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SOPA Reports
The Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) contains a list of proposed
actions for Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland that will soon begin or are currently undergoing environmental
analysis and documentation. It provides information so that you can become
aware of and indicate your interest in specific proposals. We encourage your
early and ongoing involvement in any proposals of interest to you.
The purpose of this project is to prepare an environmental impact statement to incorporate Greater Sage-grouse conservation measures into Bureau of Land Management Land Use Plans and Forest and Grassland Plans.
Classic Bicycle Racing LLC makes temporary use of NFS lands during 4 of the total 7 stages on four National Forests within Colorado for ancillary facilities such as staging areas with portable toilets, signs, barricades, message boards, and filming.
The Grassland proposes to amend prairie dog management direction in the Land and Resource Management Plan, including changes to management area boundaries and changes to grassland-wide, geographic area, and management area plan components.
Amend an existing special use authorization, named DGL344, to include construction and operation of a new power line segment at Antelope Mine within a new right-of-way in order to provide electricity to an existing entrance guard facility.
ABC Kids would like to offer 60 service days of guided rock climbing at Vedauwoo with up to 10 people at a time and a 1:5 guide:patron ratio. They will utilize campgrounds or dispersed campsites at Pole Mountain. Permit would be for a 2-year term.
This project consists of the installation of a physical rock barrier to restrict access to a dispersed campsite at the intersection of NFSRs-106 and 715. The rock barrier will be installed for resource protection.
Issuance of a ten year outfitter and guide permit to Adventure Cycling Association to authorize multiple cycling tours to operate annually on National Forest System Lands across the Rocky Mountain Region.
Albany Lodge is applying for continued use as a winter snowmobiling guiding and retrieval service, as well as expanding their business to summer operations including Jeep, motorcycle and ATV guiding.
Proposal to authorize Antelope Coal, LLC for use of lands under a new Special Use Permit (SUP) DGL423for facilities ancillary to coal mining on approximately 299.5 NFS acres to replace the current authorization (DGL294) which expires on 12/31/2017.
Renewal of existing 5-year term authorization to mine and remove federal mineral material within the Antelope Mine permit boundary, which ensures supply of material for road maintenance and infrastructure support for mining of federal coal lease.
Antelope Coal LLC has requested an authorization to amend the existing Antelope Mine special use permit to allow expansion of the railroad spur area associated with expansion and increased capacity of the coal loadout facility.
Various vegetation management treatments would be used within a total project treatment area of approximately, but not exceeding, 250 acres of lodgepole pine and mixed conifer stands which have experienced high levels of mortality.
Past management activities have degraded Armstrong Creek and its associated riparian area. This project will focus on reducing sediment, realligning degraded reaches and improving access to the floodplain using active and passive techniques.
Installation of hand-built rock structures in approximately 1.5 miles of ephemeral and intermittent drainages to restore degraded wet meadows in sagebrush rangelands occurring within mapped general Greater sage-grouse habitat.
Reissue Special Use Permit for 20 years to Atmos Energy Corporation for the operation and maintenance of a natural gas transmission line and meter to serve the Steamboat Ski Area maintenance shop.
Avid 4 Adventure currently has a guiding permit for 75 service days for rock climbing at Vedauwoo. They would like to add 150 days of guided backpacking trips on Sheep Mountain and Platte River Wilderness trailheads Pike Pole and Pelton Creek.
Issue FLPMA easements for irrigation ditches and reservoirs meeting CO Ditch Bill criteria located in the Platte River drainage on the Brush Creek Hayden District. Batch #3 includes three water facilities.
BNSF has requested authorization to build two snow fences to protect their rail road easement on NFS land. There will be two locations with two rows of fences at each location.
Proposal is to conduct surface use operations associated with accessing, drilling, testing, and completion for two horizontal oil wells located on Thunder Basin National Grassland, with approx. 0.1 miles of road construction.
3-Part Proposal: 1.Use of ca.1995ft of NFSR910C west from HWY59 2.Use and reconstruct ca.4717ft of NFSR910C to a 24ft wide road (C&D; gravel surface) within a ca.40ft construction ROW 3.Use of ca.298ft of exist O&G access road south of NFSR910
Bar-Nunn hunting is requesting a reauthorization of the 50 service days they have been permitted on the Douglas, Brush Creek/Hayden and Laramie Ranger Districts. Permit includes elk, deer, mountain lion, black bear, and moose.
This project proposes to rehabilitate the Barber Lake fishery by cleaning and repairing the ditch and outlet to Barber Lake and rehabilitating the lake bed.
The treatment units total 913 acres of Forest Service and private land within the Forest boundary. Improve the condition of aspen and associated meadow communities. Improve habitat for wildlife species.
Install a headgate, measuring flow box, 991 feet of 24-inch diameter pipe along existing ditch right-of-way. In addition to installation of in-channel diversion and in-stream structures.
The proposed action is to install a headgate, measuring flow box, 991 feet of 24 inch diameter pipe along the existing right-of-way, and instream structures in Battle Creek. Project has been cancelled. See Project #54006.
Baytex Energy is proposing to use and improve an existing 2 track NFSR for approximately 0.70 miles from the intersection with Weston County Road – Cheyenne County Road (#54) to the north in the Section 35 T 42N, R 64W on the TBNG.
The Bear Draw Vegetation Management Project proposes the silvicultural treatment of up to 3000 acres of National Forest System Lands in Jackson county Colorado. Treatments are primarily tied to Mountain Pine Beetle Management.
Surface use operations by a proponent for two new oil and natural gas developments on two drill sites and associated activities for utilities, roads, pipelines, and reclamation.
SUP DGL56 includes allowing Berenergy Corp. to use approx. 0.6 miles of National Forest System (NFS) Road 935, within an eighteen foot right-of-way, for year round access to their existing oil and gas lease operations in the Manning Oil Field.
Fuels reduction by way of timber stand improvement. Provide trees to the North park School by transplanting trees from campground area. Regeneration of the recently harvested east loop of Big Creek Campground in native tree species.
BHPP is proposing to construct and install approximately 3,700 feet of pipeline adjacent to an existing access road from the Murphy B-11 oil well to an existing KN gas gathering pipeline to capture and use natural gas vented at the well site.
The Forest Service is proposing to authorize Thunder Basin Coal Company’s Black Thunder Mine (BTM) to
occupy National Forest System (NFS) lands for the purpose of constructing and storing topsoil and overburden
stockpiles.
Consolidate two existing Special Use Permits (SUP), numbers DGL406201 and DGL406202, into a new SUP (DGL401). Adjust the SUP acreage from 1,064 acres to 561 acres to reflect current, active SUP areas at Black Thunder Mine.
The Parks Ranger District is reviewing potential thinning needs within the Blackhall TSI project area. Density control through thinning will be completed by hand tools. No mechanical equipment or road building/reconstruction will be necessary.
Designation of administrative site on Blacktail Peak and installation of government telecommunications radio improvements to administer National Forest System lands.
Issue a Forest Private Road Authorization to provide access to private land completely surrounded by National Forest, and relinguish an old easement and access road that was never transferred properly and includes lands that are not owned by the LLC.
The Forest Service is proposing to issue a commercial permit to Backcountry Bonsai to harvest live trees including common juniper, limber pine, ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, lodgepole pine, spruce, and possibly mountain maple.
Surface uses for oil and gas development, drilling 15 oil wells from 2 well pad sites. Project includes road access and utilities (temporary water, production fluid, and electricity). Proponent is Anschutz Oil Company LLC.
Private citizen is considering whether to pursue purchase parcel of National Forest System land or not. Project is on hold until citizen decision is made. Parcel is eligible for purchase under the Small Tracts Act for several reasons.
Re-align approximately 450 feet of the Boswell Road (an Albany County Road), from private lands to lands managed by the US Forest Service and State of Wyoming, to simplify management and reduce potential conflicts.
Reclamation of two abandoned mine sites located within the Sierra Madre/Encampment Mining District. Project is part of WY Abandoned Mines Safety Program.
