Projects
Adams Camp Wildfire Protection Project
(EA)
The Salmon River Ranger District of the Nez Perce National Forest proposes to initiate the wildfire protection project on approximately 1492 acres by timber harvest and pre-commercial thinning in the Adams Camp analysis area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Allison-Berg Allotment
(EIS)
The EIS will document changed conditions on the Allison-Berg allotment relative to effects on bighorn sheep and their habitat sufficient to support a determination whether continued grazing by domestic sheep should be allowed or not, and if so, under what conditions.
This project is currently on hold.
Status: On Hold
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Grazing management
American River Trail Improvements
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to relocate at least one mile and improve approximately seven miles of Trail #836.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Recreation management, Watershed management
Clear Creek Integrated Restoration Project
(EIS)
The Moose Creek District proposes a combination of timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning, prescribed fire, and reforestation to achieve desired age class and species distributions within the Clear Creek Drainage. Road decommissioning, culvert replacement and road improvements are also proposed to improve watershed health.
Status: Developing Proposal
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Fuels management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Clear Creek Road Decommissioning
(EA)
This project involves decommissioning up to 10 miles of Forest system roads in the Clear Creek drainage.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management
Deadhorse Creek Trail Bridge Construction
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes improving the Deadhorse Ridge Trail #301 stream crossings of Deadhorse Creek by installing two trail bridges.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Recreation management
Deadwood Quickdraw Exploration Drilling
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Premium Exploration?s proposal to conduct exploratory drilling in the Deadwood area of the Red River Ranger District at a total of fourteen drill sites.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Doc Denny Vegetation Management Project
(EA)
The vegetation management project would occur on about 1026 acres by pre-commercial thin and timber harvest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Clearwater Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management, Watershed management, Road management
Eastside Allotment Management Planning Project
(EA)
Continue to permit livestock grazing by incorporating adaptive management strategies on 8 active allotments within the project area, and close 7 allotments.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Grazing management
Forestwide Precommercial Thinning
(CE)
The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests propose to conduct precommercial thinning on the Moose Creek (1243 acres), Lochsa (139 acres), Powell (8 acres), North Fork (316 acres), and Palouse (189 acres) Ranger Districts.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Friday Minerals Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Premium Exploration?s proposal to conduct exploratory drilling at a total of eighteen drill sites in the Crooked River area of the Red River Ranger District.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Gold Lake Creek Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve Charles Bedrosian?s proposal to conduct a small placer mining operation in the Gold Lake Creek drainage of the Salmon River Ranger District.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Heritage #2 Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Tim Hoskins? proposal to excavate 17 placer test pits in the Newsome Creek drainage area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Hunt Creek Culvert Replacement
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District and the Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resource Management Watershed Division propose to replace one culvert located on Forest Road 309 at Milepost 18.2 in the Mill Creek drainage of the South Fork Clearwater
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Road management
Iron Mountain Communications Site Special Use Permit Issuance
(CE)
The Moose Creek Ranger District proposes to authorize a special use permit to First Step Internet, LLC for a communications site at Iron Mountain.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Special use management
Iron Mountain Vegetation Management Project
(EA)
The District proposes to harvest Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, dead and dying lodgepole pine, and establish small patches of whitebark pine by regeneration harvesting 600-800 acres of mature forest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management
Jubilee Mining
(EA)
The Nez Perce National Forest, Red River Ranger District is preparing an environmental assessment for a small placer mining project in the Crooked Creek drainage, a tributary of the Salmon River.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Little Slate Project
(EIS)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to implement watershed restoration projects and use timber harvest or slashing, and prescribed fire to achieved desired age class, species distribution and landscape pattern.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Fuels management, Road management, Forest products
Lodge Point Commercial Thin
(EA)
Commercially thin between 1,000-1,500 acres of previously managed plantations dating from the 1950?s through the early 1970?s using ground-based equipment.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Forest products, Fuels management
Lone Pine Lode Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Donald Alm's proposal to open an existing adit for the purpose of exploring for gold values.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Lower and East Sand Creek Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve Kent Powell?s proposal to excavate up to 18 test pits for the purpose of testing placer gravels for mineral values in the Sand Creek drainage area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Mill Creek Trail Bridge Construction
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to replace Forest Trail #313?s ford at Mill Creek with a bridge and hardened approaches to improve habitat for the fish populations and provide a safer and more enjoyable recreational experience.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Newsome Creek Watershed Road Restoration Project
(EA)
The Forest Service proposes to decommission and or improve 167 miles of road within the Newsome Creek project area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management
Newsome Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Press Thomas? proposal to excavate up to 12 test pits for the purpose of testing placer gravels for mineral values in the Newsome Creek drainage area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Nez Perce National Forest Travel Management
(EIS)
Also known as the Designated Routes and Areas for Motor Vehicle Use (DRAMVU), the purpose of this planning effort is to meet the intent of the Travel Management Rule and determine which routes should be designated for motorized vehicle use by type of vehicle and season of use. The DRAMVU Draft EIS (DEIS) was presented in December 2008. The DRAMVU Supplemental Draft EIS (SDEIS) was presented in October 2010. The forest is currently consulting with Federal agencies. Please read about the project status and more information on our website: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/nezperce/dramvu-info
