Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 07/01/2017 to 09/30/2017 Eldorado 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) Sierra Nevada Forest Plan - Land management planning On Hold N/A N/A Donald Yasuda Amendment (SNFPA) 916-640-1168 EIS [email protected] Description: Prepare a narrowly focused analysis to comply with two orders issued by the Eastern District Court of California on November 4, 2009. Correct the 2004 SNFPA Final SEIS to address range of alternatives and analytical consistency issues. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/snfpa/2010seis Location: UNIT - Eldorado National Forest All Units, Lassen National Forest All Units, Modoc National Forest All Units, Sequoia National Forest All Units, Tahoe National Forest All Units, Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Unit, Carson Ranger District, Bridgeport Ranger District, Plumas National Forest All Units, Sierra National Forest All Units, Stanislaus National Forest All Units, Inyo National Forest All Units. STATE - California, Nevada. COUNTY - Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yuba, Douglas, Esmeralda, Mineral. LEGAL - Along the Sierra Nevada Range, from the Oregon/California border south to Lake Isabella as well as lands in western Nevada. Sierra Nevada National Forests.
Eldorado National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region Eldorado National Forest Over - Recreation management In Progress: Expected:09/2018 10/2018 Cindy Oswald Snow Vehicle Use Designation NOI in Federal Register 530-621-5213 EIS 02/27/2015 [email protected] Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 10/2017 Description: Analysis for over snow travel by tracked vehicles and trail grooming Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=46034 Location: UNIT - Eldorado National Forest All Units. STATE - California. COUNTY - Alpine, Amador, El Dorado, Placer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Entire forest.
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Eldorado National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region Re-issue Pacific Gas and - Special use management Developing Proposal Expected:05/2017 06/2017 Cindy Oswald Electric Company Permits Est. Scoping Start 03/2017 530-647-5213 CE [email protected] Description: Re-issue easement and permit for existing distribution power lines.
Location: UNIT - Eldorado National Forest All Units. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador, El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Various location across the forest.
Eldorado National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region PG&E Transmission Line - Vegetation management In Progress: Expected:03/2018 05/2018 Jennifer Marsolais Herbicide Maintenance Project (other than forest products) Scoping Start 01/12/2017 530-642-5187 EA - Facility management Est. Comment Period Public [email protected] Notice 11/2017 d.us Description: Proposal to approve the use of herbicides and mastication as part of PG&E's transmission line maintenance vegetation management program. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50643 Location: UNIT - Placerville Ranger District, Georgetown Ranger District, Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador, El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Salt Springs-Tiger Creek, French Meadows-Middle Fork, Middle Fork #1, Middle Fork-Gold Hill, and El Dorado-Missouri Flat #1 and 2 transmission lines.
Eldorado National Forest Amador Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region Allen Camp Motorcycle Trail - Recreation management Developing Proposal Expected:08/2017 06/2018 Jennifer DeWoody Restoration - Watershed management Est. Scoping Start 07/2017 530-647-5382 CE [email protected] Description: Repair and restore sections of Allen Camp Trail (17E19) to meet standards and guides, to eventually reopen the segment of the trail to public motor vehicle use. Location: UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Allen Camp Trail 17E19, 1/2E Section 17 and 1/4 NE Section 20, T.9 N, R 16 E, M.D.B.&M.
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Eldorado National Forest Amador Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region Bear River Grazing Allotment - Grazing management In Progress: Expected:02/2018 03/2018 Kristina Garcia Management Plan Scoping Start 12/11/2015 530-621-5246 EA Est. Comment Period Public [email protected] Notice 08/2017 Description: Develop Allotment Management Plan for the Bear River Grazing Allotment that will be incorporated into the term grazing permit and used to guide management of grazing operations, including issuance of a special use permit for use of Dufrene cow camp. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=46035 Location: UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Bear River Allotment is bounded on the north by Highway 88, the south by the Mokelumne River, the west by the Forest boundary and the east by Cole Creek and upper Bear River Reservoir. Bob Kirkwood Driveway - Road management In Progress: Expected:04/2017 05/2017 Sean McGinness CE Scoping Start 07/20/2015 209-295-4252 [email protected] Description: Private driveway construction and special use permit.
