2011 Aspen Release
(CE)
This project proposes treatment of 507 acres of conifer encroachment to improve health and viability of aspen clones comprising 21 units of 2 to 56 acres.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Aspen and Douglas-fir Resiliency Demonstration
(CE)
This proposal inovolves work to enhance aspen and large diameter Douglas-fir trees on the Cliff Lake Bench. The area encompasses approximately 150 acres.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Bartoletti Private Road Special Use Permit
(CE)
This proposal would authorized a private road special use permit to Louis Bartolleti for access across approximately 350 feet of National Forest System lands on an existing road in the Bear Gulch area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Special use management
Beaver Dam Ranches Special Use Permit
(CE)
The proposal would issue a special use permit to authorize structures on National Forest System Lands that have been in place for over 20 years. They include fences, a water diversion ditch, well, and buried water and electrical lines.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Special use management
Berkeley Timing Cable
(CE)
The Discovery Ski Team proposes to bury 3000 feet of cable for electronic timing equipment for nationally sanctioned ski races. The computer network cable would be encased in 1 inch conduit bured 6 inches underground by a ditchwitch.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Pintler Ranger District
Purpose: Special area management
Black Mountain Aspen and Mountain Mahogany Release
(CE)
This project is proposed to Improve health and viability of aspen clones and mountain mahogany by removing colonizing conifers on 415 acres with 17 quaking aspen treatment units from 3 to 76 acres and one 106 acre mountain mahogany unit.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Dillon Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Bogus Basin Personal Use Post and Pole Area
(CE)
This project involves one 25 acre designated areas for post and pole cutting. Permit holders would be allowed to drive to the area and cut post and pole sized trees with a chainsaw and pile the slash for the Forests Service to burn when appropriate.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Special use management
Boulder River Salvage and Vegetation Management Project
(EIS)
Salvage by clearcut regeneration harvest, and conduct biomass removal, commercial thinning, prescribed fire, and quaking aspen restoration on 24,939 acres (346 units) of Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest System Lands north of Whitehall, MT.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest All Units
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products
Brown's Gulch Division Fence Relocation
(CE)
The proposal will relocate and reconstruct fences resulting in the removal of 4000 ft of buck and wire or 4-strand barbed wire femce in the Elkhorn Wildlife Management Area and replacing it with 2400 ft of 3-strand wildlife friendly fence.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Jefferson Ranger District
Purpose: Special area management
Bull Mountain Game Range Conifer Reduction
(CE)
Selective slashing or burning of non-merchantable conifers encroaching into sage/grass communities to restore forage production for wildlife on 5,010 acres on the Bull Mountain Game Range. Project involves no road building or commercial harvest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Jefferson Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Butte Jefferson Recreation Events
(CE)
Authorization of the Butte 100 mountain bike race from Homestake Pass to Pipestone Pass and Wulf's run, a marathon event that starts at Homestake Pass. Both races are planned for July.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Butte Ranger District
Purpose: Special use management
California and Harris Creeks Stream Restoration
(CE)
This proposal would repair stretches of Harris and California creeks damaged by ATVs & 4x4s with onsite native materials and hand scarification of rutted areas. Onsite material would be used to improve stream habitat condition in affected reaches.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Chief Joesph Cross Country Ski Trail Hazard Tree Removal
(CE)
Remove hazard trees over the course of 10 years, to reduce the risk posed to skiers and hikers on this trail system (over 7000 visitors annually) by commercial means if possible. Force account or service contracts will be employed otherwise.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Wisdom Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
Chief Joesph Ski Trail Maintenance & Construction
(CE)
Project would re-shaping the existing road prism on the old log hauling routes used as ski trails and dig stumps on approximately 32 kilometers of cross country ski trails and construct a connector trail between Moose and Sentinel Meadow trails.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Wisdom Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
