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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 White Mountain 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.
NPS proposed projects on the AT to address deferred maintenance. Maintenance work would occur at shelters, privies, parking areas, campsites, and trail bridges across the forest.
Eight trail bridges have reached the end of their life span and need to be replaced to maintain the trail network. The replacement bridges may use wood and/or steel and may need to be longer to accommodate stream dynamics
Project focus would be to convey the dam, which will result in a similar land use and alleviate the maintenance burden from the Forest Service. This would be a direct sale to the permittee of the special use permit.
Eversource proposes replacing about 140 wooden utility poles (i.e. structures) with steel pole equivalents in the existing ROW, as well as installing about 102,000 linear feet of Optical Ground Wire.
Establish standard operating procedures (SOPs) for bridge and culvert replacements across ski special use permit areas to streamline individual project effects analysis. Any project that cannot meet SOPs would go through independent effects analysis.
Cutting about 50 red pine trees over three inch or larger diameter at breast height and removing fill in about a 100 by 100-foot area on the north side of the pit to establish the Government Pit mineral collection site.
Removal of one Adirondack shelter, rehabilitation of two shelters, construction of three tent platforms and construction of a five-bay composting toilet system.
Replace 5 bridges at the end of their lifespan along Huntington Ravine Water Access Trail. The trail network is used for winter recreation and is an admin route as it is used for rescues and winter avalanche forecasting.
This project proposes two bridge replacements. If the current locations are not suitable, new locations nearby will be considered, and a small trail reroute to tie the new bridges to the existing trail may be necessary.
Loon Mountain Recreation Corporation proposes to construct twelve new mountain biking trails, adding about five miles to their existing mountain bike trail network.
The Pemigewasset Ranger District of the White Mountain National Forest proposes recreation, transportation, vegetation, and wildlife habitat management activities within the Lost River project area, Woodstock, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
Removal of up to twenty trees and demolition of current Lower Falls Recreation site toilet building and possibly old vault. Replace with new buildings and installed vaults. After installation, backfill and landscape sites.
Replace the current Madison Gulf Bridge with a newly designed structure. Helicopters may be used to transport material in and out of the Great Gulf Wilderness.
Land exchange of about 1.5 acres with the privately owned Cog Railway in the Mount Washington area. Area to be exchanged includes all existing infrastructure. Area to be acquired is undeveloped land adjacent to existing National Forest System land.
New Hampshire DoT requests the White Mountain National Forest authorize the replacement of a 70 year old storage building and construction of a new salt storage building.
The Androscoggin Ranger District is developing a proposal for watershed, wildlife habitat, vegetation management, and recreation management actions in the One Mile Lonesome Ridge habitat management unit.
Relocate about 500 feet of Kinsman Ridge trail to the east away from Harrington Pond, and relocate about 1000 feet of Reel Brook trail onto a higher ridge away from Reel Brook.
Implement a combination of silvicultural and fuels treatments to advance goals, objectives, and desired conditions of the Forest Plan for vegetation, wildlife, and other resources
Replace the Sawyer River 2 bridge with a similar bridge type. A project-specific forest plan amendment is needed to exempt the bridge from the standard on page 2-31 of the forest plan.
Wagner Forestry requests modification and use of a yarding corridor about one acre in size on National Forest System lands to facilitate a 70-acre timber project on adjacent private property.
Waterville Valley Resort proposes to reroute about 1,500 feet of the main access road onto the Chandler's Way trail to reduce erosion issues, road maintenance costs, and time to transport materials around the resort.
Waterville Valley Resort proposes expansion of its special use permit boundary; installation of a village to summit lift system; ski terrain areas; facilities; new snowmaking infrastructure; parking; and amendments to the White Mountain Forest Plan.
Waterville Valley Ski Resort proposes to reconstruct the Schwendi Hutte. Additional seats and decks, as well as a new kitchen, loading dock, main deck, and bathrooms are proposed.
Waterville Valley Resort [proposes to construct a new uphill route about 0.8 miles long and three feet wide through trees to move the existing uphill route awayfrom an existing downhill route.
Waterville Valley Ski Resort proposes to construct the 2130-foot Red Feathers Nordic ski trail that will connect the Livermore and Moose Run Nordic ski trails as part of the Waterville Valley Ski Resort Nordic ski trail network.
Relocation of about one mile of the Webster Cliff hiking trail into the Presidential Range Wilderness. This will include a project-specific forest plan amendment to allow the addition of the trail into Wilderness.
Manual pre-commercial thinning (chop and drop) and pruning of about 11 acres of white pine stands to increase sunlight, airflow, and temperature of the growing environment, favoring the healthiest white pine trees.
Removing the dam and associated structures and restoring the disturbed areas. Scope of work includes staging area establishment and access road improvement.
Amending the Forest Plan to enable relocations of trails in Wilderness and addition of existing travel corridors to the National Forest Trail System when for resource protection purposes.
Apply fire to thirty acres of the Zealand Wildlife Opening to promote Beaked Hazelnut and Blueberry growth. Burns would be conducted on a four year cycle but may be done earlier depending on habitat needs.
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)