Requesting an Amendment to Brush Creek Ranch's current Outfitter Guide permit that would add shuttle services for accessing the ranch's newly-acquired Green Mountain retreat.
This project includes vegetation management for timber salvage, fuels reduction, and wildlife habitat as well as travel management in the Northwest Sierra Madre. The proposal is based on scoping completed for the larger Savery analysis area in 2010.
Minor reroute and relocation involving segments of the snow trails in the Buffalo Pass Recreation Area. These changes are proposed to increase the safety of the trail system.
The proposed project would include the development of one new gravel pit, and extracting materials from an existing borrow pit and an existing gravel pit located near Fish Creek Reservoir along NFSR 60.
Maintenance and reconstruction to bring NFSR 60 up to standards. The proposal also addresses adverse effects of increased dispersed camping, which may be exacerbated by the road improvement.
PROJECT CANCELLED: After the NEPA was initiated we learned that there was an existing barrier downstream. Using this barrier would increase the length of stream occupied by fish more than the proposed site thereby better meeting project objectives.
Replacement of existing crude oil pipeline using horizontal directional drilling under Rocky Point Road, to include staging area, drilling rig landing area, and bell holes (pits) on both sides of the road. Was misnamed Belle Fourche Pipeline Co.
C & C Cattle Co. has requested a re-issue of their Forest Service Special Uses Permit for livestock grazing for a 16-ac parcel. The permit expired 12/31/2017. There are no changes in the use of the pasture; action is administrative only.
The project will encompass 2,800 acres (4.375 square miles) located on the Thunder Basin National Grassland. Conducted utilizing vibroseis as the energy source and will provide data to develop a three dimensional image of the geological structure.
Drilling one oil well; road construction and reconstruction to access well pad; installation of pipeline and electric utility, and reclamation. Proponent is HD Adams.
Stabilize headcut in a headwater channel tributary to Camp Creek. Work will recover the degraded channel and adjoining meadow and improve watershed conditions.
Blackhall Lookout Tower houses mobile radio service communications (repeater) for Carbon County first responders. Permit/Lease is expired and needs re-issued. New permit to be for recommended 30 years. Administrative change only, footprint unchanged.
Carbon Power & Light (CP&L) to install below-ground powerline alongside North Brush Creek Road (National Forest System Road 100) to serve private landowners with property located adjacent to North Brush Creek Road.
Hazard tree clearing and/or removal along Carbon Power & Light's overhead powerline from approximately Snowy Range Ski Area to just west of Brooklyn Lake.
Wyoming Fish & Game propose the following to Carlson Auxiliary Ditch: replace headgate/diversion structure, install spill points, replace/reposition culverts at road crossings, and install drop structures at the ditch's end to slow down gullying.
Construct operate and maintain a 1,100 foot natural gas gathering line from a well on the APW private in-holding across National Forest System Lands. The line will be constructed in and/or adjacent to the existing road easement.
Per the State of Colorado Division of Water Resources order, the owners of the Carney and Continental irrigation ditches propose to install headgates and/or measuring devices at the point of diversion on the two ditches.
Eagle's Wing Ranch, LLC has proposed to remove and replace the existing headgate structure on the Chapman ditch at the point of diversion on Chedsey Creek per USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) design plans.
SUPO for proposed Tuit Draw Fed 11-2PH well. The APD SUPO includes operations associated with accessing, drilling, testing, and completing a horizontal oil/gas well. Approx 886 feet of new road, 400' x 400' wellpad; total disturb 6.4ac
Proposal to authorize SUPO of APDs submitted for the proposed Porcupine Fed 44-19PH and 44-19TH wells. SUPO includes operations assoc with access, drilling, testing, and completing horizontal O/G wells. 151ft of new road and one 400ft square wellpad
The United States Forest Service (USFS) has a need to authorize Charger Resources, LLC (Charger) to use National Forest System (NFS) lands for operations associated with accessing, drilling and producing oil/gas from a proposed horizontal well.
The Forest Service is proposing to authorize the construction of a road by the Chesapeake Energy Corporation. Chesapeake Energy Corp. is proposing to build 784 feet of new road to access an oil well.
The Forest Service is proposing to authorize Chesapeake Energy to reconstruct and use approximately 10,113 ft of NFSR 964 to access three proposed oil wells in the Robbins Unit and one proposed well in the Cottonwood Unit.
Permit renewal for operation and maintenance of an existing water supply system located on USFS lands that provides water to the City of Cheyenne; includes three reservoirs and 60 miles of pipeline on Brush Creek/Hayden and Laramie Ranger Districts.
The Cheyenne Track Club would like to renew their recreation event permit for a five year term to conduct foot races. The races include 5k, half-marathon, marathon, and double marathon that will take place annually on the Sunday before Memorial Day.
New Cingular Wireless, on behalf of ATT, would like to amend their lease to move equipment and infrastructure from their current tower site to the VRE tower 300 feet away. VRE would like to amend their lease to add 20 feet to their tower.
This project will temporarily modify an exisiting fish barrier in Circle Cr. The modification would prevent non-native trout in Elkhead Cr. from entering Circle Cr. during non-native removal efforts.
Special Use Permit (5 years or less) for temporary construction on Forest Service property (Hahns Peak/Bears Ears District bunkhouse and boneyard) and removal of existing road encroachment on Forest Service property within city limits.
Vegetation management for timber stand improvement and wildlife habitat management among ponderosa pine and juniper stands in riparian and upland sites, including prescribed fire and mechanical treatments of fuels.
To impose a special order closing the Twin Peaks Trail to motorized use from 11:00 p.m. until 11:00 a.m. every day from September 1 through November 20.
Use the piscicide rotenone to remove all non-native trout from the upper four miles of Coal Creek. Native Colorado River cutthroat trout will then be reintroduced.
This project would involve notching 20 beaver dams along East Coal Creek to help plan a native fish reclamation project. Notching would allow estimates of the change in habitat complexity and the timing and volume of flows.
Reconstruction/deconstruction of two interconnected water improvements. Project will propose decommissioning two existing stockpits and constructing a dual tank setup inlieu of stockpits.
Riparian area wetland restoration involving removal of fill material of an old road which is not a National Forest System Road, reclamation of riparian soils and hydrologic function, and revegetation management.
Replaced with project #44516: Laramie Ranger District Communication Site Permits at Hill 8821 and Crow Creek Hill, which completed 5 communication permits during 4th quarter 2014.
Reroute approximately .51 miles of the CDNST. There are sections of the trail that are in hazardous bog areas at certain times of the year. The reroute would move the trail out of the bog areas to a dry location allowing for safe use by packsaddle.
Convert 1.5 miles of NFSR 272 to non-motorized trail. Currently .6 miles is Level 1 rd., .9 miles is Level 2 rd. Conversion will reduce impacts to wildlife habitat, water quality, and riparian areas while maintaining non-motorized opportunities.
This project will remove two weirs and associated infrastructure from Coon Creek and the Upper East Fork Encampment River. The access road will be decommissioned, and a culvert will be removed from Forest road 416.1C to allow aquatic organism passage
The purpose of this project is to remove and/or replace failing culverts on level one roads that are not open to the public and receive limited use by the Forest Service.
Commercially & non-commercially manage timber stands to establish regeneration, growth, & vigor to beetle killed stands expediting the establishment of the next forest.
Salvage of approximately 3240 acres of lodgepole pine and some spruce blowdown, 140 acres of fuel reduction treatments and 1185 acres of pre-commericial thinning and site specific Forest Plan amendment.
DCP will construct two 4inch natural gas pipelines; one high pressure steel line, one low pressure poly pipe, to the EOG-Arbalest 53-33H well to tie into their existing 4inch high pressure line. Less than 5 acres of NFS lands.
Mitigate wetlands lost during railroad construction.This includes shallow excavations at 3 sites along Antelope Creek to create wetland habitat. Includes temporary work sites, and uses existing roads. A total of 16 acres would be excavated.