Crockett Lake Whitebark Pine Demonstration
(CE)
This project is intended to remove all conifers and slash (except limber pine) from the understory in identified whitebark pine stands in order to reduce competition and increase sunlight so that the WBP reproduces fully and faster.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Crow Creek Hardened Crossing
(CE)
Install grade control structures on each side of an exising creek crossing. Lower the banks to a 1:4 grade and spread cobble and gravel on the approaches to stabilize soil. Install a jackleg fence to keep cows from walking up or down the creek.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Grazing management
Crow Creek Pipeline
(CE)
Install a headbox and 1.5 inch pipeline to two water troughs located on ridges in the Pole Long Creek C&H Allotment to water the cattle away from the creek in order to reduce impacts
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Grazing management
Divide Creek Barrier Enhancement
(CE)
We propose to enhance an existing natural barrier on North Divide Creek to preclude brook trout from passing upstream where they could hybridize a population of westslope cutthroat trout. Fish will be marked and moved to test for success.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Butte Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
East Deer Lodge Valley Landscape Restoration Management
(EIS)
Restore Terrestrial and aquatic conditions, respond to 2008 landscape assessment, capture economic value of dead/dying trees.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Pintler Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
East Fork Blacktail Trail Reroute
(CE)
This proposal is to reroute overly steep sections of trail in order to reduce erosion, improve trail safety, and utility. The project will relocate and construct approximately four miles of trail to replace approximately three
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
Emerine Repeater Project
(CE)
Remove the existing tower and base at the Emerine Lookout and install a new 6? x ? x 8? steel radio shelter 100 ft west of the Emerine Lookout Cabin.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Pintler Ranger District
Purpose: Special use management
Fleecer Mountains Project
(EA)
Salvage dead and dying lodgepole pine on approx. 1,100 acres, thin douglas fir stands on approx 590 acres, pre-commercial thin second growth stands on approx. 1,345 acres, and aspen restoration on 115 acres, various aquatic and road improvements
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest All Units
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Flint Creek Campground Rehabilitation
(CE)
This proposal includes redesign of campsites, replacement of all furniture, barriers, fire rings, and wooden valut toilets. Maintenance or repair of driving surfaces, relocation of some sites, and a new well with accessible hanpump are also included.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Pintler Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
Flint Foothills Vegetation Management Project
(EIS)
1) Salvage beetle dead and dying lodgepole pine
2) Commercial thin ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir
3) Use prescribed fire in low and mid-elevation mixed conifer stands to promote resiliency
4) Pre-commercial thin young stans
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest All Units
Purpose: Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Land management planning, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Georgetown Lake Campground Concession Permit Reissuance
(CE)
Big Sky Recreation seeks renewal of their special use authorization to operate and maintain campgrounds, developed sites, and facilities at Georgetown Lake. No changes to the operation, authorized facilities or increase in the scope are proposed.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Pintler Ranger District
Purpose: Special use management
Gold Creek Trail Reconstruction
(CE)
Relocate 2 miles and restore 4 miles of existing trail along Gold Creek in the East Pioneers to meet the needs of hikers and stock users. Work includes rolling dips, switchbacks climbing turns, signs and rock blasting.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Wise River Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
Goodrich Plan of Operation
(CE)
The proposal is to remove old ore dumps from a variety of mineral claims on National Forest System lands. Material will be hauled off the sites in 6-10 yard dump trucks to a staging area on private land.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Highland Mine Road Use
(EA)
Butte Highlands JV of Butte, Montana has submitted a Plan of Operations to haul unprocessed ore from the Butte Highlands mine located on private land in T1N, R7W, section 31 to private land in T1N, R6W, section 29
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest All Units
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Hogback Pipeline and Fence