Location: UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Alpine. LEGAL - Township 10N, Range 18E, Section 20. The start of the driveway would be approximately 775 feet from Woods Lake Road, and approximately 225 feet from the intersection of Woods Lake Road and State Route 88. CalTrans 88 GazEx Installation - Road management Developing Proposal Expected:09/2017 10/2017 Sean McGinness Project Est. Scoping Start 07/2017 209-295-4252 CE [email protected] Description: Caltrans proposes to install three new GazEx exploders at Carson Spur. State Route 88 is a major trans-Sierra transportation corridor. The work is needed to keep the highway open during the winter months and to provide for public safety. Location: UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project is located along State Route 88 adjacent (south) to the %u201CCarson Spur%u201D, between milepost 69.8 and 70.6.
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Eldorado National Forest Amador Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region Camp Silverado Developed - Recreation management Completed Actual: 04/20/2017 06/2017 Jennifer DeWoody Recreation Site - Facility management 530-647-5382 EA [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: Convert Camp Silverado Boy Scout Facility into rentable group campsites. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=45446 Location: UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Located on the east side of Silver Lake. Cole Forest Health Project - Forest products Developing Proposal Expected:06/2018 06/2018 Marc Young EA - Vegetation management Est. Scoping Start 07/2017 209-295-5955 (other than forest products) [email protected] - Fuels management Description: Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable landscape on approximately 500 acres by commercially and pre-commercially thinning, understory burning, and reconstructing roads. Location: UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. South of Highway 88 and Bear River Reservoir. Foster Meadow Restoration - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants In Progress: Expected:03/2018 07/2018 Chuck Loffland Project - Watershed management Scoping Start 08/15/2016 (209) 295-5954 EA Est. Comment Period Public [email protected] Notice 08/2017 Description: The proposed project is to implement near-complete gully fill. Road crossing would use a rock/soil fill with vegetation transplants to raise both the channel and floodplain to match the existing culvert invert/floodplain elevation. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49258 Location: UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Foster meadow: approximately 40 miles east of Jackson, Ca., one mile north of State Highway 88, in the vicinity of the Peddler Hill maintenance station.
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Eldorado National Forest Amador Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region PG&E Distribution Lines, - Special use management On Hold N/A N/A Sean McGinness Special Use Permit 209-295-4252 CE [email protected] Description: Consolidate Special Use Permit for new and existing PG&E power lines; to include a main 12 kV line, 2 distribution lines and 5 tap-lines. Location: UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. See "Other project information". Panther Forest Health Project - Forest products In Progress: Expected:08/2017 10/2017 Paul Leusch EA - Vegetation management Objection Period Legal Notice 559-338-2320 (other than forest products) 05/26/2017 [email protected] - Fuels management Description: Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable landscape on approximately 3,350 acres by commercially and pre-commercially thinning, understory burning, and reconstructing roads. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=41236 Location: UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. South of Highway 88 in the vicinity of Panther Ridge. Power Fire Fuels Maintenance - Fuels management In Progress: Expected:07/2017 08/2017 Jesse Plummer Study Project Phase 2 - Research and Development Scoping Start 08/15/2016 530-295-5973 CE [email protected] s Description: Tiered to original decision, conduct fuel reduction treatments on approximately 2,500 acres of mixed conifer and red fir forests that burned at low to moderate severity during the 2004 Power Fire. Proposed areas required consultation with the USFWS. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=52126 Location: UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. South of state route 88 bordered by the forest boundary on the west, the Power Fire perimeter in the Mokelumne Wilderness on the east, and Tiger Creek/Salt Spring Reservoir to the south.
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Eldorado National Forest Amador Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region Power Fire Fuels Study - Fuels management Completed Actual: 06/23/2017 06/2017 Jesse Plummer CE - Research and Development 530-295-5973 [email protected] *UPDATED* s Description: Conduct fuel reduction treatments on approximately 3,500 acres of mixed conifer and red fir forests that burned at low to moderate severity during the 2004 Power Fire. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49559 Location: UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Between Lower Bear River and Salt Springs Reservoirs. Power Fire Reforestation - Vegetation management In Progress: Expected:10/2017 03/2018 Marc Young EIS (other than forest products) DEIS NOA in Federal Register (209) 295-5955 04/21/2017 [email protected] Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 08/2017 Description: The project includes planting and release of seedlings. Portions of the area may require site prep before planting, including hand cutting, mechanical site prep, and herbicides. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=14704 Location: UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. South of CA 88 between Ham's Station & Lumberyard, down to the North Fork Mokelumne River, approx 40 miles east of Jackson, CA. Scotiago Forest Health Project - Forest products Developing Proposal Expected:03/2018 03/2018 Marc Young EA - Vegetation management Est. Scoping Start 06/2017 209-295-5955 (other than forest products) [email protected] - Fuels management Description: Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable landscape on approximately 1,000 acres by commercially and precommercially thinning, understory burning, and reconstructing roads. Location: UNIT - Amador Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Amador. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Bewteen Highway 88 and Omo Ranch road to the western forest boundary.
