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Note: Not all projects may appear on map. See list below for complete list of projects with more information or documentation.
SOPA Reports
The Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) contains a list of proposed
actions for Santa Fe National Forest 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.
Army National Guard requests a 10 year authorization permit to use specific 30 meter radius locations on the Santa Fe National Forest as Helicopter landing Zones. Air Medical out of Los Alamos also requests to permit select locations west of Santa Fe
This project will engage the public and prepare the necessary requirements for vegetative treatments that will reduce overgrown and overstocked conditions and thereby promoting better forest health, watershed conditions and wildlife habitat.
A Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) was singed by the Dept. of Energy (DOE) lead agency for this project. The FONSI was adopted by the Forest Service following the "One Federal Decision" guidance Under Executive Order 13807.
Thin pinyon-juniper approximately 315 ac. to improve the health and fire resilence of the stand. Espected results of increased pinyon nut production for birds and wildlife. Some additional herbaceous forage should also result with reduced soil loss.
NNSA proposes to construct and operate a 115 kV transmission line on the Santa Fe NF (SFNF) to meet anticipated power needs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. This project includes amending the SFNF Land Management Plan under 36 CFR 219 Regs
The project area is overgrown and overstocked with woody vegetation consisting primarily of dense juniper and pinon. The majority of the trees are small averaging less than 12 inches DRC. The district proposes thinning and prescribed burning.
To restore the frequent-fire forests by modifying the arrangement of forest stands, openings, and interspaces in order to improve the potential for stand regeneration and offset the risk of forest type loss due to natural success an wildfire.
Repair/reconstruction of allotment and boundary fences damaged by fire on the Fisher Hill (2 mi), El Solitario (11 mi), and Rosilla (3.5 mi) Allotments; hazard tree mitigation on Forest Service lands to protect the new fences.
Hazard tree reduction within 100 feet of each side of the existing MSM powerlines in the HPCC post-fire landscape to reduce risk of damage to powerlines and potential fire hazard and to protect public safety using hand crews and chainsaws.
We are proposing to allow the implementation of pipeline inspections, maintenance, and repairs on the Department of Energy (DOE) natural gas pipeline on Santa Fe National Forest System lands.
Hazard tree felling along Nordic ski trails and removal of top layer of stacked fuel along side of trail, except in Canada Bonita RNA. Also trail stabilization on eroded sections near Canada Bonita meadow.
Authorize for less than one year the installation of a temporary water pipeline and associated pumps to move approximately 10 million gallons of water from local reservoirs to make snow.
Project focuses on stabilizing buildings at the Feild Tract, Cowles, and Panchuela campgrounds to prevent further deterioration and to repair all existing roofs and stone chimneys to allow for future restoration work as needed.
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is proposing to restore Rio Grande Cutthroat trout in Willow Creek and upper Cow Creek within the upper Pecos watershed.
proposing a project to promote a mosaic of healthy forests stands and natural grasslands by thinning and prescribed burning in pinon/juniper, and ponderosa pine trees that have encroached into the understory of woodlands and into meadows of Row Mesa.
Windstream internet service provider proposes to install buried and aerial fiber optic lines along roads and powerlines within the Santa Fe National Forest, to Sierra de los Pinos, Sulphur Creek Thompson Ridge and Mesa de Cuba.
USGS has two gage stations upstream of Buckman Diversion Project to monitor river flow levels. Gages are together about 25 feet from the Rio Grand and transmit flow data through telemetry. Consist of metal box on stilts and a pipe going into river.