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As part of carrying out the mission of the Forest Service, agency resource specialists develop environmental analysis and documentation, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and agency direction. A Citizens Guide to NEPA is available from the CEQ and covers what NEPA is and how the NEPA process works in depth.
The Forest Projects listed below are projects that we are currently analyzing or have analyzed under the NEPA process. Projects are the proposed actions on National Forest System lands that are analyzed through the NEPA process. The analysis results in a NEPA decision which is then implemented on the ground over a period of months or years.
Projects that are "Developing Proposal" or "In Progress" may have an opportunity for public collaboration and input.
If you are looking for a project that is not listed below, please contact the appropriate Forest Office.
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 Lolo 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.
Request by outfitter and guide to use a closed National Forest System road to access their private inholding for commercial purposes located approximately 11 miles northwest of Plains and approximately 5 miles up Eddy Creek Road.
Includes excavating up to twenty trenches, and two sediment retention ponds with an excavator. Material from the trenches would be processed through a recirculating wash plant recovering any gold.
This project would utilize large hazard trees cut after the 2013 Lolo Complex Fire to construct large woody debris structures on Lolo Creek to enhance aquatic habitat and improve stream and floodplain health.
The project proposes to increase the application of prescribed fire across fire adapted landscapes; reducing the risk of uncharacteristically severe and large wildfires, promoting forest resiliency, and lessen impacts to local communities.
Proposed prescribed burning north of Highway 200 between Weeksville Creek and Thompson River in Sanders County Montana on the Lolo National Forest. The project would reduce fuel accumulations and improve wildlife habitat.
The project proposes vegetation and road management activities to reduce hazardous fuels, restore fire resistant vegetative conditions, maintain or restore fish and wildlife habitat, and provide for public health and safety.
Relocation and restoration of historic Priscilla Peak lookout. Proposal includes moving the structure from Priscilla Peak to Driveway Peak, restoring it, and opening it as a cabin rental.
Integrated restoration project that includes vegetation, road, and recreation management activities to address multiple resource objectives. Project also includes forest plan amendment to change the management area allocation on approx. 198 acres.
Trail construction and reconstruction to connect existing trail segments, creating a 100-mile long non-motorized trail across the Lolo, Bitterroot, and Beaverhead National Forests on the Sapphire Divide.
The T-150 administrative facility is used by the Lolo NF for a variety of purposes but has been condemned. The proposed reconstruction aims to provide a usable facility while maintaining the historic characteristics that define the current building.
The project proposes to reduce wildfire risk to communities, infrastructure, and ecosystems in the path of potential future wildfires and improve forest conditions that have departed from historic norms.
Proposed Fuels and Forest Health project on approximately 33,440 acres located south east of the confluence of Rock Creek and the Clark Fork River in Granite County and Missoula County on the Missoula Ranger District of the Lolo National Forest.
This project proposes to repair and replace the current West Fork Fish Creek Trail Bridge that is deteriorating and will soon become unsafe to cross. This would help improve public safety, water quality, and habitat for aquatic species.
WAM is a risk-based strategic fuels management project. It proposes mechanized and non-mechanized fuel and vegetation treatments to reduce wildfire hazard and associated risk in strategic locations.
The Forest Service is developing a project to address multiple resource needs such as forest health, fuels reduction, recreation, wildlife, aquatic habitat, and watershed condition in an approximately 68,000-acre area south of Thompson Falls.
Proposed prescribed burning within Siegel, Wallace, Dragonfly, Sheep, Wilson, and Robertson Creeks in Sanders County Montana on the Lolo National Forest. The project would reduce fuel accumulations and improve wildlife habitat.
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
Unknown
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)