Eldorado National Forest Georgetown Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
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Eldorado National Forest Georgetown Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region 2016 Georgetown Insect - Forest products Completed Actual: 06/13/2017 06/2017 Don Errington Salvage Project - Vegetation management 530-647-5450 CE (other than forest products) [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: This project seeks to reduce the number of dead and dying hazard trees at key locations on the ranger district where public use is high, where infrastructure values are substantial, and in areas being managed for lower hazardous fuel conditions. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50854 Location: UNIT - Georgetown Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - T11N R11E S12; T11N R12E S5-7; T12N R11E S4,9-10,15,16; T13N R11E S10,14, 15,27,28,32,33. Within or adjacent to high use recreation areas, maintenance class level 3-5 roadways, fuel breaks, and wildland-urban interface zones on the Georgetown Ranger District. AT&T Buried Telephone Line - Special use management In Progress: Expected:07/2017 07/2017 Jonathan Jue Special Use Permit near Little Scoping Start 04/28/2017 530-333-5550 Crater [email protected] CE Description: Proposal to issue a 5-year special use permit to AT&T for operating & maintaining a buried telephone line on land recently acquired by the US Forest Service. This line will be included under a phone line master permit when that permit is re-issued. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=52165 Location: UNIT - Georgetown Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Placer. LEGAL - T14N, R13E, Sections 22, 28, 31. Near Little Crater on the Georgetown Ranger District, Eldorado National Forest. Georgetown Trailhead Salvage - Forest products Completed Actual: 06/26/2017 06/2017 Don Errington Project - Vegetation management 530-647-5450 CE (other than forest products) [email protected] *UPDATED* - Fuels management Description: Reduce hazards & fuel accumulation within WUI by salvaging 154 acres of dead/dying trees & clearing 9 acres of brush within the 5,645 acre perimeter of the 2016 Trailhead Fire. Conifer reforestation would occur on 85 of the acres within project area. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50916 Location: UNIT - Georgetown Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - T13N, R10E, S12; T13N, R11E, S17-19, and 30. Along the Middle Fork of the American River near Todd Valley.
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Eldorado National Forest Georgetown Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region Tobacco Gulch Fuels - Forest products Completed Actual: 06/05/2017 06/2017 Dana Walsh Reduction and Forest Health - Vegetation management 530-333-5558 Project (other than forest products) [email protected] EA - Fuels management *UPDATED* Description: Commercial thinning, biomass removal, tractor piling and mastication on approximately 1,200 acres of forest lands generally within the WUI or planned SPLATS. Treatment of noxious weeds would be aimed at containing and controling. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=28683 Location: UNIT - Georgetown Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Located near Darling Ridge, Mace Mill, and Traverse Creek on the Georgetown Ranger District.
Eldorado National Forest Pacific Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region Crystal Basin Tackle Outfitter - Special use management Completed Actual: 05/01/2017 05/2017 Karl Goodwin Guide Permit 530-647-5421 CE [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: Issue a 5-year special use permit to allow the permittee to guide fishing trips for the public on 3 reservoirs via established boat ramps. Permittee has an established record of compliance with previously issued 1 year permits for same activities. Location: UNIT - Pacific Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Union Valley Reservoir, Loon Lake Reservoir, Ice House Reservoir. Island Lake Fish Removal - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants In Progress: Expected:07/2017 08/2017 Jeffrey Mabe Project Scoping Start 05/06/2017 530-621-5240 CE [email protected] Description: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has proposed gill netting and electrofishing to removing non-native brook trout from Island Lake in the Desolation Wilderness. This project will benefit the endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=52131 Location: UNIT - Pacific Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - T12N, R16E, section 23. Island Lake within the Desolation Wilderness, Pacific Ranger District, Eldorado National Forest, El Dorado County, CA.