Issue a road permit to construct roughly 150' of new road to private property off of NFSR 522.E . Issue a road easement for NFSRs 533, 522, 522.A, and 522.E. Year-round access would include use of the Chimney Park Ski Trails via snowmobiles.
The Department of the Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation program would like to offer guided rock climbing and camping at Pole Mountain to families of servicemen and women. They are requesting 40 service days under a 2-year permit.
Devon Energy has submitted a Notice of Intent to the Douglas Ranger District (DRD) to conduct oil and gas geophysical exploration operations on the Thunder Basin National Grassland (TBNG).
The Steckley Road (NFSR 942) is the primary access to a proposed well pad. They would like to upgrade approximately 750 feet of an existing 2 track road to a 20%u2019 running surface all weather road that will provide year round access.
The purpose of this project is to improve wildlife habitat and lower fuel loads to reduce fire hazards. There is a need to re-introduce fire through prescribed burns to improve age class distribution.
Little Snake River Museum in Savery, WY was gifted the historic Divide Sheep Camp buildings and structures located in the Sierra Madre. The Museum will conduct the first phase of needed restoration and repair, to include the fence and cabin interior.
The Laramie Ranger District would issue a Road Use Permit to Mr.Dobson to constuct up to 1,000 feet of single purpose, gated road from the end of NFSR 500.EA to the Jupiter #4 mining claim.
Luke Dowdy has requested authorization to cross NFS land to access his private land in the Upton area. Mr. Dowdy owns the private land in the same quarter section. The right-of-way will be for approximately 15 feet in length and 20 feet wide.
Project Canceled: No NEPA review required. It was determined that this project falls under Maintenance of Recreation Sites (replaced former assets); and it was also determined that there are no resource concerns associated with the project.
EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG) has submitted a Sundry Notice of Intent requesting the BLM and USFS authorize a proposed alternate road access re-route to the Bolt #15-33H well and to abandon and reclaim the existing unauthorized road on NFS land.
The Forest Service proposes to authorize geophysical surveys on the Thunder Basin National Grassland. The Lightening Creek and Mary's Draw 2D swath seismic project would utilize vibroseis as the energy source to provide data on potential minerals.
The Forest Services proposes to authorize EOG Resources, Inc to use portions of NFSRs 910, 910.D and 910.A and construct approximately 719 feet of new road in Section 18, and 190 feet in Section 15, T41N, R72W 6th PM to access proposed wells
The proposed action is to issue a Road Use Permit for EOG Resources to use the existing road (0.4 mile in length). Also, to authorize EOG Resources to construct and maintain an access road would be a 269 foot long by 40 foot wide construction ROW.
Remove hydrology weir constructed by the USFS in 1960s that is preventing fish movement upstream and restore approximately 800' of stream channel. Removal of weir will provide access to eight miles of stream.
This project would include treating the Project Area to reduce fire hazard and encourage stand health. An Adaptive Management Option would be created. Treatments would be selected by using the appropriate design criteria.
This is an existing Spring Box and Pipeline that is developed on National Forest System land and is used for the purpose of domestic water on a private property. The proposal is to re-issue the permit allowing this use.
Authorize geophysical surveys on the Parks Ranger District of FSR 750. Would utilize vibroseis as the energy source to provide data on potential minerals. All equipment and operations will be completed on the existing road.
The proposed action is to relocate all or a portion of NFSR 499 (Ellis Trail) and close/obliterate a portion of FST 1101 (Whiskey Creek Trail). A new four-wheel drive route may be completed using a combination of existing roads and trails.
The Arapaho and Roosevelt, Medicine Bow-Routt, and White River National Forests are proposing to remove all dead and dying trees (i.e., hazard trees) along power lines crossing National Forest system lands in Northern Colorado.
Mineral exploration and sampling conducted through boring four (4) geologic cores for analysis. Cores will be removed and remaining holes plugged with concrete.
Customized digital SLR remote camera systems will be installed at key locations throughout the basin to record time-lapse images of the river’s cycles to record the pulse of the Platte River over days, months, and years
The FAA has proposed to remove and replace the existing propane engine and fuel storage tank at the existing North Walton Peak Communications Site. The new engine and propane tank will be replaced in-kind and in the same location.
The First Creek wet meadow restoration project would occur on approximately 1.5 miles of ephemeral stream in the project area. Work would include Zeedyk structures, one-rock dams and revegetating a small area.
Replace existing culvert with a larger culvert or a bridge to address engineering structural and safety concerns and improve aquatic passage and hydrologic conditions.
Proposal to authorize the Surface Use Plan of Operations for Application for Permit to Drill (APD) for WFCU#22 and WFCU#84 re-entry wells. The earlier wells were plugged and abandoned in 2002 and 1995.
Reauthorization of livestock grazing and issuance of new allotment management plans for the Foxpark and Boswell livestock grazing allotments and the Sheep Mountain wildlife area.
GCR Electronics, LLC (GCR) operates a communication facility at the Crow Creek Hill communication site. GCR has held an authorization for their facility since 2006 that will expire on 12/31/13. They have applied for the authorization to be reissued.
Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power propose to construct electric transmission lines from the proposed Windstar Substation near the Dave Johnston Power Plant at Glenrock, WY to the proposed Hemingway substation near Melba, Idaho
Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power (the Companies) are conducting investigation and
permitting activities necessary to construct transmission lines from the planned Windstar
Substation in Converse County, Wyoming.
The project will encompass approximately 634 square miles with approximately 120,480 acres of the Thunder Basin National Grassland included in the project area. The project is proposed as a multi-source geophysical vibroseis with some shot holes.
The Forest Service was a cooperating agency, assisting the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in that Agency's geothermal leasing analysis and decision. The BLM issued a record of decision on 12/17/2008.
The proposal is to issue a Special Use Permit for the operation and maintenance of Gill Reservoir which will be used by the public for recreation, livestock watering, and wildlife habitat. The permit will be issued for a 30 year term.
Proposed oil and gas project for 1,500 oil and gas wells, on 100 well pads, drilled over the course of 10 years in southern Campbell and northern Converse Counties, with roads, utilities and pipelines for transport of materials are included.
The purpose of this project is to prepare an environmental impact statement to incorporate greater sage-grouse conservation measures into Bureau of Land Management Land Use Plans and Forest and Grassland Plans.
The purpose of this project is to prepare environmental impact statements (EISs) and supplemental environmental impact statements to incorporate greater sage-grouse conservation measures into Bureau of Land Management land use plans and Forest Plans.
Salvage and remove dead and dying trees to reduce fuels hazards, reduce threats to public safety and infrastructure; promote reforestation to regenerate forests.
Improve the stability and safety of the North Fork North Platte River crossing by reconstructing trail tread and boardwalk bridges and revegetating wetland areas.
Installation of several water quality monitoring wells on 4 acres of upland rangeland. Part of remediation of natural gas leak from gas facilities located on adjacent private land to the north of the project area. Proponent is Tallgrass Energy LP.
Yampa Valley Electric Association proposed to install, operate, and maintain underground powerlines and electrical boxes within the Steamboat Ski Area permit boundary. The project will total approximately 4.83 acres.
Change in travel management on NFSR 110 (Black Mountain Road) to allow OHV use where currently prohibited. Other minor changes to the HPBE MVUM map may be included in this analysis.
Renewal for Elk River Guest Ranch Recreaiton Special Use Permit. Activities are primarily trail rides, but also include other outfitting and guiding activities.
Minor changes and updates to travel management based on management needs on the ground. Road decomissioning, road closure improvements, maintenance level adjustments, and road openings.
Using chainsaws, thin overstocked, naturally regenerated harvest units totaling approximately 220 acres. Precommercial thinning would occur in stands dominated by lodgepole pine saplings.
The project would integrate National Forest System Roads (NFSR) 633 (Harris Park Rd.), 716 (Fletcher Park), and County Road 71 (Cottonwood Rd.) into fuel breaks. Fuel breaks would include thinning and removal of ladder fuels along the road.
Road access to a new subdivision between Osage and Upton. Proposed roadway would be approximately 3,900 feet in length and utilize a previously constructed roadway. Project name change from Hartland Subdivision Right-of-Way.