(CE)
Install a headbox on a spring in the Hogback Pasture of the Snowcrest Creek C&H allotment. Bury the pipline approximately 1/2 mile to the west to an existing trough and fence the spring out with barbed wire.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Grazing management
Homestake Conifer Slashing
(CE)
Proposal to cut down non-merchantable conifers across 7 units, (600 acres) where they overtop aspen along the boundary between open sagebrush parks and lodge pole pine dominated forest. The proposal requires no road construction or commercial harvest
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Jefferson Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Homestake Pass Salvage and Restoration
(EA)
Salvage dead and dying lodgepole pine affected by mountain pine beetle on about 257 acres; maintain grass/shrub/aspen communities by slashing/burning encroaching conifers on about 593 acres; Lion Gulch riparian habitat and stream channel restoration
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Jefferson Ranger District
Purpose: Fuels management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products
Homestake Trail #7071 Relocation
(CE)
Proposal to relocate two segments of Homestake Trail #7071 in the Whitetail-Pipestone Area move it off of the the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Tracks.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Jefferson Ranger District
Purpose: Heritage resource management
Howard Private Road Use
(CE)
Gary and Sharon Howard have applied for a private road special use authorization to construct approximatel 150 yards of road from the Toll Mountain Road across NFS lands to their private land.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Jefferson Ranger District
Purpose: Special use management
Jubilee Trail
(CE)
This proposal would add a winter ski trail at Discovery Ski Area from the Sapphire to the Jubilee run in order to reduce conflict and congestion below the lodge. This route will be about 350 feet and require removal of about 100 trees.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Pintler Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
Lazyman Repeater Shelter and Tower Replacement
(CE)
This proposal would replace the existing repeater facility with a new 6 x 6 x 8 foot steel radio shelter and 40 foot tower at a new site 2000 feet south of the current location.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Facility management
Lima Tendoy AMP Revisions
(EA)
Revision of grazing allotment management plans on the Dillon Ranger District
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Dillon Ranger District
Purpose: Grazing management
Lone Butte Hardened Crossing
(CE)
Install grade control structures on each side of an existing crossing. Lower banks to a 1:4 grade and spread cobble and gravel on the approaches to stabilize the soil. Install a jackleg fence to keep cattle moving up or down the creek.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Grazing management
Madison FY12 Trails Project
(CE)
This proposal covers three trail projects in one construction package, new construction of a non-motorized trail, and rerouting and reconstructing 2 motorized trails.
Status: On Hold
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
Madison Motor Vehicle Use Map
(EA)
NEPA analysis for the designation of motorized use on the Madison RD of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
Meadow Creek Fuels Reduction Project
(EA)
Commercial thinning of Douglas-fir and salvage lodgepole pine on 300 acres of National Forest System lands.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest All Units
Purpose: Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products
Mill Creek Restoration
(CE)
This project would remove the remaining streambank and vegetative material that sloughed into Mill Creek last year and stabilize the banks with rocks, root wads, and native plants to protect the existing bank from further erosion and scouring
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Facility management
Monforton Private Road Special Use Permit
(CE)
Mr Monforton requests we renew a private road special use permit, authorized since 2001, for a mile behind a locked gate on FS Road #173. His property is surrounded by National Forest System lands.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Jefferson Ranger District
Purpose: Special use management
Moose Creek Trail Maintenance and Construction
(CE)
This project involves maintenance and construction on approximately 3.6 miles of existing motorized use trail. New construction would replace eroded sections with steep grades, unsafe switchbacks and move the trail away from wet areas.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Jefferson Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
Mount Haggin Aspen Release
(CE)
Proposal to treat seven aspen units for a total of 160 acres to enhance the health and viability of aspen clones along the Lower Dry Creek road.