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Road management, Special area management, Recreation management
Orogrande Community Protection Project
(EA)
Create fuel breaks on National Forest System lands adjacent to private property and emergency evacuation routes using a combination of prescribed burning and mechanical treatments.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Fuels management
Pasadena/Frank Peck Lode Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Ralph Reynolds and David Brush?s proposal to open an old adit and develop a new adit for the purpose of extracting bulk ore samples for testing and assay.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Pig Foot Sanitation Salvage
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District of the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests proposes to use ground-based mechanical harvesting to treat 165 acres.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Fuels management, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Pioneer Gulch Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve David Tisch?s proposal to excavate up to 22 test pits for the purpose of testing placer gravels for mineral values in the Ozark Creek drainage.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Red River Ranger Station Potable and Waste Water System Replacement Project
(EA)
Replace old and deteriorating water lines and wastewater treatment system at the Red River Ranger Station administrative site.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Facility management
Rex Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve Robert Martin?s proposal to excavate 17 placer test pits in the Gold Lake Creek and Ozark Creek drainages.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Selway Winter Range Improvement
(CE)
The Moose Creek Ranger District proposes to cut deciduous shrubs using chainsaws or other hand operated tools on approximately 3000 acres in the project area on the Moose Creek Ranger District.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Shearer Guard Station Fuels Reduction
(EA)
The purpose of the project is to reduce fuel loadings in the stands surrounding Shearer Guard Station. Treating the area surrounding the guard station would reduce the costs and resource needs to protect the historic structures from wildfires. Shearer Guard Station is a historically valuable administrative site located on the Selway River approximately 16 miles upstream from Moose Creek Ranger Station approximately 35 miles west of Hamilton, Montana and 75 miles east of Grangeville, Idaho and is entirely on Nez Perce National Forest Lands in Idaho County, Idaho.
Status: On Hold
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Fuels management
Sourdough Access Project
(EA)
Sourdough access via FS Roads 1875, 9824, 9829, and 492 would be provided. The bridge located at the 10 mile Creek crossing of Forest Service Road 492 would also be removed and the road to the west would be decommissioned for about 1.8 miles.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management
Square Mountain Trail #384 Reroute
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to replace a 1200-foot segment of rutted Forest Trail #384 with an approximately 1800 foot reroute at a reduced grade to tie into Forest Trail #313.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Recreation management
Trapper Face Prescribed Burn
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to use mixed-severity prescribed fire to treat approximately 3000 acres.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management, Watershed management
Developing Proposal
Clear Creek Integrated Restoration Project
(EIS)
The Moose Creek District proposes a combination of timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning, prescribed fire, and reforestation to achieve desired age class and species distributions within the Clear Creek Drainage. Road decommissioning, culvert replacement and road improvements are also proposed to improve watershed health.
Status: Developing Proposal
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Fuels management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Under Analysis
Newsome Creek Watershed Road Restoration Project
(EA)
The Forest Service proposes to decommission and or improve 167 miles of road within the Newsome Creek project area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management
Iron Mountain Communications Site Special Use Permit Issuance
(CE)
The Moose Creek Ranger District proposes to authorize a special use permit to First Step Internet, LLC for a communications site at Iron Mountain.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Special use management
American River Trail Improvements
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to relocate at least one mile and improve approximately seven miles of Trail #836.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Recreation management, Watershed management
Friday Minerals Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Premium Exploration?s proposal to conduct exploratory drilling at a total of eighteen drill sites in the Crooked River area of the Red River Ranger District.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Newsome Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Press Thomas? proposal to excavate up to 12 test pits for the purpose of testing placer gravels for mineral values in the Newsome Creek drainage area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Heritage #2 Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Tim Hoskins? proposal to excavate 17 placer test pits in the Newsome Creek drainage area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Forestwide Precommercial Thinning
(CE)
The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests propose to conduct precommercial thinning on the Moose Creek (1243 acres), Lochsa (139 acres), Powell (8 acres), North Fork (316 acres), and Palouse (189 acres) Ranger Districts.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Square Mountain Trail #384 Reroute
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to replace a 1200-foot segment of rutted Forest Trail #384 with an approximately 1800 foot reroute at a reduced grade to tie into Forest Trail #313.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Recreation management
Mill Creek Trail Bridge Construction
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to replace Forest Trail #313?s ford at Mill Creek with a bridge and hardened approaches to improve habitat for the fish populations and provide a safer and more enjoyable recreational experience.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Lower and East Sand Creek Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve Kent Powell?s proposal to excavate up to 18 test pits for the purpose of testing placer gravels for mineral values in the Sand Creek drainage area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Deadhorse Creek Trail Bridge Construction
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes improving the Deadhorse Ridge Trail #301 stream crossings of Deadhorse Creek by installing two trail bridges.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Recreation management