Determine vegetation treatments that reduce the existing, potentially hazardous, dead and dying trees along National Forest System Roads, developed recreation sites, and administrative sites.
Properly control the waters in the Last Chance Ditch and install a suitable and proper headgate at the point of diversion of the Last Chance Ditch from Whitney Creek.
The High Plains Archery 3-D Tournament would like to renew their recreation event permit for a five year term. The tournament takes place during the third weekend in July and has been authorized on the Medicine Bow NF since 1992.
The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) is proposing to realign a portion of WYO Highway 70 between Baggs and Encampment, at reference marker (RM) 30.
Authorize by Road Use Permit the use and maintenance of 2,740 feet of National Forest System Road 1501 as 16-foot width crowned road and install a new cattle guard.
Reconstruct and relocate approximately 1,100 feet of the Hot Springs Trail. Adjacent to Hot Springs Creek, this portion of trail washed out in the spring of 2015. This project will assure safe passage and a more sustainable trail.
Reclamation of seven abandoned mine sites located within the Sierra Madre/Encampment Mining District. Project is part of WY Abandoned Mines Safety Program.
This proposal would continue an integrated approach to treatment of noxious weeds and invasive species such as annual bromes to manage critical wildlife habitats and fuels treatments on the Medicine Bow - Routt NFs and Thunder Basin NG.
Issue an authorization for a 5 yr term for an annual one day motorcycle enduro on a weekend in September or October and to use the approximately 45 miles of single-track trail in the Upton and Osage, or Clay spur Area of TBNG
The Inyan Kara Motorcycle Enduro operates under a Recreation Event - 5 year permit in the Inyan Kara area of the Thunder Basin national grassland. The permit expires 12/31/2010; this action is to renew their permit for another term.
This proposal has been cancelled. The Inyan Kara Assembled Land Exchange project may be planned to incorporate some of the formerly planned Irwin Land Exchange.
This project would replace washed out culverts with a hardened low water crossing. The project would restore the stream bank at the original creek crossing and prevent further erosion and sediment deposit into Jack Creek.
This project would remove dead timber adjacent to Jack Creek Ranch which is surrounded by US Forest Service property. The timber has been affected by Mtn Pine Beetle and the potential for fire due to increased fuel loads is of concern.
Issue a special use permit to valid water right holders for use of the Johnson-Takala ditch, an existing facility used for agricultural irrigation purposes on BCH District.
Jones Outfitting has requested a renewal of their current authorization to guide hunting excursions on Sheep Mountain and the Snowy Range. This new authorization would be for a 5-year term expiring in 2017.
Journeyman Adventures would like to hold a 5K, 10K, 25K snowshoe race starting and finishing out of the Snowy Range Ski and Recreation Area. The permit would be for a 5-year term.
Proposed springbox and water transmission line for domestic use. This project has been cancelled as it did not pass the NEPA process. Application returned to proponent.
Name changed from McClain Spring Number 1 Water Development for Judd, and now incorporates project 47173 - McClain Spring No. 1 Water Development for Papa's Land Trust. Permit renewal for 10-year term for an existing, buried water pipeline and well.
Issue a Special Use Permit for 100 service days to Keil Outdoor Adventures to guide mountain lion, elk and deer hunts on the Laramie, Douglas, and Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger Districts. Hunts would be guided on foot.
Salvage and remove dead and dying trees to reduce fuels hazards, reduce threats to public safety and infrastructure; promote reforestation to regenerate forests.
This project is to authorize this use for the existing spring development, with no changes to the structures proposed, and the only changes are administrative with the renewal of the special use permit.
Management of road and trail use such as sign improvements for public safety and compliance with Wyoming State laws applicable to La Bonte Road 658. Project analysis, description, and name has changed.
Lance Oil & Gas Company is proposing to use the NFSR 1121.E1 road for approximately 0.52 miles from the intersection of Antelope Road Campbell County RD 17-4 to the south in Section 3 T. 41 N., R. 71 W. on the TBNG.
The Laramie Bicycling Network would like to renew their recreation event permit for a five year term for their six-race mountain bike series at Tie City. Races will take place on Tuesday evenings in the summer. There will be about 110 participants.
Laramie County Community College has held a special use permit with the Laramie Ranger District for 10 years for rock climbing, snowshoeing and cross country skiing. Their permit has expired and they would like to renew it.
Vegetation treatments around WUI areas and municipal watersheds on the Laramie Ranger District. Treatment emphasis is on fuels reduction across the northern part of the District including Foxborough, Rob Roy/Rambler and north to Brooklyn Lake.
The Laramie Enduro is applying for a five year permit to hold a 72.5 mile mountain bike race on the Pole Mountain unit for the end of July.There is a potential reroute from the course that has been used since 2006. Race start/finish at Hidden Valley.
The Laramie Range Orienteering Club would like to renew their recreation event permit for a five year term for a series of running orienteering races from July 28 %u2013 August 14 on Pole Mountain with one race per day.
Vegetation management to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest conditions. Includes wildlife and plant habitat management, commercial timber sales, other uses of timber, timber stand improvement, fuels management, and prescribed fire.
Re-issue of communications use lease for communications facility on Gilmore Ridge of the Pole Mountain Unit of the Laramie District. Laramie Plains Antenna TV Association was first issued a lease for this same use by the Forest Service in 1997.
The Forest Service proposes to issue new leases and extend existing leases for several permittees at the Hill 8821 and Crow Creek Hill communication sites.
The District is scoping to approve 3 outfitter/guide permits for Offgrid Outdoors moose hunting, Colorado Mountain School rock climbing, and Laramie Valley Chapel activities, and a recreation event permit for High Plains Harriers.
CO Dept of Parks & Wildlife proposal for the installation of 200 LF of toe drain pipe, 45 tons of riprap bedding and 130 tons of riprap, to increase the stability of the right abutment and dewater the left abutment.
Replace nine culverts with new structures to provide for aquatic passage and improve hydrology. This project would restore connectivity on approximately 23 miles of perennial stream.
Reissuance of a Special Use Permit for a 10-year term, for use and maintenance of an existing spring development and water pipeline for domestic water use.
The purpose is to construct fish barriers, remove non-native brook trout, and allow the reintroduction of genetically pure Colorado River cutthroat trout.
The Forest Service is proposing to authorize Peabody Powder River Mining, LLC (PPRM) to conduct geotechnical boring on National Forest System (NFS) lands to explore subsurface soil and sediment properties.
Powder River Coal, LLC has requested an authorization to vacate and re-locate portions of CR 69 Mackey (large segment) and temporary CR 83 Reno (small segment) on to Forest Service land.
The project proposes to replace the approximately 60-year-old existing bridge with a new pedestrian hiking bridge to address deteriorating foundations and abutments and the narrowing of streambed.
Matthew Harsky is a new applicant for outfitting and guiding. He would like to start a small outfitting and guiding business for non-motorized recreation in both winter and summer months.
Holistically review the Snowy Range and Sierra Madre mountain ranges to identify strategies to best mitigate the negative effects of the current beetle epidemic to the various resources found within each mountain ranges.
Authorize the Natural Resource Conservation Service to operate and maintain 17 SNOTEL sites, 10 Snow Course sites, and 3 access routes to private property under a special use permit issued for up to 30 years.
The Medicine Bow Nordic Association would like to renew their permit for a 5-year term to conduct about 2 weekend races and 6 evening races per winter season and to provide instruction for classic and skate skiing on groomed trails at Tie City.
Designate the last two (2) miles of the Rail Trail from Dry Park (NFSR 517) to Albany. This portion of trail goes through State, BLM, and private lands.
Replace the temporary bridge on NFSR 792 with a permanent crossing structure. The project area is located approximately 2 miles south of Gould, CO. The project meets road management objectives, accommodates high flows, and allows aquatic passage.
Renewal of 5-year term contract for mining of Federal mineral material (scoria), on private lands within the North Antelope Rochelle Mine permit boundary, located within the administrative boundary of the Thunder Basin National Grassland.
