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SOPA Reports
The Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) contains a list of proposed
actions for Tahoe 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.
The project includes the following changes to the MVUM: Remove fixed season of use restrictions on apprx. 73 miles of roads and 45 miles of trails, close apprx. 8 miles of dead end and disconnected road segments.
Accept, from PG&E, donation of 1 parcel of land near White Rock Lake totaling approximately 78 acres. Amend LRMP to recognize the lands are being donated to provide permanent protection of the natural resources.
The Tahoe National Forest (TNF) proposes to accept a 982 land donation at Perazzo Meadow from the Truckee Donner Land Trust and amend the TNF Land and Resource Management Plan with a conservation goal and standard for these lands.
The Alder Creek 89 Wildland Urban Interface Project will reduce hazardous fuels accumulation and restore forests around the Town of Truckee and the highway 89 Corridor in order to create defensible space around this busy community.
Reissue 10 year SUP to Alpine Stables to conduct horseback riding excursions, pack in supplies to hunter's camps, and maintain a stable. Construct trail realignment over 0.25 mile to avoid sensitive resources.
Objectives are to provide access to Beckwourth Peak area and to provide alternative recreation activities to relieve congestion in heavily-used areas. Propose construction of approximately 20 miles of non-motorized trails around Beckwourth Peak.
Construct non-motorized trail from existing Sawtooth Loop Trail to Watson Lake Trail/Tahoe Rim Trail as non-motorized multiple use trail, designed and managed for mountain bike use. The trail length on NFS land aprox 6.6 mi.
Treat approx 2059 ac in WUI Defense and Threat zones to improve defensibility, resiliency and meet WUI standards. In threat zone include heterogeneity treatments. Pile burning, underburning as possible throughout.
The Project would allow goat grazing on approximately 2100 acres located in the Wa She Shu Creek-Truckee River, Martis Creek and Trout Creek-Truckee River watersheds near the Truckee community.
Proposed actions include re-routing identified problem trail segments (including decommissioning the replaced trail segments), adding some bridges where motorized trails cross some streams, and constructing new motorized trails.
The Forest Service is proposing to take action to manage overcrowded forest stands and reduce hazardous fuels along the Mosquito Ridge Road near the Placer County Big Trees Grove. Approximately 2,500 acres of treatments are planned at this time.
The Forest Service proposes to conduct vegetation treatments, fuels reduction, watershed improvements and road management treatments on approximately 5,195 acres of the Sierraville Ranger District, Tahoe National Forest.
Obliterate/restore approx 10 mi. of non-system unauthorized routes in the Boca Reservoir and Dry Creek areas. Block with boulders or arrier, break up compaction. Provide drainage, place debris in road, seed, mulch, recontour as needed.
Improve forest health, watershed health and wildlife habitat, and reduce surface fuel loadings and ladder fuels to a level that would allow safe fire suppression
The project proposes to construct one permanent holding pen. The holding pen will be constructed of fence posts and panels and measure approximately 0.5 acre in size.
Construction of a new underground electrical line measuring 99 feet long, 1 foot wide, 2 feet deep to install conduit and wiring to provide reliable, safe drinking water to the cabins at the Carvin Creek Summer Home Tract.
Vegetation treatments are proposed on approx. 750 acres to improve forest health, reduce wildfire risk, and improve wildlife habitat in natural conifer stands and existing plantations.
Cuckoo is an approximately 4,500-acre vegetation management and fuels reduction project including thinning, mastication, prescribed fire, etc. The proposal also includes road maintenance, hazard tree removal and decommissioning unauthorized roads.
Proposes to hand treat fuels and improve stand conditions on 20 acres of National Forest System lands near structures located along Soda Springs Road. Treatments would include hand thinning, pruning, piling and burning.
Install or affix to existing structures two fire detection cameras and associated solar panels and batteries. Includes installation of four concrete anchors.
The project proposes (OHV) and Watershed Improvement management actions on National Forest System lands including changes to the NFTS, realignment, decommission and restoration of routes, construction of motorized trail, and staging area creation.
The Project aims to mitigate the potential for high severity fire within the WUI while maintaining habitat and ecosystem services through a series of actions that address forest restoration, fuels reduction, habitat enhancement and roads management.
Provide recreation opportunities under three five-year special use permits under four annual events: Western States Endurance Run, Tevis Cup, Western States Training Run, and Canyons Endurance Runs.