Rex Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve Robert Martin?s proposal to excavate 17 placer test pits in the Gold Lake Creek and Ozark Creek drainages.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Pioneer Gulch Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve David Tisch?s proposal to excavate up to 22 test pits for the purpose of testing placer gravels for mineral values in the Ozark Creek drainage.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Pasadena/Frank Peck Lode Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Ralph Reynolds and David Brush?s proposal to open an old adit and develop a new adit for the purpose of extracting bulk ore samples for testing and assay.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Lone Pine Lode Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Donald Alm's proposal to open an existing adit for the purpose of exploring for gold values.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Hunt Creek Culvert Replacement
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District and the Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resource Management Watershed Division propose to replace one culvert located on Forest Road 309 at Milepost 18.2 in the Mill Creek drainage of the South Fork Clearwater
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Road management
Gold Lake Creek Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve Charles Bedrosian?s proposal to conduct a small placer mining operation in the Gold Lake Creek drainage of the Salmon River Ranger District.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Deadwood Quickdraw Exploration Drilling
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Premium Exploration?s proposal to conduct exploratory drilling in the Deadwood area of the Red River Ranger District at a total of fourteen drill sites.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Adams Camp Wildfire Protection Project
(EA)
The Salmon River Ranger District of the Nez Perce National Forest proposes to initiate the wildfire protection project on approximately 1492 acres by timber harvest and pre-commercial thinning in the Adams Camp analysis area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Doc Denny Vegetation Management Project
(EA)
The vegetation management project would occur on about 1026 acres by pre-commercial thin and timber harvest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Clearwater Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management, Watershed management, Road management
Eastside Allotment Management Planning Project
(EA)
Continue to permit livestock grazing by incorporating adaptive management strategies on 8 active allotments within the project area, and close 7 allotments.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Grazing management
Pig Foot Sanitation Salvage
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District of the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests proposes to use ground-based mechanical harvesting to treat 165 acres.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Fuels management, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Iron Mountain Vegetation Management Project
(EA)
The District proposes to harvest Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, dead and dying lodgepole pine, and establish small patches of whitebark pine by regeneration harvesting 600-800 acres of mature forest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management
Nez Perce National Forest Travel Management
(EIS)
Also known as the Designated Routes and Areas for Motor Vehicle Use (DRAMVU), the purpose of this planning effort is to meet the intent of the Travel Management Rule and determine which routes should be designated for motorized vehicle use by type of vehicle and season of use. The DRAMVU Draft EIS (DEIS) was presented in December 2008. The DRAMVU Supplemental Draft EIS (SDEIS) was presented in October 2010. The forest is currently consulting with Federal agencies. Please read about the project status and more information on our website: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/nezperce/dramvu-info
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Road management, Special area management, Recreation management
Orogrande Community Protection Project
(EA)
Create fuel breaks on National Forest System lands adjacent to private property and emergency evacuation routes using a combination of prescribed burning and mechanical treatments.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Fuels management
Analysis Completed
Lodge Point Commercial Thin
(EA)
Commercially thin between 1,000-1,500 acres of previously managed plantations dating from the 1950?s through the early 1970?s using ground-based equipment.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Forest products, Fuels management
Little Slate Project
(EIS)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to implement watershed restoration projects and use timber harvest or slashing, and prescribed fire to achieved desired age class, species distribution and landscape pattern.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Fuels management, Road management, Forest products
Selway Winter Range Improvement
(CE)
The Moose Creek Ranger District proposes to cut deciduous shrubs using chainsaws or other hand operated tools on approximately 3000 acres in the project area on the Moose Creek Ranger District.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Clear Creek Road Decommissioning
(EA)
This project involves decommissioning up to 10 miles of Forest system roads in the Clear Creek drainage.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management
Red River Ranger Station Potable and Waste Water System Replacement Project
(EA)
Replace old and deteriorating water lines and wastewater treatment system at the Red River Ranger Station administrative site.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Facility management
Sourdough Access Project
(EA)
Sourdough access via FS Roads 1875, 9824, 9829, and 492 would be provided. The bridge located at the 10 mile Creek crossing of Forest Service Road 492 would also be removed and the road to the west would be decommissioned for about 1.8 miles.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management
On Hold
Allison-Berg Allotment
(EIS)
The EIS will document changed conditions on the Allison-Berg allotment relative to effects on bighorn sheep and their habitat sufficient to support a determination whether continued grazing by domestic sheep should be allowed or not, and if so, under what conditions.
This project is currently on hold.
Status: On Hold
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Grazing management
Shearer Guard Station Fuels Reduction
(EA)
The purpose of the project is to reduce fuel loadings in the stands surrounding Shearer Guard Station. Treating the area surrounding the guard station would reduce the costs and resource needs to protect the historic structures from wildfires. Shearer Guard Station is a historically valuable administrative site located on the Selway River approximately 16 miles upstream from Moose Creek Ranger Station approximately 35 miles west of Hamilton, Montana and 75 miles east of Grangeville, Idaho and is entirely on Nez Perce National Forest Lands in Idaho County, Idaho.
Status: On Hold
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Fuels management
Cancelled
Trapper Face Prescribed Burn
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to use mixed-severity prescribed fire to treat approximately 3000 acres.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management, Watershed management
Jubilee Mining
(EA)
The Nez Perce National Forest, Red River Ranger District is preparing an environmental assessment for a small placer mining project in the Crooked Creek drainage, a tributary of the Salmon River.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Note: Projects with multiple Project Purposes will appear multiple times.
