Description: Mining by suction dredging Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=1678 Location: UNIT - North Fork Ranger District, Lochsa Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Clearwater, Idaho. Lolo Creek and Moose Creek. Clearwater National Forest Lochsa Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R1 - Northern Region Coolwater Ridge Vegetation - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Completed Actual: 06/02/2010 08/2010 Dennis Talbert Management - Vegetation management 208-935-4257 CE (other than forest products) [email protected] Description: Prescribe burn up to approximately 6500 acres of National Forest managed lands. Reforest whitebark pine in suitable habitats. Location: UNIT - Lochsa Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Idaho. LEGAL - all or portions of T32N, R7E-R9E; and T33N, R7E-R9E; Boise Meridian, Idaho County, Idaho. Clearwater NF managed lands east of Selway River, South of Lochsa River, west of Split Creek Ridge to Coolwater Ridge
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