Improve forest health, watershed health, and wildlife habitat, to reduce the risk of uncharacteristic, high-severity wildfire, and allow the reintroduction of low- and moderate-severity wildland fire.
A new well and water tank will be constructed off Forest Road 96-79. The water line will tie-in at French Meadows Campground and Boat Launch. Remove existing well infrastructure. Install a new communication facility.
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.
Manual & mechanical treatment up to 12" dbh to remove ladder and surface fuels over 318 acres in WUI. Grapple pile, pile burn, and underburn surface fuels.
Commercial and pre-commercial thinning, site prep and planting, hand and mechanical cutting, piling and burning, Rx burning, aspen restoration and wildlife enhancement
Mechanical thinning and fuels reduction on approximately 1,252 acres of National Forest land adjacent to the community of Greene Acres in Sierra County, California.
The project is located within an approx. 60-acre meadow that drains into the northeast arm of Stampede Reservoir. The project will utilize natural features within the meadow system to spread flows and restore habitat.
The Truckee RD developed the Proposed Action through collaboration in winter and spring of 2019. It would treat up to 3,000 acres east of Stampede Reservoir using forest thinning and biomass removal, mastication, and prescribed burning.
Forest Service is a cooperating agency with FERC to prepare the environmental analysis for this project. Forest Service proposal is to issue an SUP to PG&E for the use and improvement of the following FS roads: 85, 85-2, and 85-2-1.
Close and lock year-round the gate on the Duncan Creek Diversion Intake Road at the north end of the bridge over Duncan Creek. A 1,000-foot section of the Intake Road would not be open to public motorized wheeled vehicle use. Remove from MVUM.
Implement fish and wildlife habitat improvement features using native materials (trees and boulders) in the Little Truckee River (LTR) between Stampede and Boca Reservoirs. The project would not impede conveyence of the LTR.
Since construction in 1984, use of Little Truckee Summit parking area has grown. Need to double capacity by adding 40 vehicle with trailer spaces, 200' access road and restroom facility to improve user safety and meet current recreational use.
Construct a new trailhead and staging area, construct new mountain bike trails, and make modifications to the existing Hoot Trail in the Lone Grave area south of State Route 20/Forest Service Road 20-02 in Nevada County, California.
Restore the wetlands & streams by modifying discharge conditions created by adjacent water control structures. Includes augmenting instream wood and riffle placement, increase access to floodplain and remnant channels. Restore temporary impacts.
Reroute approximately 1/2 mile of existing trail and restore approximately 400 feet of chronically flooded sections of trail impacted by motor vehicle use
Implement mastication and prescribed fire on 1,792 acres, thin conifers on 925 acres, create roadside fuel breaks on 4.3 miles of roads and remove hazard trees on 13 miles of roads to reduce fuels and improve forest health and resilience.
To improve stand condition & habitat by hand thinning 12 ac & mechanical thinning 15 ac, by restoring 2.27 ac of aspen, & creating 8.55 ac of openings. To restore the hydrological function & reduce erosion on 0.25 mile of a tributary to Dry Cr.
To determine if the existing condition is meeting or heading towards the desired condition in the Forest Plan, if it is not, to analize management practices that will move the allotment towards desired condition through the interdisciplinary process.
The Tahoe National Forest will designate a system of National Forest System roads, National Forest Sysytem trails, and areas on National Forest System lands for motor vehicle use, including vehicle class and season of use.
TNF has accepted a SUP from the CDFW to install, operate, maintain and manage 3 Rotary Screw Traps (RSTs) to conduct pilot studies regarding Central Valley spring-run Chinook Salmon.
The project involves reliability improvements and consolidation of the parallel Drum Rio Oso #1 and #2 115kV electric transmission lines. Electric conductor and support structures will be replaced.
Issuance of a new Master Special Use Permit to replace expired authorizations for approximately 80 miles of aerial telephone cable and 80 miles of underground telephone cable.
Approve continued operation, maintenance and use of existing distribution and transmission powerlines and infrastructure for Pacific Gas and Electric located within designated corridors on the Tahoe National Forest.
Combination of fuels reduction treatments approximately 440 acres of TNF land to establish contiguous fuel breaks in an area of strategic importance to control potential future wildfires.
The project proposes development of a multi-use native surface trail system connecting Nevada City, CA to Truckee, CA. The system would be approximately 68 miles in length and would include existing Forest Service trails and new trail construction.