Facility management
Forest products
Lodge Point Commercial Thin
(EA)
Commercially thin between 1,000-1,500 acres of previously managed plantations dating from the 1950?s through the early 1970?s using ground-based equipment.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Forest products, Fuels management
Adams Camp Wildfire Protection Project
(EA)
The Salmon River Ranger District of the Nez Perce National Forest proposes to initiate the wildfire protection project on approximately 1492 acres by timber harvest and pre-commercial thinning in the Adams Camp analysis area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Doc Denny Vegetation Management Project
(EA)
The vegetation management project would occur on about 1026 acres by pre-commercial thin and timber harvest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Clearwater Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management, Watershed management, Road management
Little Slate Project
(EIS)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to implement watershed restoration projects and use timber harvest or slashing, and prescribed fire to achieved desired age class, species distribution and landscape pattern.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Fuels management, Road management, Forest products
Clear Creek Integrated Restoration Project
(EIS)
The Moose Creek District proposes a combination of timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning, prescribed fire, and reforestation to achieve desired age class and species distributions within the Clear Creek Drainage. Road decommissioning, culvert replacement and road improvements are also proposed to improve watershed health.
Status: Developing Proposal
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Fuels management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Pig Foot Sanitation Salvage
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District of the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests proposes to use ground-based mechanical harvesting to treat 165 acres.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Fuels management, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Iron Mountain Vegetation Management Project
(EA)
The District proposes to harvest Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, dead and dying lodgepole pine, and establish small patches of whitebark pine by regeneration harvesting 600-800 acres of mature forest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management
Orogrande Community Protection Project
(EA)
Create fuel breaks on National Forest System lands adjacent to private property and emergency evacuation routes using a combination of prescribed burning and mechanical treatments.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Fuels management
Fuels management
Lodge Point Commercial Thin
(EA)
Commercially thin between 1,000-1,500 acres of previously managed plantations dating from the 1950?s through the early 1970?s using ground-based equipment.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Forest products, Fuels management
Trapper Face Prescribed Burn
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to use mixed-severity prescribed fire to treat approximately 3000 acres.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management, Watershed management
Forestwide Precommercial Thinning
(CE)
The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests propose to conduct precommercial thinning on the Moose Creek (1243 acres), Lochsa (139 acres), Powell (8 acres), North Fork (316 acres), and Palouse (189 acres) Ranger Districts.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Adams Camp Wildfire Protection Project
(EA)
The Salmon River Ranger District of the Nez Perce National Forest proposes to initiate the wildfire protection project on approximately 1492 acres by timber harvest and pre-commercial thinning in the Adams Camp analysis area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Doc Denny Vegetation Management Project
(EA)
The vegetation management project would occur on about 1026 acres by pre-commercial thin and timber harvest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Clearwater Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management, Watershed management, Road management
Little Slate Project
(EIS)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to implement watershed restoration projects and use timber harvest or slashing, and prescribed fire to achieved desired age class, species distribution and landscape pattern.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Fuels management, Road management, Forest products
Selway Winter Range Improvement
(CE)
The Moose Creek Ranger District proposes to cut deciduous shrubs using chainsaws or other hand operated tools on approximately 3000 acres in the project area on the Moose Creek Ranger District.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Clear Creek Integrated Restoration Project
(EIS)
The Moose Creek District proposes a combination of timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning, prescribed fire, and reforestation to achieve desired age class and species distributions within the Clear Creek Drainage. Road decommissioning, culvert replacement and road improvements are also proposed to improve watershed health.
Status: Developing Proposal
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Fuels management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Pig Foot Sanitation Salvage
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District of the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests proposes to use ground-based mechanical harvesting to treat 165 acres.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Fuels management, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Iron Mountain Vegetation Management Project
(EA)
The District proposes to harvest Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, dead and dying lodgepole pine, and establish small patches of whitebark pine by regeneration harvesting 600-800 acres of mature forest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management
Orogrande Community Protection Project
(EA)
Create fuel breaks on National Forest System lands adjacent to private property and emergency evacuation routes using a combination of prescribed burning and mechanical treatments.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Fuels management
Shearer Guard Station Fuels Reduction
(EA)
The purpose of the project is to reduce fuel loadings in the stands surrounding Shearer Guard Station. Treating the area surrounding the guard station would reduce the costs and resource needs to protect the historic structures from wildfires. Shearer Guard Station is a historically valuable administrative site located on the Selway River approximately 16 miles upstream from Moose Creek Ranger Station approximately 35 miles west of Hamilton, Montana and 75 miles east of Grangeville, Idaho and is entirely on Nez Perce National Forest Lands in Idaho County, Idaho.
Status: On Hold
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Fuels management
Grazing management
Eastside Allotment Management Planning Project
(EA)
Continue to permit livestock grazing by incorporating adaptive management strategies on 8 active allotments within the project area, and close 7 allotments.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Grazing management
Allison-Berg Allotment
(EIS)
The EIS will document changed conditions on the Allison-Berg allotment relative to effects on bighorn sheep and their habitat sufficient to support a determination whether continued grazing by domestic sheep should be allowed or not, and if so, under what conditions.
