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Projects
Quarterly Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)
The Forest publishes a Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) four times a year: January, April, July, and October. To view the current and past SOPAs, visit the Forest Service SOPA page for the Payette National Forest.
Get Connected
The Payette National Forest uses GovDelivery, an electronic messaging program, for better communication with interested members of the public on projects. This program allows the public the ability to subscribe to Forest Service project mailing list(s) and access immediate electronic information to project documents. Please use the link below to sign-up to receive project updates for all projects on the Payette National Forest.
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Payette National Forest Project Spotlights
Payette National Forest Resilience and Fuels Reduction Prescribed Fire Project
The proposed project would authorize prescribed burns across the Forest every year to restore health and resiliency to vegetation communities on the Payette National Forest.
All Current and Recent Projects
Developing Proposal
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Bear Creek C&H Allotment Pasture Division Fence Extension
Pasture fence extension to ensure pasture rotation is met and livestock are excluded from Bear Creek during bull trout spawning.
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Copper Cliffs Dam Geotechnical Study
A berm on the Copper Cliffs Tailing Dam has experienced a slope failure. USFS will perform a geotechnical study with exploratory drilling to test the chemical composition of the materials in the sediment to determine future stabilization efforts.
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Crooked River Fish Isolation
To protect bull trout in the Crooked River, three barriers are proposed in the river to separate bull trout from non-native brook trout.
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Crooked River Fish Isolation Project
To protect bull trout in the Crooked River, three barriers are proposed in the river to separate bull trout from non-native brook trout.
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Fall Creek/Whitebird C&H Allotment Cow Camp Cabin Reestablishment
The 2018 Rattlesnake Fire burned the cow camp cabin the livestock permittee used for managing livestock in the Fall Creek/Whitebird C&H allotment. The permittee is requesting to reconstruct the original cabin.
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Spring Creek Campground Trail Bridge Armoring
Floods in 2023 scoured and shifted the Spring Creek channel causing instability to the Spring Creek Campground trail bridges. The proposed action proposes to armor three bridge abutments.
Under Analysis
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Big Creek Work Center Water Systems Upgrade Project
The PNF is proposing to upgrade water system infrastructure at the Big Creek Work Center including irrigation systems, water tanks, and stream flow measuring flumes. These upgrades will improve irrigation and provide potable water.
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East Fork South Fork Restoration and Access Management Plan
This project will define the minimum necessary road system and provide motorized vehicle use and dispersed recreation opportunities; and update the Forest Motor Vehicle Use Map accordingly.
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Five Corners Restroom Accessible Ramp and Runoff Management
Construct an accessible concrete ramp to a restroom and add drainage features to control intermittent water infiltration around concrete structures of the facility.
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Garnet Creek Exploration Drilling
Advance Metals proposes to complete drilling exploration core holes at 10 sites along open roads and on several existing closed routes.
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Granite Goose Landscape Restoration Project
The Granite Goose Landscape Restoration Project is a landscape scale effort to improve conditions across multiple resource areas including vegetation, watersheds, roads, and recreation.
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Halls Gulch Road Decommissioning
Decommissioning of approximately 1 mile of the unauthorized road (#503701010 and #503701012) that extends beyond the private land near the Lucky Ben Mine
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Hercules Exploration Drilling
Hercules Silver proposes to drill up to 4 mineral exploration holes at each of 17 sites along existing and temporary roads.
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Limestone Range Improvements
Maintenance or re-construction of three existing range improvement projects in the Limestone C&H Allotment to provide a clean and reliable water source and to aid in livestock distribution.
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Middle Fork Weiser River Range Improvements
Maintenance or re-construction of fourteen existing spring developments within the Council Mountain and Indian Mountain C&H allotments.
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Morgan Road Access
Issuance of a special use permit for an existing road for private land access.
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Payette National Forest Resilience and Fuels Reduction Prescribed Fire Project
The proposed project would authorize prescribed burns across the Forest every year to restore health and resiliency to vegetation communities on the Payette National Forest.
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Pony Creek Water Diversions Permits
Issuance of three special use permits for existing water diversions on Pony Creek.
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Secesh Private Road Access
Short single lane access road of about 12 feet in length from FH-21 (Warren Wagon Road) across NFS land to Private property.
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South Fork - Main Salmon Private Land Access
The Forest proposes to issue special use permits or long term easements for motorized access to private property owners near the confluence of the Main Salmon-South Fork Salmon Rivers with reciprocal easements to the USFS for public access.
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Stibnite Gold Project EIS
The Forest is processing a plan of operations for open pit mining, processing, new road construction, utility upgrades, reclamation, and restoration at the Stibnite mine site.