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Eldorado National Forest Pacific Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region John Don't Forest Health/Fuels - Vegetation management In Progress: Expected:10/2017 10/2017 Dana Walsh Reduction Project (other than forest products) Scoping Start 05/12/2014 530-333-5558 EA - Fuels management Est. Comment Period Public [email protected] - Watershed management Notice 07/2017 Description: Vegetation removal through timber harvest, hand thinning and burning, mastication, piling and prescribed burning, meadow and aspen enhancement, stream improvement, and road improvement. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=7178 Location: UNIT - Pacific Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. El Dorado County, Pacific RD, Crystal Basin Recreation Area near Wright's Lake. John Don't Unauthorized Route - Watershed management Completed Actual: 06/19/2017 06/2017 Eric Nicita Restoration Project - Road management 530-621-5290 CE [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: The project would rehabilitate eleven non-National Forest System (NFS) routes. This work will eliminate issues currently impacting watershed function. Project would restore 3.2 miles of road (equaling roughly 6.5 acres). Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=52057 Location: UNIT - Pacific Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Within the Crystal Basin area of the Pacific Ranger District. Ralston Peak Trail - Recreation management In Progress: Expected:07/2017 08/2017 Jon Erickson Reconstruction - Watershed management Scoping Start 07/06/2015 530-647-5439 CE [email protected] Description: Reconstruct a segment of Ralston Peak trail to reduce meadow impacts. Restore an old section of trail within the meadow. Location: UNIT - Pacific Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - T11N, R17E, Section 4. Ralston Peak Trail intersection with Ralston Trail (17E41). Twofer Forest Health Project - Forest products Developing Proposal Expected:08/2018 09/2018 Jennifer DeWoody EA - Vegetation management Est. Scoping Start 06/2017 530-647-5382 (other than forest products) [email protected] - Fuels management Description: To reduce surface fuels, thin commercial and non-commercial plantations, and install strategic fuel breaks along US Highway 50. Location: UNIT - Pacific Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Vicinity of Whitehall, including the Cleveland and Ice House fire footprints, on the north and south side of Highway 50, El Dorado County. Primarily T12N R14E and T11N R14E, Mt Diablo Meridian.
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Eldorado National Forest Pacific Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region Van Vleck Meadow Restoration - Watershed management In Progress: Expected:07/2017 07/2017 Charis Parker Project Scoping Start 11/05/2015 530-647-5430 CE [email protected] Description: Improve hydrologic function in several meadows in the Van Vleck area. Proposed activities include recontouring old berms and roadbeds, reconstructing roads and trails, removing culverts, and removing lodgepole pine trees. Location: UNIT - Pacific Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Van Vleck area - including Van Vleck, Calf Pasture and Fillipini Meadows.
Eldorado National Forest Placerville Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region Big Dog Fuels Reduction - Vegetation management On Hold N/A N/A Robert Broderick Project (other than forest products) 209-295-5922 EA - Fuels management [email protected] - Watershed management Description: The project involves forest thinning and fuels reduction activities on approximately 1,000 acres. Commercial and pre-commercial thinning with follow-up prescribed burning in plantations and mixed conifer stands to improve forest health. Location: UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The planning area is located east of Grizzly Flat, CA. Brown Rock Forest Health - Forest products On Hold N/A N/A Robert Broderick Project - Vegetation management 209-295-5922 EA (other than forest products) [email protected] - Fuels management Description: Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable landscape on approximately 3,000 acres by commercially and pre-commercially thinning, understory burning, and reconstructing roads. Location: UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. North and south of Mormon Emigrant Trail road.