This project is currently on hold.
Status: On Hold
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Grazing management
Minerals and Geology
Friday Minerals Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Premium Exploration?s proposal to conduct exploratory drilling at a total of eighteen drill sites in the Crooked River area of the Red River Ranger District.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Newsome Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Press Thomas? proposal to excavate up to 12 test pits for the purpose of testing placer gravels for mineral values in the Newsome Creek drainage area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Heritage #2 Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Tim Hoskins? proposal to excavate 17 placer test pits in the Newsome Creek drainage area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Lower and East Sand Creek Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve Kent Powell?s proposal to excavate up to 18 test pits for the purpose of testing placer gravels for mineral values in the Sand Creek drainage area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Rex Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve Robert Martin?s proposal to excavate 17 placer test pits in the Gold Lake Creek and Ozark Creek drainages.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Pioneer Gulch Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve David Tisch?s proposal to excavate up to 22 test pits for the purpose of testing placer gravels for mineral values in the Ozark Creek drainage.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Pasadena/Frank Peck Lode Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Ralph Reynolds and David Brush?s proposal to open an old adit and develop a new adit for the purpose of extracting bulk ore samples for testing and assay.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Lone Pine Lode Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Donald Alm's proposal to open an existing adit for the purpose of exploring for gold values.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Gold Lake Creek Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve Charles Bedrosian?s proposal to conduct a small placer mining operation in the Gold Lake Creek drainage of the Salmon River Ranger District.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Deadwood Quickdraw Exploration Drilling
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Premium Exploration?s proposal to conduct exploratory drilling in the Deadwood area of the Red River Ranger District at a total of fourteen drill sites.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Jubilee Mining
(EA)
The Nez Perce National Forest, Red River Ranger District is preparing an environmental assessment for a small placer mining project in the Crooked Creek drainage, a tributary of the Salmon River.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Recreation management
American River Trail Improvements
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to relocate at least one mile and improve approximately seven miles of Trail #836.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Recreation management, Watershed management
Square Mountain Trail #384 Reroute
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to replace a 1200-foot segment of rutted Forest Trail #384 with an approximately 1800 foot reroute at a reduced grade to tie into Forest Trail #313.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Recreation management
Mill Creek Trail Bridge Construction
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to replace Forest Trail #313?s ford at Mill Creek with a bridge and hardened approaches to improve habitat for the fish populations and provide a safer and more enjoyable recreational experience.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Deadhorse Creek Trail Bridge Construction
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes improving the Deadhorse Ridge Trail #301 stream crossings of Deadhorse Creek by installing two trail bridges.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Recreation management
Nez Perce National Forest Travel Management
(EIS)
Also known as the Designated Routes and Areas for Motor Vehicle Use (DRAMVU), the purpose of this planning effort is to meet the intent of the Travel Management Rule and determine which routes should be designated for motorized vehicle use by type of vehicle and season of use. The DRAMVU Draft EIS (DEIS) was presented in December 2008. The DRAMVU Supplemental Draft EIS (SDEIS) was presented in October 2010. The forest is currently consulting with Federal agencies. Please read about the project status and more information on our website: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/nezperce/dramvu-info
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Road management, Special area management, Recreation management
Road management
Newsome Creek Watershed Road Restoration Project
(EA)
The Forest Service proposes to decommission and or improve 167 miles of road within the Newsome Creek project area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management
Hunt Creek Culvert Replacement
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District and the Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resource Management Watershed Division propose to replace one culvert located on Forest Road 309 at Milepost 18.2 in the Mill Creek drainage of the South Fork Clearwater
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Road management
Doc Denny Vegetation Management Project
(EA)
The vegetation management project would occur on about 1026 acres by pre-commercial thin and timber harvest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Clearwater Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management, Watershed management, Road management
Little Slate Project
(EIS)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to implement watershed restoration projects and use timber harvest or slashing, and prescribed fire to achieved desired age class, species distribution and landscape pattern.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Fuels management, Road management, Forest products
Nez Perce National Forest Travel Management
(EIS)
Also known as the Designated Routes and Areas for Motor Vehicle Use (DRAMVU), the purpose of this planning effort is to meet the intent of the Travel Management Rule and determine which routes should be designated for motorized vehicle use by type of vehicle and season of use. The DRAMVU Draft EIS (DEIS) was presented in December 2008. The DRAMVU Supplemental Draft EIS (SDEIS) was presented in October 2010. The forest is currently consulting with Federal agencies. Please read about the project status and more information on our website: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/nezperce/dramvu-info
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Road management, Special area management, Recreation management
Clear Creek Road Decommissioning
(EA)
This project involves decommissioning up to 10 miles of Forest system roads in the Clear Creek drainage.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management
Sourdough Access Project
(EA)
Sourdough access via FS Roads 1875, 9824, 9829, and 492 would be provided. The bridge located at the 10 mile Creek crossing of Forest Service Road 492 would also be removed and the road to the west would be decommissioned for about 1.8 miles.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management