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West Pine Brownlee Range Improvements
Maintenance or re-construction of 25 existing range improvement projects in the West Pine/Brownlee C&H Allotment to provide a clean and reliable water source and to aid in livestock distribution.
Analysis Completed
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Mesa Fire Hazard Tree Abatement
The Mesa Fire burned 16560 acres of NFS lands along 53 miles of open FS roads. Danger trees will be felled to reduce risk to the public. These trees may be utilized as timber products where feasible and management direction allows.
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New Meadows Ranger District Campgrounds Deferred Maintenance
Complete deferred maintenance tasks on constructed features at the Cold Springs, Grouse, Hazard Lake and Last Chance campgrounds. Constructed features include picnic tables, fire rings, site marker posts, fee tubes, signs, vault toilets, and kiosks.
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Payette National Forest Noxious Weed and Poisonous Plant Control Program
This project is for the management of noxious and poisonous plants using an integrated approach. Control methods include herbicide, biological, and manual methods.
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Railroad Saddle Forest Restoration Project
Project aims to move vegetation and soil/water/riparian/aquatic resources towards desired conditions in the forest plan, as well as provide forest timber products.
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Rapid River Travel Management
We propose this project to review the designated use of sections of National Forest System trails 177, 183, 184, 187, 188, and 362 within and immediately adjacent to the Rapid River Wild River corridor and to update the forest's MVUM accordingly.
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SFSR Subbasin Noxious Weed Management Plan [80]
Use a variety of treatment methods to control and contain noxious and invasive weeds within the South Fork Salmon River Subbasin. Separate decisions will be issued for the Payette (May 2007) and Boise National Forests (February 2010).
On Hold
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Evergreen Pond
Install a pipe in an existing pond that will be used to fill a water tank and build a let down fence to around the pond to exclude livestock.
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Price Valley Work Center Operations Building Construction and Site Upgrades
Construct a new operations building, remove three existing buildings, construct RV pads, and pave the entrance road.
Cancelled
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Aquatic Organism Passage Management Project
The New Meadows District on the Payette National Forest proposes to replace 13 road-stream crossings that have been identified in the Lost Creek and Upper West Fork Weiser River subwatersheds.
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Buckhorn Slope and Trail Stabilization
Stabilize eroding slopes & trail tread adjacent to Buckhorn Creek that were impacted by the 2010 flood that continues to destabilize sections of old F R404 / Trail #096 and adjacent slopes. 5/9: project cancelled, will focus on trail maintenance only
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Commercial Firewood Project
The proposal would harvest approximately 47 acres of trees in the Upper Elkhorn Creek drainage, 52 acres in the Upper Payette river drainage (Cloochman Saddle Area), and 78 acres in the Lake Creek drainage (Nethker Area) of dead trees.
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Copper Cliffs Dam Geotechnical Study
A berm on the Copper Cliffs Tailing Dam has experienced a slope failure. USFS will perform a geotechnical study with exploratory drilling to test the chemical composition of the materials in the sediment to determine future stabilization efforts.
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Forrey Water Diversion
Authorization to install, use & maintain a diversion from Fritser Creek & 1,300 /- feet of gravity-fed piping to convey water under an existing State water right for domestic use, irrigation & stockwatering on private lands.
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Goose Creek Water System
Bury a 250 foot section of waterline to support a special use permit.
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Granite Meadows
This is the fifth project within the forest's Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program. The project includes vegetation, watershed, transportation, and recreation management activities.
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Indian Creek Water System
The proposal includes a request for a permit for a water system and access to the water system by a two-track road. The proposal also includes maintenance as needed to the water system and access road.
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Lost Ant Recreation Management Project
We propose this project to enhance recreation opportunities in the Boulder Creek watershed and in the vicinity of Lost Valley Reservoir with an emphasis on improving current trails and trailhead parking and developing new trail opportunities.
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Morgan Ridge Exploratory Drilling Plan of Operations.
A Plan of Operations is being considered to conduct exploratory drilling for locatable minerals from four drill pads, including six 1500-ft core holes and the use/repair of 3.1 miles of existing routes as temporary road for motorized vehicle access.
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Pollock Mountain Lookout Foundation Replacement
Replace the existing foundation on the lookout in order to preserve the building.
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Silver Run Bulk Sampling Project
The proposed action would conduct bulk sampling of a silver deposit in order to evaluate feasibility of long term mining.
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Surdam On/Off Range Allotment Management Planning
The purpose of this analysis will determine whether grazing cattle is an acceptable use on this allotment and if so authorize cattle grazing on the allotment.
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Wildlife Conservation Strategy (Forest Plan Amendment) [101]
Short- and long-term management strategies and priorities for maintaining and restoring habitats associated with terrestrial wildlife species.
Project Archive
Some of our older projects can be accessed in our Project Archive.