Issuance of mineral material sale contract for use of material at Antelope Mine for an additional 5-year term to begin in 2021. The applicant and proponent is Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC. The existing sale contract period ends in 2020.
Mineral material contract to the Converse County government authorizing the removal and free-use of 200,000 cu. yds. of scoria gravel from the Dull Center Gravel Pit for the mutual benefit of maintaining county and National Forest System roads.
Closed roads NFSR 441.1, 441.1B, and 441.1C in the Morgan Creek Fire burn area are at high risk for failure from flash floods. Treatments are needed to remove fill and culverts, reshape slopes, and establish drainages to reduce environmental impacts.
A combination of mechanical fuel reduction treatments (salvage, full tree mastication, hand cutting and piling) along the wildland urban interface within the Morrison Creek drainage.
The action proposed by the Forest Service is to change the prescribed treatments designated in the Morrison Creek EA, and amend the analysis area map. This would include harvesting of live trees.
USDA Forest Service Chief Information Office Land Mobile Radio has proposed to replace the existing communications shelter Mt. Werner Facility #4 at the Mt. Werner Complex Communications Site.
MPEI proposal to amend the Special Use Permit (HBE413) to authorize installation of fiber optic cable on the Lake Agnes (Yampa Ranger District) and Grouse Mountain (Parks Ranger District) powerlines.
This project proposes powerline maintenance,including the removal of 5 poles off of NFS lands and installation of 4 new poles on NFS lands. All work will be conducted over 12 inches or more of compacted snow.
The final environmental assessment and draft decision will be available soon! This project would improve wetlands, stream and watershed conditions, and habitat for fish and wildlife in the Muddy Creek and Lake Creek watersheds (NFSRs 553 and 588).
Peabody Powder River Mining, LLC, has requested an amendment to their current Special Use Permit. Activity to authorize construction of three light-duty road segments on National Forest System (NFS) lands.
Close approx .14 miles of NFSR 429 to motorized use to provide short-term resource protection/protect public health and safety; original proposal to change long term management status from Level 2 to Level 1 will be analyzed in a future EA.
Reconstruct a 4.0 mile segment of NFSR 807 between the Battle Creek CG and NFSR 851. Reconstruct a 1.0 mile segment of NFSR 879 between the NFSR 807 junction and NFSR 879.1E. Reconstruction is needed to fix roadway design and drainage deficiencies.
NRCS to dig 6 soil test pits as a training exercise to study soil profiles. Pits are all located on Pole Mountain. Pit dimensions are 6 ft deep x 70 in long x 30 in wide. Excavated soil will be replaced in pit upon completion. Pits will be hand-dug.
Road use authorization for a segment of NFSR 1414 with reconstruction and improvements for a proponent; travel management changes to make segments of NFSR 1414 available for motorized public use and to close NFSR 1414.G.
Decommission and reroute portions of National Forest System Roads 660.1, 669.1, and 609.1 to reduce impacts to wetlands, streams, and watershed health.
Larimer County National Youth Project Using Minibikes (NYPUM) program is holding an event to raise money for the program. This event will not be a race, or a timed event such as an enduro, riders will travel at their own pace.
Renewal of a SUP for the operation and maintenance of 11 existing SNOwpack TELemetry (SNOTEL) sites and 8 snowcourse sites on the Routt NF. This project will also include the installation of 1 new site called the Elkhead Divide SNOTEL.
The project would amend Peadbody Powder River Mining LLCs Special Use Permit to authorize drilling approximately 230 test holes on NFS lands totalling 567 acres outside of NARM's lease boundary, but within the mine's permit boundary.
Powerline to North Bill Disposal Facility 9,609 feet in length with short term construction corridor of 20 feet and long term ROW width of 16.5' with initial disturbance of 4.29 acres and a long term ROW of 2.15 acres.
The project would incorporate treatments aimed at regenerating select aspen stands and associated habitat on the Laramie Peak Unit of the Douglas Ranger District. Treatments will focus on improving the health and condition of aspen stands.
The North Park Progeny Test Site was established in Sept. 1986 to and this project proposal intends to complete overdue site maintenance and return the test site to the schedule of maintenance originally outlined in the initial project proposal.
Signed Record of Decision now available! Up to 6,834 acres hazard tree clearing, precommercial thinning & timber harvest; associated road proposals to improve motorized public access to the forest while minimizing road impacts to other resources.
3-D seismic exploration of petroleum would include shothole drilling situated along existing roads to approximately 70 feet depth at intervals over an 88.5 acre area and use of explosive charges in shotholes. Drill holes would be plugged afterward.
This project proposes to burn or mechanically treat approximately 2,754 acres in the eastern half of the Laramie Peak unit. Much of the vegetation within the the project units has not experienced fire in past 50 years.
Closing, decommisioning and change of use for portions of National Forest System Roads 943, 949.1A, 949 1.B and 986 for public safety, wildlife, hydrology and travel management purposes.
Access driveway across National Forest lands to private property through issuance of FLPMA Easement: 30 years, renewable. Using existing unclassified road 0.7 miles/20 feet either side of centerline (~3.39 acres). No additional construction to road.
Authorization of special use permits to Pacificorp. These are re-issuances of permits that will expire. They are for the operation and maintenance of electric powerlines and powerlines around coal mines and railroads.
Identify and allow continued use of Temporary Use Pools on first-come, first-served basis for permitted outfitting and guiding on the Parks Ranger District in Grand and Jackson County, Colorado.
Issue special use authorizations to existing priority permittees for outfitting and guiding during summer and fall seasons on Parks RD. No changes to terms and conditions of permits are anticipated, and permitted levels will be no more than capacity
Proposed mineral exploration using a dredge with a 5 inch diameter nozzle to reach deeper into holdes in the creekbed. Original proposal included use of a 3-inch diameter nozzle. Project may include off-system motorized access to mining claim.
Proposed excavated trench measuring 51 feet wide by 80 feet long by 4 feet deep to locate gold. Trench will be placed adjacent to Douglas Creek. Trench will be backfilled.
An amendment to the existing Special Use Permit (SUP) to consolidate DGL313 for School Creek Mine into the NARM SUPDGL314 adjust the acreage from 90.7 acres to 315.17 acres No new encumbrance of lands.
Peak Powder River Resources is proposing to use the NFSR 910.C road for approximately .41 miles. They are proposing to rebuild the road to a crowned and ditched graveled road with an 20%u2019 driving surface with culverts.
Issuance of a Special Use Permit for a 20-year term for use and maintenance of an existing water supply spring development and pipeline (Wood Spring and Pipeline).
Expose mineral vein on the Ram Claim, work would include using a D6 dozer to trench a 120 X 130 feet it to expose the mineral vein on the Ram Claim (CMC276636)
This project analyzed the complete road system on Pole Mountain. The analysis examined both the existing road system and user-created routes. The Pre-decisional EA and DRAFT Decision Notice recommend road system additions and closures.
Unauthorized routes in the Middle Crow Creek watershed on the southeast side of Pole Mountain will be decommissioned and restored to improve watershed conditions. This project was planned for FY15 but had to be moved to FY16 due to limited resources.
Route restoration will consist of soil de-compaction, drainage structure improvement, erosion control, seeding, mulching, and hand-tool work. Access to all routes will be obstructed using fencing, tree falling, posts, and boulders.
This is a multi-phase project that would prescribe burn or mechanically treat approximately 8,600 acres on the Pole Mountain unit over 7-10 years. Proposed activities would improve habitat and reduce fuels.
Rangeland improvements including installation of new water developments and repair/replacement of existing developments. This will improve habitat for Preble's meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonicus) and increase water quality on Pole Mountain Unit.
The culver on County Road 8 currently blocks upstream movement of native Colorado River cutthroat trout. A fish ladder will be constructed to facilitate passage
PRECorp proposal: installation of new 69kV 5-wire overhead powerline (treated wood poles, H-frame design, with raptor protection) and removal of old powerline to accommodate mine operation within the Black Thunder Mine permit area.
