Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 10/01/2009 to 12/31/2009 Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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, In Progress: Expected:02/2010 03/2010 Tracy Parker Programmatic Environmental Orders FEIS NOA in Federal Register 505-758-6310 Impact Statement 10/24/2008 [email protected] EIS 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 - 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. 10/01/2009 Page 1 of 19 Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact R4 - Intermountain Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide) Wasatch Powderbird Guides - Recreation management In Progress: Expected:10/2009 11/2009 Steve Scheid 10-Year O & G Permit Re- - Special use management Scoping Start 11/19/2008 801-733-2689 Issuance [email protected] CE Description: Wasatch Powderbird Guides (WPG) is requesting the reissuance of a 10-year special use authorization for outfitted and guided heli-skiing on (NFS) lands. This authorization would be very similar to WPG's previous authorizations. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/uwc/projects/wcnf/proposed/index Location: UNIT - Salt Lake Ranger District, Pleasant Grove Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Davis, Morgan, Salt Lake, Summit, Utah, Wasatch. LEGAL - T 5N-6S, R 1W-4E. Selected areas on NFS lands within Salt Lake and Pleasant Grove RD's. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest) R4 - Intermountain Region Oil and Gas Leasing - Minerals and Geology In Progress: Expected:11/2009 12/2009 Kim Martin EIS DEIS NOA in Federal Register 801-342-5100 02/22/2008 [email protected] Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 10/2009 Description: Determine appropriate leasing terms and stipulations for the leasable land base within the entire Uinta National Forest. Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/uinta/projects Location: UNIT - Uinta-Wasatch-Cache All Units. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Juab, Sanpete, Tooele, Utah, Wasatch. Uinta National Forest. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Evanston-Mountain View RD (excluding Projects occurring in more than one R4 - Intermountain Region District) 10/01/2009 Page 2 of 19 Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Evanston-Mountain View RD (excluding Projects occurring in more than one R4 - Intermountain Region District) Arbuckle Recreational - Special use management Developing Proposal Expected:10/2009 11/2009 Amy Barker Residence Addition and Est. Scoping Start 10/2009 307-789-3194 Storage Shed Move [email protected] CE Description: Proposal to construct a 16 x 26 foot addition to Beth Arbuckle Ashdown's existing recreational residence in the *NEW LISTING* Christmas Meadows Summer Home Area and move an existing storage shed to the southeast of an existing outhouse. Location: UNIT - Evanston-Mountain View RD. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Summit. LEGAL - Sec. 10 and 15 T1N R10E SLM. Christmas Meadows Summer Home Area. Blacks Fork Salvage Project - Vegetation management In Progress: Expected:04/2010 06/2010 Amy Barker EIS (other than forest products) NOI in Federal Register 307-789-3194 - Fuels management 05/28/2009 [email protected] Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 01/2010 Description: The Evanston/Mountain View Ranger District proposes to treat about 3,000 acres of a variety of vegetation types within the 39,760 acre Blacks Fork project area. Proposed treatments include timber harvest, prescribed fire, and mechanical thinning. Location: UNIT - Evanston-Mountain View RD. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Summit. LEGAL - T2N, R12E, T3N, Salt Lake Meridian. Located approximately 25 miles southeast of Mountain View, Wyoming. East Fork Bear River Diversion - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants In Progress: Expected:10/2009 10/2009 Amy Barker Fish Screens Scoping Start 05/18/2009 307-789-3194 CE [email protected] Description: Proposal to install head gates and fish screens at the Hilliard and Hovarka irrigation diversions on the East Fork of the Bear River to eliminate fish entrainment, reducing mortality rates for the conservation Bonneville cutthroat trout population. Location: UNIT - Evanston-Mountain View RD. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Summit. LEGAL - Sections 16 & 22 R8W, T2N Uinta. Hovarka and Hilliard Canals. 10/01/2009 Page 3 of 19 Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Evanston-Mountain View RD (excluding Projects occurring in more than one R4 - Intermountain Region District) Fish Creek Culvert and Road - Road management Completed Actual: 09/21/2009 11/2009 Amy Barker Realignment 307-789-3194 EA [email protected] Description: Proposal to relocate approximately 300 feet of the West Fork Blacks Fork Road to allow the installation of a culvert where the outlet to Fish Lake crosses the road in the northwest 1/4 of Section 7 T2N R12E. To eliminate a ford and reduce sediment. Location: UNIT - Evanston-Mountain View RD. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Summit. LEGAL - Northwest quarter of Section 7 T2N R12E. Where the outlet to Fish Lake crosses the West Fork Blacks Fork Road. Hoop Lake Sage Wildlife - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants In Progress: Expected:10/2009 11/2009 Dan Garcia de la Habitat Improvement Fuels - Fuels management 215 Comment Period Legal Cadena Project Notice 06/09/2009 307-783-3983 CE [email protected] ed.us Description: The FS proposes burning sagebrush dominated plant communities to maintain age class/habitat diversity and forage productivity for big game and sagebrush-obligate species and reduce fuel loads in areas adjacent to infrastructure and forest resources. Location: UNIT - Evanston-Mountain View RD. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Summit. LEGAL - SLC meridian, Township 2N, Range 16E, within portions of sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11. This project is located on the Mountain View Ranger District