Status: On Hold
Management Unit: Wise River Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products)
North Butte Land Exchange
(EA)
This project would exchange Federal lands north of Butte for private lands near Delmoe Lake.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Butte Ranger District
Purpose: Land ownership management
Pole CanyonTrail #157 and Pyramid Trail #163 Construction and Maintenance
(CE)
Maintain and reconstruct 1 mile of Pole Canyon Trail #157 and 1 mile of Pyramid Trail #163.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Jefferson Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
Pride J Placer Exploration
(CE)
Joel Silver of Butte, Montana has submitted a Plan of Operations (POO) to explore for minerals on unpatented mining claims. His proposal includes excavating eight placer exploration test pits using an excavator to test for valuable minerals.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Jefferson Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Rawhide Trail #7073, Maintenance and Reconstruction
(CE)
This project involves maintenance and reconstruction along 3.7 miles of the existing trail tread in the Elkhorn Mountain Range. New trail tread shall be 48 inches in width. No changes in travel managment are proposed. The trail is open to ATVs.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Jefferson Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
Reconstruction of the Lost Creek #8133 and Foster Creek #8045 Trails
(CE)
The Lost Creek and Foster Creek Trails are accessible from the Lost Creek State Park and the Warm Springs Road. Both trails need work to bring them up to trail standards.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Pintler Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
Riverview Interpretive Trail
(CE)
Proposal to construct by hand tools, a mile and a half of interpretive trail between the Riverview and Madison campgrounds. Interpretive material will explain land use over time, local geology, wilderness managment, and living with grizzly bears
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
Rock Creek Pipeline and Stock Watering Trough
(CE)
Fencing out a spring, installing a collection basin and installing 1000 feet of 1.25 inch pipeline and 2 tan fiberglass stock watering troughs with float valve shut-offs. Pipeline will cross steam at one point. Purpose is to reduce riparian grazing impacts.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Grazing management
Romey Creek Crossing
(CE)
We propose to cut Douglas-fir trees encroaching on 0.78 acres of riparian area to use as a barrier along Romy Creek. A strategic opening will funnel them to the historic road crossing and reduce trampling on about 60 yards of streambank.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Grazing management
Seeded Pasture Pipeline Extention
(CE)
The proposed action is to bury approximately 1600 feet of 1 ½ inch plastic pipe, from the existing water tank in Section 6 to a new water tank located on BLM ground in Section 7. Approximately 1200 feet of the pipeline is located on National Forest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Jefferson Ranger District
Purpose: Grazing management
Slag-a-melt Creek OHV Trail Reconstruction
(CE)
Reconstruct two and a half miles of OHV trail along Slag-a-melt Creek to All Terrain Vechicle Trail Class 3 standards.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Wisdom Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
Smart Creek Minerals Exploration #2
(CE)
Frank Antonioli of Butte has submitted a Plan of Operations (POO) to explore for minerals on unpatented mining claims located in T8N, R13W, section 6, approximately 10 miles north of Philipsburg, Montana.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Pintler Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Stone Lakes Trail Reconstruction
(CE)
Reconstruct 3.5 miles of the Stone Lakes Trail to meet Motorcycle Trail Class 2 standards.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Wisdom Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
Tebay Pasture Pipeline Extension
(CE)
Proposal would bury 3000 ft of 1 ½ inch plastic pipe from the existing water tank (Section 15) to a new water tank on BLM land (Section 14). Approximately 2800 feet of pipeline would be buried on National Forest, the rest is on BLM.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Jefferson Ranger District
Purpose: Grazing management
Trapper Creek Vegetation Management
(EA)
Proposed treatments would occur on about 3400 acres in aspen, mountain mahogany, and sagebrush/grass park areas. Treatment includes cutting of the colonizing conifers in these areas, then burning or lopping and scattering slash.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Wise River Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Wall Creek / Hyde Creek Pipelines
(CE)
Construction of two 1.25 inch livestock pipelines and troughs. The Wall Creek Pipeline Extension is .5 miles long off an existing pipeline. Hyde Creek Pipeline extends 0.1 mile from a spring.
Status: On Hold
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Grazing management
West Big Hole Trails
(CE)
Project to reconstruct sections of formerly motorized routes on 10.5 combined miles of trail in the Berry, Janke, Hamby, and Pioneer creek drainages (closed by the February 2010 Record of Decision) to Non-motorized Class 3 Trail standards.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Wisdom Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management
West Fork Blacktail Deer Creek Hardened Crossing
(CE)
We propose to harden an existing eroding livestock crossing a by installing grade control structures and using compacted gravel over cobble on approaches. Jackleg fences will keep stock in the crossing.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Madison Ranger District
Purpose: Grazing management
Wisner Placer Exploration Project
(CE)
Proponent proposes to excavate 11 test trenches to bedrock to test for valuable minerals. Trenches will be 50 ft wid X 75 ft long.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Wise River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
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