Construction of new overhead 69kV powerline (5-wire; single, treated wood poles), originating from PRECorp Tekla substation and crossing 4,935 feet Federal lands, providing service for DCP Midstream to a natural gas pump station off federal land.
Authorization to Powder River Energy Corp. to upgrade and maintain an existing powerline supply, less than 33-kV, within the right-of-way to supply electricity to an oil well for Petro-Hunt.
This project would allow the installation of <2 miles of <33kV line to the Wildhorse Federal well 14-18. The proposed route would utilize the existing road corridor.
The proposed action is for a sanitation (green mistletoe trees) and salvage (dead trees) harvest to prevent Dwarf Mistletoe from infecting the North Park Progeny Site (superior tree seed source).
Reclamation (closure) of an abandoned mine that is hazardous to the public. The adit (opening) will be blocked and the surface will be recontoured and revegetated. To begin summer or fall of 2022 with completion before end of the year.
Project would mechanically push over or cut 300 sub-alpine fir or engelmann spruce trees less than 12 inches in diameter to be used in implementing stream restoration actions.
Realignment of an oil and gas pipeline segment to accommodate coal mining operations on the western area of North Antelope Rochelle Mine. Proponent is WES Powder River Holdings LLC.
The USFS has identified a need to authorize RT Communications to occupy NFS land for the construction and maintenance of an additional 1,250 feet of phone line to the BNSF building for year round services. RT will be tapping into their existing line.
The USDA Forest Service (USFS) proposes to authorize RT Communications to occupy NFS land for the construction and maintenance of an additional 726 feet of fiber optic phone line to the Mush Creek Pumping Station.
Conduct an environmental analysis of livestock grazing on three domestic sheep allotments to fulfill Rescission Act requirements and provide guidance for future management.
Per State of Colorado Division of Water Resources (DWR) order to install headgates and/or measuring devices, owner of Rattler ditch proposes to install diversion and headgate structures.
VRE Towers, LLC owns a pre-existing communications tower on Pole Mountain for which the lease needs to be re-issued. There will be no physical alterations to the tower itself; changes are administrative only.
Due to general maintenance and weather factors, the old fence will be removed and replaced with a lay down fence. Reconstruction of the boreal toad fence is necessary to protect this sensitive area.
Re-issue special use permits to continue recreation residence use, with some modifications to the operating plan for the Elk River Tract includes 4 lots on the Hahns Peak-Bears Ears Ranger District of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests.
Move the reserved camp for Red Feather Outfitters outside of the Mount Zirkel Wilderness. In addition, the new location will better meet the requirements for distance from water and trails.
Manage recreation use and rehabilitate soil, vegetation, and surface water resources of an area impacted by unauthorized off-highway vehicle use of routes that are not part of the National Forest System designated travel routes.
Authorization of a right-of-way and reclamation activities to remove a recently installed crude oil pipeline that was not in operation. The pipeline was initially misaligned onto a parcel of the national grassland.
Issuance of a new special use authorization for existing powerline infrastructure for a new term to replace expired authorizations. Changes are administrative only; no physical changes will occur, other than minor required maintenance.
Two-dimensional, or 2D, geophysical exploration for geologic information associated with oil and natural gas. The proponent is Devon Energy Production Company, L.P.
The proposal is to re-issue a Special Use Permit for the use and maintenance of the Rich Ditch for diversion of water from Trout Creek to Oak Creek for the Towns municipal water system purposes. The permit will be issued for a 20 year term.
Rehabilitation of approximately 0.5 acres of wetland, damaged by an unauthorized route, to restore soil productivity, hydrologic function, and wetland vegetation.
Right-of-way for commercial road use for mineral development of Laramide Fed oil well, operation, improvements, and maintenance of National Forest System Road 1052, 1052.A, and other connected system or non-system road.
This authorization will cover the commercial use of NFSR 206 and 225 for the transportation of livestock to and from a loading chute facility located on the Rock Creek SWA. In addition a backup lane and turn around will be maintained/constructed.
Rocky Top Guides would like to outfit and guide rock climbers. They are a new applicant and if authorized, the term of the permit would be for 2 years, expiring in 2014.
The facility is comprised of one 15 ft x 20 ft, one story concrete block building and two towers: one 80 ft high and one 100 ft high, each anchored with guy wires. Located on Hill 8821 communications site on the Pole Mountain Unit.
Proposal to treat up to 3,000 acres of vegetation in the vicinity of Ryan Park, WY to decrease hazardous fuels and increase resiliency of timber stands. Proposed action map has been improved, check it out!
Install 34.5kV, 3-Phase, single, overhead power line across FS for approximately 2621.33 feet. The ruling span is approximately 230 feet so 12 poles will be installed on FS. Construction and permanent right of way width will be 30 feet.
Vegetation management to salvage timber/regenerate forests, reduce increasing fuel loads/decrease potential fire hazard, remove dead and dying trees posing a public safety hazard in high priority areas. Includes travel mgmt and recreation mgmt.
Reissuance of a Special Use Permit for a 10-year term for use and maintenance of an existing water supply spring development (Homer Groesbeck Spring) and pipeline.
West Roundup Resources, Inc. (WRR) has requested an authorization to amend the existing School Creek Mine special use permit (SUP) to include an additional (approximately) 663 acres of National Forest Service (NFS) land.
Fuel reduction in wildland urban interface using a combination of mechanical and prescribed burning treatments to reduce natural fuel loading on about 1,500 acres. Agency has been enjoined from using CE#10 and project fits the newly selected categor
Planting of lodgepole pine seedlings across 100 acres of fire-killed lodgepole pine forest to create favorable conditions for recruitment and improve watershed conditions and wildlife habitat within the 2018 Silver Creek fire burn scar.
The primary purpose of this project is to improve forest health, reduce threats to public safety, and provide forest products while minimizing environmental effects in the project area. A variety of silvicultural treatments are proposed.
Project proposes to construct approximately 0.66 miles of fence to exclude livestock from approximately 17 acres of land in and adjacent to Smith Creek and develop a known spring to provide for a reliable water source away from Smith Creek.
The Snowy Range Ski Area would like to (1) expand its secondary parking lot area (2)increase the length and width of the Pioneer tubing hill and (3) complete building upgrades such as new coverings, improved egress, and adding wood boilers.
Replacement of Chute Lift at Snowy Range Ski and Recreation Area to replace aging parts and make the exit more accessible. Upgrade from a double to triple lift. Repurpose existing motor room into a usable structure.
Address deficiencies and improve recreation opportunities though installation of yurt, vault toilet, parking bridge, and snowmaking at Snowy Range Ski Area. Includes hazard tree removal and water impoundment securement.
The Laramie RD proposes to issue a special use permit to an existing outfitter and guide for snowmobile tours. Snowy Range Tours would like to continue with current use levels with a new permit that would expire in 2018.
Analyze proposal to close apx. 207 miles of user-created routes, designate apx. 17 miles of user-created routes as NFSRs, designate apx. 67 miles of single-track motorcycle trails, and designate apx. 45 miles of ATV trails.
SROM is a May-October outfitting and guiding service focused around rock climbing, back-packing, hiking, utilizing various areas of the forest for day-use and overnight camping.They would like to renew their permit for a five year term.
Issue a special use permit for the use of an existing non-system road that goes approximately 1,970 feet on National Forest Lands to access the most easterly portion of the ranch, which is surrounded on three sides by the Forest.
SourceGas Distribution, LLC has a Forest Service permit to operate/maintain a 2" polyethylene natural gas mainline located on the Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District administrative site in Saratoga, WY. Permit is expired and needs to be renewed.
The contractor constructing this project on private land inadvertently placed it on Forest Service land. The project developed a spring, installed a water pipeline and water tank for the allotment.
Forest Service habitat improvement project in partnership with Wyoming Game & Fish Department. The habitat improvements will alter the inlet to improve spawning conditions.
This project proposes to add seasonal closures to about 8.6 miles of roads and to extend seasonal road closure dates from 11/15-4/31 to 10/1-6/15 in Crucial Deer and Elk Winter Range in the Southeast Snowy Range Mountains.