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Eldorado National Forest Placerville Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region Echo Summit 1101 Cable - Special use management In Progress: Expected:07/2017 07/2017 Teresa Fraser Replacement - PG&E Scoping Start 06/12/2017 530-647-5392 CE [email protected] Description: The project will increase the reliability of PG&E's Echo Summit 1101 distribution line. This will involve installation of 5,800 feet of aluminum underground cable in new 4-inch conduit along an existing jeep trail at the Sierra-at- Tahoe resort. Location: UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Sierra at Tahoe Ski Resort. General Sherman Forest Health - Forest products Developing Proposal Expected:05/2018 06/2018 Jennifer DeWoody Project - Vegetation management Est. Scoping Start 06/2017 530-621-6883 EA (other than forest products) [email protected] - Fuels management Description: Reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable landscape on approximately 3,000 acres by commercially and pre-commercially thinning, understory burning, and reconstructing roads. Location: UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Located between Mormon Emigrant Trail road and Silver Fork road. Granite Springs/Weber Mill - Road management Completed Actual: 04/03/2017 07/2018 Jennifer DeWoody Culvert Repairs 530-647-5382 CE [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: Repair and replace culverts along Weber Mill (11N38) and Granite Springs (11N99) Roads. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=48149 Location: UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Weber Mill Road (11N38) and Granite Springs Road (11N99).
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Eldorado National Forest Placerville Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region Middle Creek Forest Health - Vegetation management Completed Actual: 06/09/2017 10/2018 Jennifer DeWoody Project (other than forest products) 530-647-5382 CE - Fuels management [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: Conduct stand density management for forest health on about 676 acres of ca. 40 year old pine plantations and 64 acres of adjacent natural stands using commercial and pre-commercial thinning. Around 10 miles of road reconstruction is proposed. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50046 Location: UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Middle Creek area south of Highway 50 and east of Silver Fork road. This area was included in the analysis of the Pilliken Forest Health Project but removed from that Decision. Placerville District Outfitter and - Special use management In Progress: Expected:07/2017 07/2017 Josh Sjostrom Guide Permits - Scoping Start 11/07/2016 530-647-5356 Reauthorization [email protected] CE Description: Reauthorize 6 outfitting and guiding permits that include rock climbing at Lovers Leap, Sugarloaf, Phantom Spires, and Cody Lake. Reauthorize 1 outfitting and guiding permit for guided canoe/kayak trips at Slab Creek Reservoir and Loon Lake. Location: UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Lover's Leap, Sugar Loaf, Phantom Spires, Cody Lake, Slab Creek Reservoir, and Loon Lake. Sierra At Tahoe - Special use management In Progress: Expected:07/2017 08/2017 Josh Sjostrom Communications Site Scoping Start 10/17/2016 530-647-5356 Construction [email protected] CE Description: Permit for construction of a communication tower by Crown Castle USA Inc. within the Sierra at Tahoe permit boundary. The tower would be a 165%u2019 monopole located approximately 800 feet south of Parking Lot A in the Sierra at Tahoe base area. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49240 Location: UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Tahoe Road, Twin Bridges, CA 95735, Section 15, T11N R17E.
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Eldorado National Forest Placerville Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R5 - Pacific Southwest Region Straw Saddle Fuels Reduction - Forest products On Hold N/A N/A Robert Broderick Project - Vegetation management 209-295-5922 EA (other than forest products) [email protected] - Fuels management - Watershed management Description: The project includes commercial and pre-commercial thinning and prescribed burning on approximately 2,000 acres to improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable landscape. Location: UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project is located in the vicinity of Packsaddle Pass and Cody Lake. TimeMyRace Mountain Bike - Special use management Developing Proposal Expected:07/2017 07/2017 Kate Eccles Enduro Est. Scoping Start 07/2017 530-647-5356 CE [email protected] Description: TimeMyRace is proposing a mountain bike enduro on the Fleming Meadow trail system on July 15, 2017. Participants would complete as few as one and as many as three laps of a loop utilizing non-motorized trails in the Fleming Meadows system. Location: UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The activity will start and end at the Fleming Meadow Trail head and utilize the non-motorized trail system in that area. Trestle Forest Health Project - Forest products In Progress: Expected:08/2017 10/2017 Jennifer Marsolais EIS - Vegetation management Objection Period Legal Notice 530-642-5187 (other than forest products) 04/03/2017 [email protected] - Fuels management Est. FEIS NOA in Federal d.us - Watershed management Register 07/2017 Description: The project would involve forest thinning and fuels reduction activities on approximately 4,000 acres to improve forest health, enhance watershed conditions, and re-establish a sustainable landscape condition. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=28654 Location: UNIT - Placerville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - El Dorado. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project is located east of Grizzly Flat, CA.
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