Special area management
Nez Perce National Forest Travel Management
(EIS)
Also known as the Designated Routes and Areas for Motor Vehicle Use (DRAMVU), the purpose of this planning effort is to meet the intent of the Travel Management Rule and determine which routes should be designated for motorized vehicle use by type of vehicle and season of use. The DRAMVU Draft EIS (DEIS) was presented in December 2008. The DRAMVU Supplemental Draft EIS (SDEIS) was presented in October 2010. The forest is currently consulting with Federal agencies. Please read about the project status and more information on our website: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/nezperce/dramvu-info
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Road management, Special area management, Recreation management
Special use management
Iron Mountain Communications Site Special Use Permit Issuance
(CE)
The Moose Creek Ranger District proposes to authorize a special use permit to First Step Internet, LLC for a communications site at Iron Mountain.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Special use management
Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Trapper Face Prescribed Burn
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to use mixed-severity prescribed fire to treat approximately 3000 acres.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management, Watershed management
Forestwide Precommercial Thinning
(CE)
The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests propose to conduct precommercial thinning on the Moose Creek (1243 acres), Lochsa (139 acres), Powell (8 acres), North Fork (316 acres), and Palouse (189 acres) Ranger Districts.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Adams Camp Wildfire Protection Project
(EA)
The Salmon River Ranger District of the Nez Perce National Forest proposes to initiate the wildfire protection project on approximately 1492 acres by timber harvest and pre-commercial thinning in the Adams Camp analysis area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Doc Denny Vegetation Management Project
(EA)
The vegetation management project would occur on about 1026 acres by pre-commercial thin and timber harvest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Clearwater Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management, Watershed management, Road management
Selway Winter Range Improvement
(CE)
The Moose Creek Ranger District proposes to cut deciduous shrubs using chainsaws or other hand operated tools on approximately 3000 acres in the project area on the Moose Creek Ranger District.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Clear Creek Integrated Restoration Project
(EIS)
The Moose Creek District proposes a combination of timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning, prescribed fire, and reforestation to achieve desired age class and species distributions within the Clear Creek Drainage. Road decommissioning, culvert replacement and road improvements are also proposed to improve watershed health.
Status: Developing Proposal
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Fuels management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Pig Foot Sanitation Salvage
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District of the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests proposes to use ground-based mechanical harvesting to treat 165 acres.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Fuels management, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Iron Mountain Vegetation Management Project
(EA)
The District proposes to harvest Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, dead and dying lodgepole pine, and establish small patches of whitebark pine by regeneration harvesting 600-800 acres of mature forest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management
Orogrande Community Protection Project
(EA)
Create fuel breaks on National Forest System lands adjacent to private property and emergency evacuation routes using a combination of prescribed burning and mechanical treatments.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Fuels management
Watershed management
Lodge Point Commercial Thin
(EA)
Commercially thin between 1,000-1,500 acres of previously managed plantations dating from the 1950?s through the early 1970?s using ground-based equipment.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Forest products, Fuels management
Trapper Face Prescribed Burn
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to use mixed-severity prescribed fire to treat approximately 3000 acres.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management, Watershed management
Newsome Creek Watershed Road Restoration Project
(EA)
The Forest Service proposes to decommission and or improve 167 miles of road within the Newsome Creek project area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management
American River Trail Improvements
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to relocate at least one mile and improve approximately seven miles of Trail #836.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Recreation management, Watershed management
Forestwide Precommercial Thinning
(CE)
The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests propose to conduct precommercial thinning on the Moose Creek (1243 acres), Lochsa (139 acres), Powell (8 acres), North Fork (316 acres), and Palouse (189 acres) Ranger Districts.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Square Mountain Trail #384 Reroute
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to replace a 1200-foot segment of rutted Forest Trail #384 with an approximately 1800 foot reroute at a reduced grade to tie into Forest Trail #313.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Recreation management
Deadhorse Creek Trail Bridge Construction
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes improving the Deadhorse Ridge Trail #301 stream crossings of Deadhorse Creek by installing two trail bridges.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Recreation management
Hunt Creek Culvert Replacement
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District and the Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resource Management Watershed Division propose to replace one culvert located on Forest Road 309 at Milepost 18.2 in the Mill Creek drainage of the South Fork Clearwater
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Road management
Doc Denny Vegetation Management Project
(EA)
The vegetation management project would occur on about 1026 acres by pre-commercial thin and timber harvest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Clearwater Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management, Watershed management, Road management
Little Slate Project
(EIS)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to implement watershed restoration projects and use timber harvest or slashing, and prescribed fire to achieved desired age class, species distribution and landscape pattern.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Fuels management, Road management, Forest products
Selway Winter Range Improvement
(CE)
The Moose Creek Ranger District proposes to cut deciduous shrubs using chainsaws or other hand operated tools on approximately 3000 acres in the project area on the Moose Creek Ranger District.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Clear Creek Road Decommissioning
(EA)