Amendment of existing permit to add 334.5 acres for overstrip of topsoil and overburden and stockpile material for reclamation and other mining activities at Black Thunder Mine. And USFS administrative actions or orders to manage public land use.
Reissuance of a special use permit for the purpose of maintaining an existing water supply system which provides water for domestic use, specifically Miller Spring on the HPBE Ranger District and County Line Spring on the Yampa Ranger District.
Proposal to replace an existing communication building built in 1954, located on south Walton Peak and part of the Walton Peak Communication Site. The old building will be removed along with two propane tanks.
Treat up to 40 acres of timber as a result of the wind event in 2020 on National Forest System lands and disturb up to 5 acres for utility, snowmaking, and trail projects.
Fuels treatments & habitat improvements. Mastication, prescribed burning of shrubs and aspen, treatment/ removal of beetle-killed pine. Project is near Steamboat Springs (WUI). A seasonal closure for big game winter range would also be implemented.
Steamboat Powdercats trail work for modifications to less than 0.01 miles of snow trail to increase sight distances through tree removal or slight realignment of snow trails.
Improvements to terrain, road, lift network. New restaurant. Additional snowmaking. New potable water and utilities. Project specific forest plan amendment.
The Steamboat Ski and Resort Corporation is applying for an amendment to their Communication Use Lease to operate scellular DAS systems in the Thunderhead, Rendezvous Saddle and Four Points buildings located on the Steamboat ski area.
The Steamboat Ski Area proposes several projects which may include: water lines and pipes, roads, building renovations and/or additions, changes to ski runs which may include grading, or realignment, and snowmaking pipeline and blockhouse.
The 2006 decision for the Four Points Hut Expansion identified a leach field for waste water treatment; now a sewer line is identified as the best tool. Addtional square footage and road re-alignment are two other modifications from the 2006 decision
Analyze the impacts of approving selected projects identified in the 2011 Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation Master Development Plan Amendment, which was accepted by the U.S. Forest Service on January 2, 2013.
Completion of minor projects on the Steamboat Ski Area to maintain and improve infrastructure, such as snow making lines, minimal regrading, technology access improvements and other marginal activities not previously analyzed.
Completion of minor projects on the Steamboat Ski Area to maintain and improve infrastructure such as snowmaking lines, minimal regrading, technology improvements and other marginal actitivites not previously analyzed.
Ground disturbing activities may occur within the Thunderhead zone; projects proposed in this zone will be subject to specialist design criteria. Replacement and extension of Spur Run snowmaking.
Replacement of the Sunshine Express lift, development of a new snowmaking control pumphouse and associated infrastructure, and construction of the Thunderhead Hiking Trail Cutoff.
Storm Peak Hang Gliding Association has launched from the Steamboat Ski Area for several decades. This action renews their permit to continue utilizing this area for another 10 years.
TNT Visual proposes to renew their recently expired Temporary Special Use Permit (HBE716) for commercial filming services on the Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District of the Routt National Forest.
TWM is a year round outfitting and guiding service based in Centennial, Wyoming. They would like to renew their permit for a 5-year term for a variety of activities in the Snowy Range and Pole Mountain Areas.
The main goals of the project include creating healthy forest structure resilient to insects and disease, increase public safety, reduce fuel loading and wildland fire events around WUI, and recover economic value of degrading lodgepole pine.
The existing permitted clinker mining area encompasses approximately 600 acres of NFS land. The requested expansion comprises 40 acres, which would result in a total of approximately 640 impacted acres.
Issue a new Minerals Materials (Scoria) contract to TBCC (Black Thunder Mine) to replace MM-DGL-2800-08-06-09 and three Amendments (expires 12-31-2015)
The proposed dewatering wells are located on National Forest System lands, and consist of two areas. The FS has identified a need to authorize Thunder Basin Coal Company, LLC to construct the dewatering wells and overstrip activities.
The Forest Service is proposing to authorize Thunder Basin Coal Company to acquire an adequate supply of aggregate construction material to support required maintenance and changes in infrastructure necessary for mining activities.
The Forest Service proposes to amend the 2001 Grassland Plan to modify Categories 1 and 2 of the 2009 Prairie Dog Management Strategy based on continuing management concerns raised by the State of Wyoming.
The USDA Forest Service (USFS) proposes to authorize Thunder Basin Pipeline, LLC to operate and maintain an exisiting pipeline. The pipeline is associated with a small refinery north of Douglas, WY.
Tidelands Geophysical Company (Tidelands) has submitted a Notice of Intent and Plan of Action (POA) to conduct geophysical exploration operations for the Coal Draw 3D Seismic Survey project on behalf of Seitel, Inc.
Trail reroutes, reconstruction, and installation of water control features in the Tie city summer trail system; specific locations to be determined. Resources available for implementation in 2017 as a result of Wyoming Pathways grant to fund WYYCC.
Reissuance of special use permit to Town of Yampa,CO for 4th of July Fireworks and lighted star in administrative pasture located adjacent to Yampa Ranger District
Permit reissuance to authorize specific helicopter landing zones on the Laramie Peak, Snowy Range, and Pole Mountain units for training use by the US Air Force.
The proposed special use authorization is for Classic Bicycle Racing LLC to make temporary use of NFS lands on 4 National Forests within CO for ancillary facilities such as staging areas with portable toilets, signs, barricades, message boards.
USGS proposal to reconstruct stream gage cableway used to measure stream flow and water quality. Current cableway is secured to beetle-killed trees and is unsafe.
Union Telephone Co. to install below-ground fiber optic cable to provide high-speed data communications to support broadband network and communications for emergency services in rural areas, traveling public, and properties along the route.
Lease for Union Telephone site at Fox Park is expired, needs a re-issue to continue provision of cellular, internet, and emergency communication services. Generator & electrical buildings & propane tank to be placed inside original site footprint.
Union Telephone Company proposes to install 5,085 feet of buried conduit for telecommunications cables at the existing Muddy Pass Communications Site; alongside National Forest System Roads 307.1A, 307.1 and under Highway 40 to a vault directly north
Union Telephone to expand current communications facility on Barrett Ridge. Includes removing old cell tower and installing new larger one, adding an additional equipment building, and expanding lease area from 50 ft x 50 ft to 100 ft x 100 ft.
Union Telephone Company has proposed to install, operate, and maintain new facilities at the South Walton Peak Communications Site
including a 120-foot self-supporting lattice tower, an electronics and generator building, and a propane tank.
Description : Union Telephone Company has proposed to install, operate, and maintain new facilities at the Buffalo Pass Communications Site including an 80-foot self-supporting lattice tower, an electronics and generator building, and a propane tank.
Issue a new lease for the Union Wireless cellular tower located on Barrett Ridge. Tower services Ryan Park subdivision. Changes are administrative only; facility footprint, character and capacity remains the same. New lease is for 30 years.
Reissue of expired communications use lease for University Amateur Radio, Inc. based out of the University of Wyoming in Laramie. This is a non-profit public benefit corporation that provides free-of-charge emergency and information-sharing services.
UW Outdoor Adventure Program is currently permitted to outfit and guide University of Wyoming students, faculty and staff on various areas of the forest. They have been a permittee since 2006. If authorized, this permit renewal would expire in 2017.
Issue the University of Wyoming an Institutional authorization for research across the Medicine Bow Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland
Installation of a fish passage barrier in Upper S Fork Slater Creek to prevent brook trout from moving into a Colorado Cutthroat Trout population that had been isolated by a natural fall, recent surveys have now found brook trout above the falls.
The Town of Upton is requesting to renew the special use permit for the airport. This permit was first issued in 1955. The permit will cover 80 acres for operating and maintaining a public airport.
The Forest Service (FS) proposes to develop two mineral material pit sites on National Forest Service (NFS) land in the Upton area. The proposed pit developments after further review are less than 5 acres.
Special use authorization for year-round private use for a 20-year term of an approximate 500-foot segment of existing National Forest System Road 1240.C which is not open to motorized public use.