Tahoe National Forest has accepted a Special Use Permit (SUP) application from the County of Placer, to improve the existing Lower Sawtooth Trailhead recreation site, and to manage the site for year-round recreational use for an initial period of 10
Group training (approx. 15 people; Dec. 4, 2021 and Jan. 8, 2022) in the Castle Peak Area to practice techniques for traveling across snow and ice, setting up rescue system(s), using Sked stretcher, lightweight systems, and emergency shelters.
Thin, prune, burn, masticate on 138 ac. to to reduce fuel loading near private land. Stand of a dense lodgepole pine with beetle kill throughout. Purpose to prevent further beetle outbreaks, provide better defensible space adjacent to private.
Treat appx 206 ac in Randolph WUI. Apply prescribed fire, mastication, grapple piling, mechanical and hand thinning generally with 12" dbh limit to reduce fire hazard, increase fire suppression effectiveness, and improve stand structure and vigor.
Manual and mechanical fuels treatment, as well as prescribed fire for the benefit of forest health, wildfire resilience, hydrological function and resiliency to climate change.
Collaboratively planned fuels reduction/forest resiliency/habitat improvement project in the Sagehen Basin (Sagehen Experimental Forest and Truckee Ranger District). Activities and methods for vegetation/fuels management and ecological restoration.
Mechanical and hand treatment w/ 12 inch dbh limit on approx. 467 ac. in WUI and follow-up prescribed burns for timber stand improvement to reduce fire hazard, increase fire suppression effectiveness, and improve stand vigor and structure.
The trails community and the Truckee Ranger District would like to re-establish and enhance the trail system in the Sawtooth Area impacted by the Big Jack East Vegetation Project, minimizing impacts to adjoining resources and neighborhoods.
Amend Land and Resource Management Plans for ten (10) Forests within the Sierra Nevada region by modifying Management Indicator Species (MIS) lists and associated monitoring strategies.
300 participants would run up to 4 4x4 events from staging area at Pierce OHV Camping Area to Meadow Lake, and one run on Bear Valley OHV Loop Trail near the Little Truckee Summit Staging Area. Event over four days with base camp at/near Meadow Lake
This project would implement a combination of treatments to construct fuel breaks and remove hazard trees across 3,000 acres of NFS lands along 50 miles of roads throughout the YRRD to mitigate the risk of wildfire to protect nearby communities.
This project would connect Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows Resorts with a gondola. Information for this project is available at the project website: http://squawalpinegondola-eis.com
Sierra Tahoe Series proposed development of 18 hole disc golf area adjacent to the Logger campground in Stampede Recreation Area. A Special Use Permit and associated operating plan would be authorized to establish and maintain course over 5 years.
Sugar Bowl Corporation has proposed to improve an area in the ski boundary located at the top of the Vanderbilt Trail (ski run). The project would allow Sugar Bowl to create a contiguous competition speed venue.
Vegetation treatments to reduce the extent and risk of insect infestations, as well as to reduce the negative effects of those infestations on forest health and resilience, are proposed on 3,000 acres of National Forest System (NFS) lands
New concrete pad and generator need within existing lease site. A new power conduit will run underground from the generator to a new automatic transfer switch that will be mounted to the exterior of the existing equipment shelter.
Replacement of 24-inch sewer line with 36-inch sewer line on existing Truckee River Interceptor alignment. Objective to increase line capacity to avoid system overload.
Fuels reduction, forest health improvement, and transportation system improvement actions on approx. 15,473 acres in western Sierra County and eastern Yuba County.
Town of Truckee manages Legacy Trail within its jurisdiction and is proposing trail extension to join Phase 3B in east to Mousehole Project in northwest. 1100 feet of trail, river bridge, part of paved parking area proposed for USFS land under SUP.
Special Use Permit to mitigate snow avalanche hazards to Union Pacific Railroad. Company to use an avalauncher, pipe method, and hand-placed explosives to trigger controlled avalanches in the Cisco Buttes area of avalanche vulnerability.
Mitigate avalanches occurring along the Union Pacific Railroad. Use exploratory blasting to identify trigger points to release avalanches for railroad safety.
Proposal for a one-year Special Use Permit (SUP) to acquire data that would inform the design and development of a long-term approach to avalanche mitigation in order to help protect Union Pacific employees and railroad infrastructure.
Rehabilitate eroding cutbank of the Upper Independence Creek by removing non-functional fish weir and re-countouring stream banks. Install cutbank toe reinforcement with log revetment structures, and re-vegetate area. Rehabilitation area < 1 ac.