This project involves decommissioning up to 10 miles of Forest system roads in the Clear Creek drainage.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management
Sourdough Access Project
(EA)
Sourdough access via FS Roads 1875, 9824, 9829, and 492 would be provided. The bridge located at the 10 mile Creek crossing of Forest Service Road 492 would also be removed and the road to the west would be decommissioned for about 1.8 miles.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management
Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
American River Trail Improvements
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to relocate at least one mile and improve approximately seven miles of Trail #836.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Recreation management, Watershed management
Forestwide Precommercial Thinning
(CE)
The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests propose to conduct precommercial thinning on the Moose Creek (1243 acres), Lochsa (139 acres), Powell (8 acres), North Fork (316 acres), and Palouse (189 acres) Ranger Districts.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Mill Creek Trail Bridge Construction
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to replace Forest Trail #313?s ford at Mill Creek with a bridge and hardened approaches to improve habitat for the fish populations and provide a safer and more enjoyable recreational experience.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Deadhorse Creek Trail Bridge Construction
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes improving the Deadhorse Ridge Trail #301 stream crossings of Deadhorse Creek by installing two trail bridges.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Recreation management
Hunt Creek Culvert Replacement
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District and the Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resource Management Watershed Division propose to replace one culvert located on Forest Road 309 at Milepost 18.2 in the Mill Creek drainage of the South Fork Clearwater
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Road management
Doc Denny Vegetation Management Project
(EA)
The vegetation management project would occur on about 1026 acres by pre-commercial thin and timber harvest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Clearwater Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management, Watershed management, Road management
Clear Creek Integrated Restoration Project
(EIS)
The Moose Creek District proposes a combination of timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning, prescribed fire, and reforestation to achieve desired age class and species distributions within the Clear Creek Drainage. Road decommissioning, culvert replacement and road improvements are also proposed to improve watershed health.
Status: Developing Proposal
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Fuels management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Allison-Berg Allotment
(EIS)
The EIS will document changed conditions on the Allison-Berg allotment relative to effects on bighorn sheep and their habitat sufficient to support a determination whether continued grazing by domestic sheep should be allowed or not, and if so, under what conditions.
This project is currently on hold.
Status: On Hold
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Grazing management
Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Lodge Point Commercial Thin
(EA)
Commercially thin between 1,000-1,500 acres of previously managed plantations dating from the 1950?s through the early 1970?s using ground-based equipment.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Forest products, Fuels management
Iron Mountain Communications Site Special Use Permit Issuance
(CE)
The Moose Creek Ranger District proposes to authorize a special use permit to First Step Internet, LLC for a communications site at Iron Mountain.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Special use management
Forestwide Precommercial Thinning
(CE)
The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests propose to conduct precommercial thinning on the Moose Creek (1243 acres), Lochsa (139 acres), Powell (8 acres), North Fork (316 acres), and Palouse (189 acres) Ranger Districts.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Clear Creek Integrated Restoration Project
(EIS)
The Moose Creek District proposes a combination of timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning, prescribed fire, and reforestation to achieve desired age class and species distributions within the Clear Creek Drainage. Road decommissioning, culvert replacement and road improvements are also proposed to improve watershed health.
Status: Developing Proposal
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Fuels management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Nez Perce National Forest Travel Management
(EIS)
Also known as the Designated Routes and Areas for Motor Vehicle Use (DRAMVU), the purpose of this planning effort is to meet the intent of the Travel Management Rule and determine which routes should be designated for motorized vehicle use by type of vehicle and season of use. The DRAMVU Draft EIS (DEIS) was presented in December 2008. The DRAMVU Supplemental Draft EIS (SDEIS) was presented in October 2010. The forest is currently consulting with Federal agencies. Please read about the project status and more information on our website: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/nezperce/dramvu-info
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Nez Perce National Forest All Units
Purpose: Road management, Special area management, Recreation management
Clearwater Ranger District
Doc Denny Vegetation Management Project
(EA)
The vegetation management project would occur on about 1026 acres by pre-commercial thin and timber harvest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Clearwater Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management, Watershed management, Road management
Moose Creek Ranger District
Selway Winter Range Improvement
(CE)
The Moose Creek Ranger District proposes to cut deciduous shrubs using chainsaws or other hand operated tools on approximately 3000 acres in the project area on the Moose Creek Ranger District.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Iron Mountain Vegetation Management Project
(EA)
The District proposes to harvest Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, dead and dying lodgepole pine, and establish small patches of whitebark pine by regeneration harvesting 600-800 acres of mature forest.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management
Clear Creek Road Decommissioning
(EA)
This project involves decommissioning up to 10 miles of Forest system roads in the Clear Creek drainage.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management
Shearer Guard Station Fuels Reduction
(EA)
The purpose of the project is to reduce fuel loadings in the stands surrounding Shearer Guard Station. Treating the area surrounding the guard station would reduce the costs and resource needs to protect the historic structures from wildfires. Shearer Guard Station is a historically valuable administrative site located on the Selway River approximately 16 miles upstream from Moose Creek Ranger Station approximately 35 miles west of Hamilton, Montana and 75 miles east of Grangeville, Idaho and is entirely on Nez Perce National Forest Lands in Idaho County, Idaho.