Vast Oil, Inc. has the need to access existing roads on USFS to access Wildhorse Federal well 2-18 and Wildhorse Federal well 31-19. A change in the company name of the existing permit will be used to access these areas.
Perpetual reciprocal easement between Forest Service and private property owner of Verde Mine claims. Easement gives legal access to property to owner via NFSR 809.1B (Pipeline Road) and NFST 858 (Verde Mine Trail). NFSR 809.1B is closed to public.
Move portion of NFST 858 that lies north of NFSR 809.1B approximately 1/2 mile to the northwest. Easement will be obtained across the private land portion of the relocated trail.
Verizon currently operates a cellular communications system at the Hill 8821 communication site. Their current authorization will expire in December 2013, and they have applied for a new 30-year permit.
Complete actions required at termination of recreation residence permit, including removal of private structures and improvements from NFS lands and restoration of disturbed areas.
The Forest Service is proposing to authorize the WY DOT to mine and remove approximately 45,000 cubic yards of material from National Forest System lands, over a period of 2 years. There is a need for a source of materials for road construction.
The WY Military Dept. currently has a special use permit to use 6 landing sites on the MBRNF for medical evacuation trainings. They have applied for reissuance of the permit with the addition of 35 new landing sites.
Hazard tree clearing and/or removal within existing right-of-way easement and along right-of-way fences for Interstate-80, Wyoming Hwy 210, Old US Hwy 30, and Summit rest area.
The project is designed as a response to the Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) epidemic. It has been proposed to increase the pace of restoration and resiliency of National Forest System lands and further the goals of the Routt National Forest Plan.
Salvage of lodgepole pine on Rabbit Ears Pass, fuels reduction (enhanced protection of communication tower and various structures in and around Rabbit Ears Pass and Walton Peak), and wildlife habitat improvement.
Maintenance of two existing surface water developments that are used primarily for livestock, including source protection measures and water lines and trough replacements.
A portion of abandoned roadbed from the old US Highway 40 is impairing wetland function and quality at the headwaters to a Walton Creek Tributary. The Forest Service is proposing to remove fill from the abandoned roadbed and restore the wetland.
Analysis of the motorized road and trail system on the west side of the Snowy Range. Analysis includes addition and removal of roads from the current road system and addition of ORV trails.
Proposal to replace existing communication building at the Buffalo Pass Communication Site with a new building and issue a new authorization for 30 years to replace the existing Memorandum of Understanding.
Update vegetation management activities along 278 miles of transmission lines located on NFS lands in Colorado, Nebraska, and Utah. These activities are intended to protect the transmission lines by managing for stable, low growth vegetation.
This project would authorize the conversion of a number of existing crown and ditch roads. This project was put on the SOPA list in error and has been cancelled from SOPA but is still being processed under a category that does not require a DM.
The Bethea's would like to build a convenience store at Weston, WY. This is the most convenient location for a store as it is accessible to Highway 59 and Heald County Road. This would cover approximately 5 acres.
Approximately 1,849 ac of silvicultural treatments including clearcuts, overstory removal, seed tree, shelterwood, and thinning. Objectives include forest regeneration, fuel load reduction, and wildlife habitat improvement
Construction of a fish barrier in Wheeler Creek at the US Forest Service boundary. The barrier will prevent non-native rainbow trout from downstream from hybridizing with native Colorado River cutthroat trout upstream of the barrier.
New ATV trail connecting the end of NFSR 412 to the Wyoming trail 1101. The trail will be approximately 1/8 mile, 300 feet of old logging road and 300 feet of new trail.
Proposal to improve existing water system at Government Spring on Laramie Peak Unit of Medicine Bow National Forest. System provides water to wildlife and livestock. Improvements will be pipe replacement, fence repairs, and tank installation.
The US Forest Service is preparing an environmental analysis for cave and abandoned mine management options for the bat disease commonly known as white-nose syndrome (WNS).
A running relay race from Fort Collins, Colorado to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, which occurs on an annual basis. This race has been run for 17 years and this action would reauthorize the event for an additional 5 years.
Salvage and silvicultural actions within wildland urban interface areas adjacent to the subdivision. Also areas along forest/private boundaries that could have mastication and prescribed fire used to treat for hazard fuels.
Re-issue of a Special Use permit for a 5-ft-long, 4-inch-wide pipeline that diverts water from a natural spring on National Forest lands onto private property.
Reoffer timber sales and implement silvicultural and hazardous fuels treatments in areas affected by the mountain pine beetle. Approximately 14.0 miles of non-system roads would be decommissioned to improve watershed conditions.
The proposed action is to replace culverts that are currently undersized, not functioning properly, or aquatic passage barriers. Each culvert location has been assessed, surveyed, and a design package developed.
Vegetation management on approximately 81 acres of beetle infested timber adjacent to the Willow Creek Pass subdivision to reduce fuel loading and decrease crown fire potential.
Mineral exploration would involve 1-3 drill sites in the Upper North Crow prospect area. Drill holes would be 5-6 inches in diameter and would be plugged following use. Staging, drilling, and clean-up would occur between Sept 1 and Nov 30 2014.
This project will analyze the applications for coal leases in the Wright Area for continuing coal mining for the Jacobs Ranch, Black Thunder and North Antelope Rochelle Mines.
The USDA Forest Service (USFS) proposes to authorize Wyoming Army National Guard to occupy NFS land for training operations on the Thunder Basin National Grassland on August 3-5, 2014 on the Lynch and Dull Center Roads and south on the Cow Creek Rd.
WG&F to drill 6 to 10 bore holes 4" diam. and 10' to 25' deep using truck-mounted drill. Location is alongside Carlson Auxiliary Ditch, also dependent on access granted by Forest Service. Holes to be drilled within a 35-ft radius of ditchline.
Take rock core samples from 5 locations near Lake Owen to be used for mapping local geologic stratigraphy. Drill pads are all located on unpatented mining claims and accessed via open National Forest System roads. No new roads will be built.
Wyoming Pipeline Co.'s crude oil pipeline system became Dept. of Transportation jurisdiction 10/1/2012. The conversion of service requires pipeline tests for safety in several locations on the Thunder Basin National Grassland.
Proposes to authorize Wyoming Pipeline Company to occupy NFS land to construct and maintain an additional 361 feet of natural gas line to the Mush Creek Pumping Station, connect to an existing line, and renewal of 20-year term Special Use Permit.
The USFS is proposing to authorize Wyoming Pipeline Co to replace 3.2 miles of is existing crude oil pipeline. The work would require an additional 10 ft outside of the existing 20 ft ROW to complete construction activities.
The Laramie Ranger District proposes to issue a Right-of-Way permit to the Wyoming State Forestry Division to allow construction of a temporary road to access State forest land.
Parts of this proposal to reroute sections of NFS Trail 1101, part of the designated Continental Divide Trail may be incorporated in later proposals. This project would reduce impacts to wetlands and improve overall watershed and trail conditions.
On behalf of Tri-State, Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) proposes to conduct routine vegetation management treatment within the 175-foot right-of-way of the Hayden-Gore Pass 230-kV transmission line.
Restore Yampa Pipeline function by reconstructing spring box in a location approximately 100 feet downstream of existing spring box and reconnecting to the existing cistern
Project proposal is to complete progeny site maintenance including; thinning, pile burning, fence repair, and/or inventory in this genetically tracked lodgepole pine plantation developed to produce superior trees for seed source reforestation needs.
Removal of existing overhead power line to a building on the Routt National Forest that has previously been removed. All existing power poles will be cut off at 1 foot below grade and the hole filled. Each pole will be removed whole or cut to length.
YVEA proposes to install, operate, and maintain buried utility lines and associated infrastructure within the Steamboat Ski Area permit boundary on the Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District of the Routt National Forest.
Zirkel Wireless, LLC has requested access to an unmarked Forest Service road on Hahns Peak at the junction of NFSR 490.1 & 417.1. Zirkel needs access to construct and maintain a communication site on private property.
