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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 Monongahela 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.
A 1.1 mile section of the Allegheny Trail would receive grading and aggregation placement to allow WV DNR periodic access to stock the Glady Fork River.
Discing, planting of native species, and fruit tree pruning over 17 acres, within 15 existing wildlife openings. Maintenance of Forest Roads 774 and 774B including two small culvert installations. Partnered with WVDNR.
The proposal is to provide diverse early successional forest, improve forest health and growth, provide water sources for wildlife, and create wildlife openings/savannahs. The proposal also includes watershed restoration activities.
Friends of Blackwater received a grant through Office of Surface Mining (administered by WVDEP) to develop this project o promote hiking, biking and tourism in the Blackwater River area by creating a loop trail to link the towns of Davis & Thomas.
Columbia Gas Transmission LLC seeks a permit to install a cathodic protection system on existing pipeline to comply with safety regs. This would require 2 anode beds, 1.1 miles of power poles/line within their ex right of way, use of FR79 for access
The focus of the proposed action is on improving forest health and resiliency, restoring red spruce/northern hardwood forests, improving wildlife habitat and increasing age class diversity based on the specific Forest Plan Desired Future Conditions.
This project seeks to improve stream habitat, riparian corridors, and hydrologic connectivity, improve public recreation and interpretive opportunities, reduce fuel loads, encourage oak regeneration, and improve forest diversity and wildlife habitat.
This project include rehabbing the existing Dolly Sods Picnic Area to a more natural condition & developing a new picnic area. *UPDATE: This project will be combined into the Upper S Branch/Lower N Fork Potomac River EA, scheduled for 2022.
Proposal to adopt and reroute socially made and existing Forest Service system features to create additional equestrian riding loops on the Greenbrier ranger district. Features include trails and roads.
Proposal for approximately 15 miles of dual-purpose bike and hiking trails stretching between the Stuart Recreation Area and Bickle Knob. Proposal also includes two overlooks, improved parking areas, and constructing two trail bridges.
Modification to or removal of the Elklick Run Dam located in the Fernow Experimental Forest. Implementation options range from partial to full removal.
This project proposes to drain the Elk Lick Reservoir in the Fernow Experimental Forest and either partially or fully remove the dam which created the reservoir. This project also includes stream restoration around the Fernow experimental forest.
This project proposes the construction of 6.4 miles of sustainable multiple use singletrack trail system and the conversion of about 1.5 miles of an old woods road to a 36-inch wide doubletrack trail near Marlinton, WV.
The Kennison Mountain project area includes 69,448 acres located northeast of Richwood, West Virginia. This project primarily focuses on vegetation management, wildlife habitat improvements, watershed restoration and recreational enhancements.
This project would implement a prescribed fire program on 4,665 acres on Little Ridge to restore, maintain, or enhance wildlife habitat and restore the ecological role of fire for oak systems.
To issue a special use permit to the Pocahontas County Office of Emergency Management for right-of-way (ROW) of road 438A for approximately 2.5 miles, allowing ingress/egress, routine maintenance, and limited road upgrades.
This proposal includes new construction of approximately 2.89 miles of standard multi-use hiking and biking connector trails within the already existing Mower Basin Trail System.
Includes a 1/2 mile of trail construction/reconstruction at Olson tower. Also includes parking improvements and creation of a 0.3 acre overlook near the tower.
The WV Division of Highways has applied to use 0.6 acres of Monongahela National Forest System lands to access an existing easement to perform repair work related to Swallow Rock Bridge.
Improvements to parking sites along the eastern boundary of the Dolly Sods Scenic Area. Includes expansion, hardening, signage, new trail adoptions to the yellow birch tree/ North Fork overlooks, and decommissioning of the Forest Road 19 picnic area.
This project is the same as Project #62958 MAR2030 Pocahontas County OEM Special Use Permit. Please refer to Project #62958 for status and future updates.
New trail construction/connectors/trailheads around Peters Mtn, Rohrbaugh Cabin, Seneca Shadows, and North Fork Mtn Trail. Establish Forest Road (FR) 274 as a system trail, parking expansions at the FR 742, Rohrbaugh cabin, and FR 274 trailheads.
The Cherokee National Forest, George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Monongahela National Forest, and the National Forests in North Carolina seek to implement large landscape red spruce - fir ecosystem restoration.
Restoration of two cabins to turn into public rentals. Composting or pit toilets would be installed at both sites. The Hartmann Cabin requires 600' of new trail construction to access the North Fork Mtn. Trail.
This project proposes to issue a temporary construction permit to the WVDOH for use of a 0.37-acre staging area during replacement of the Roy Gap bridge.
Proposed closure of Two-Mile Road due to considerable erosion and natural resource damage. The nearby One-Mile Road will be opened during the same time period.
This project aims to move the Upper Cheat watershed closer to the Forest Plan desired conditions by improving forest health & age class diversity, providing recreation opportunities, and improving wildlife habitat & stream/riparian conditions.
The goals of the proposed action include improving forest health and resiliency, restoring red spruce/northern hardwood forests, improving wildlife habitat and increasing age class diversity based on the specific Forest Plan Desired Future Conditions
Prescribed fire is proposed for multiple areas totaling an estimated 3600 acres. This will be a landscape scale ecosystem restoration effort in WV and VA, in conjunction with the Fire Learning Network.
Webster County Economic Development Authority is seeking a special use permit to install and maintain new aerial fiber line along existing utility corridors and roads. This project will intersect 200 feet (0.05 acres) of Forest Service lands.
This proposal will address maintenance of wildlife openings across the Forest through mowing, prescribed fire, herbicide, and other treatments, and will include long-term strategies for determining, prioritizing, and treating existing and new areas.
This project has been combined with the George Washington/Jefferson (GWJ) NF's "Zayo Fiber Optic Line Project #59879". The GWJ NF is the lead management unit. The combined project website is: www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=5987
Project Archive
Some of our older projects can be accessed in our Project Archive.
Climate Change Adaptation
Carbon Stewardship
Environmental Justice
Facility Management
Research
Fuels Management
Heritage Resource Management
Land Ownership Management
Land Acquisition
Minerals And Geology
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Land Management Planning
Projects That May Affect Wilderness (For Mailing List Contacts)
Road Management
Grazing Management
Regulations, Directives, Orders
Special Area Management
Recreation Management
Special Use Management
Forest Products
Vegetation Management (Other Than Forest Products)