Status: On Hold
Management Unit: Moose Creek Ranger District
Purpose: Fuels management
Red River Ranger District
Trapper Face Prescribed Burn
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to use mixed-severity prescribed fire to treat approximately 3000 acres.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Fuels management, Watershed management
Newsome Creek Watershed Road Restoration Project
(EA)
The Forest Service proposes to decommission and or improve 167 miles of road within the Newsome Creek project area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management
American River Trail Improvements
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to relocate at least one mile and improve approximately seven miles of Trail #836.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Recreation management, Watershed management
Friday Minerals Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Premium Exploration?s proposal to conduct exploratory drilling at a total of eighteen drill sites in the Crooked River area of the Red River Ranger District.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Newsome Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Press Thomas? proposal to excavate up to 12 test pits for the purpose of testing placer gravels for mineral values in the Newsome Creek drainage area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Heritage #2 Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Tim Hoskins? proposal to excavate 17 placer test pits in the Newsome Creek drainage area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Pasadena/Frank Peck Lode Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Ralph Reynolds and David Brush?s proposal to open an old adit and develop a new adit for the purpose of extracting bulk ore samples for testing and assay.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Lone Pine Lode Exploration
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Donald Alm's proposal to open an existing adit for the purpose of exploring for gold values.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Deadwood Quickdraw Exploration Drilling
(CE)
The Red River Ranger District proposes to approve Premium Exploration?s proposal to conduct exploratory drilling in the Deadwood area of the Red River Ranger District at a total of fourteen drill sites.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Jubilee Mining
(EA)
The Nez Perce National Forest, Red River Ranger District is preparing an environmental assessment for a small placer mining project in the Crooked Creek drainage, a tributary of the Salmon River.
Status: Cancelled
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Orogrande Community Protection Project
(EA)
Create fuel breaks on National Forest System lands adjacent to private property and emergency evacuation routes using a combination of prescribed burning and mechanical treatments.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Fuels management
Red River Ranger Station Potable and Waste Water System Replacement Project
(EA)
Replace old and deteriorating water lines and wastewater treatment system at the Red River Ranger Station administrative site.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Facility management
Sourdough Access Project
(EA)
Sourdough access via FS Roads 1875, 9824, 9829, and 492 would be provided. The bridge located at the 10 mile Creek crossing of Forest Service Road 492 would also be removed and the road to the west would be decommissioned for about 1.8 miles.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Red River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management
Salmon River Ranger District
Square Mountain Trail #384 Reroute
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to replace a 1200-foot segment of rutted Forest Trail #384 with an approximately 1800 foot reroute at a reduced grade to tie into Forest Trail #313.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Recreation management
Mill Creek Trail Bridge Construction
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to replace Forest Trail #313?s ford at Mill Creek with a bridge and hardened approaches to improve habitat for the fish populations and provide a safer and more enjoyable recreational experience.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Recreation management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Lower and East Sand Creek Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve Kent Powell?s proposal to excavate up to 18 test pits for the purpose of testing placer gravels for mineral values in the Sand Creek drainage area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Deadhorse Creek Trail Bridge Construction
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes improving the Deadhorse Ridge Trail #301 stream crossings of Deadhorse Creek by installing two trail bridges.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Recreation management
Rex Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve Robert Martin?s proposal to excavate 17 placer test pits in the Gold Lake Creek and Ozark Creek drainages.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Pioneer Gulch Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve David Tisch?s proposal to excavate up to 22 test pits for the purpose of testing placer gravels for mineral values in the Ozark Creek drainage.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Hunt Creek Culvert Replacement
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District and the Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resource Management Watershed Division propose to replace one culvert located on Forest Road 309 at Milepost 18.2 in the Mill Creek drainage of the South Fork Clearwater
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management, Road management
Gold Lake Creek Placer Exploration
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to approve Charles Bedrosian?s proposal to conduct a small placer mining operation in the Gold Lake Creek drainage of the Salmon River Ranger District.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Minerals and Geology
Adams Camp Wildfire Protection Project
(EA)
The Salmon River Ranger District of the Nez Perce National Forest proposes to initiate the wildfire protection project on approximately 1492 acres by timber harvest and pre-commercial thinning in the Adams Camp analysis area.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Fuels management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Eastside Allotment Management Planning Project
(EA)
Continue to permit livestock grazing by incorporating adaptive management strategies on 8 active allotments within the project area, and close 7 allotments.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Grazing management
Little Slate Project
(EIS)
The Salmon River Ranger District proposes to implement watershed restoration projects and use timber harvest or slashing, and prescribed fire to achieved desired age class, species distribution and landscape pattern.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Fuels management, Road management, Forest products
Pig Foot Sanitation Salvage
(CE)
The Salmon River Ranger District of the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests proposes to use ground-based mechanical harvesting to treat 165 acres.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Fuels management, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Allison-Berg Allotment
(EIS)
The EIS will document changed conditions on the Allison-Berg allotment relative to effects on bighorn sheep and their habitat sufficient to support a determination whether continued grazing by domestic sheep should be allowed or not, and if so, under what conditions.
This project is currently on hold.
Status: On Hold
Management Unit: Salmon River Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Grazing management
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