Under Analysis
Beaverhead County Wise River Radio Site
Construction of underground power and fiber optic lines to the Wise River Radio Site. Installation of VHF antennae and associated equipment for enhancing 911 services for Beaverhead County.
California Creek Placer Evaluation
The California Creek Placer Test is designed to sample a cross-section at regular intervals across the mineral deposit. The claimant plans to dig 22 holes during this operation. Each test hole will be 5ft wide, 10ft long, and 3ft to 5ft deep.
Cliff Lake Day Use Improvements
The Madison Ranger District on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest (BDNF) is proposing to expand two parking areas and create a safe and functional day use area at the Cliff Lake Day Use/Boat Launch site.
Court Small Tracts Act (STA) Conveyance
Conveyance of an isolated tract of 0.72 acres of NFS lands under the Small Tracts Act of January 12, 1983, as amended. The tract is an isolated mineral fraction surrounded by private located in the Tobacco Root Mountains near the town of Mammoth.
East Pioneer Watershed Project
Proposal includes 900 acres of treatment on Forest Service land to reduce conifer encroachment in sagebrush/grasslands using chainsaws and prescribed fire. Treatment areas include Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management Dillon Field Office lands
Forestwide Outfitter & Guide Permits
This project analyzes the environmental effects of activities proposed as new priority outfitter guide permits, expanded activities under existing permits, and creating a pool of use days for future priority and non-reoccurring temporary permits.
Greenhorn Vegetation Project
The proposed project is to help restore and maintain the structure, function, composition and ecological connectivity of the forest system in order to increase resiliency to future natural disturbance events like wildfire, insects, and disease.
Morel to Butte Pipeline
Reconstruction of a 1-mile long segment of existing 16" steel gas pipeline, owned and operated by NorthWestern Energy. Total temporary disturbance would occur on approximately 13 acres of NFS lands located on the Butte and Pintler Ranger Districts.
Nelson Water Pipeline Special Use Permit
This project is a proposal to issue a special use permit to allow connection of a pipeline to the overflow of a water trough on NFS lands and install approximately 2000 feet of subsurface line to water livestock on adjacent private land.
Pintler Face
Purpose is to achieve Forest Plan Goals including timber management, aquatic improvement, wildlife habitat improvement. Proposed activities include commercial timber harvest, travel management, and reduction of conifer encroachment in sagebrush.
Powder Gulch Quarry Expansion
The Madison District proposes to expand the existing Powder Gulch Gravel Pit by 5 acres for Forest Service and Madison County road maintenance in the Ruby River and neighboring drainages.
Rancho Deluxe Vegetation Project
The proposed action would conduct vegetation management activities to promote resilience to insects and disease. Treatments would include timber harvest and removal of conifer encroachment from aspen stands.
Sadler Private Road Special Use Permit
Permit vehicle access to private property through across 56 feet of National Forest land. It would allow the holder to improve, use and maintain a private driveway.
Selway Saginaw Vegetation Management Project
Project to move conditions toward Forest Plan Timber, Vegetation, and Fuel Management Goals and Objectives using commercial timber harvest, precommercial thinning, and conifer expansion treatments.
Strawberry to Cascade Allotment Management Plan
Revise as necessary grazing management on the Barnett, Black Butte, Coal Creek, Cottonwood, Fossil, Hellroaring, Lyon, Wolverine, Poison Basin and portions of the Upper Ruby allotments in the Gravelly Mountains.
Tendoy Project
The BLM Dillon Field Office and Dillon Ranger District are starting the Environmental Assessment(EA) on Applications for Permit to Drill, submitted by the Lima Exploration Company, LLC.
Analysis Completed
BDNF Aspen Project
Increase aspen component in places where assessment indicates a need and conditions are favorable to support aspen using a variety of treatments.
Christiansen Creek Conifer Expansion
Hand cut or burn conifers seedlings and saplings expanding into 11 units in Christiansen Creek as displayed in the Project Area Map in order to move conditions toward forest plan vegetation goals.
Five Trough Spring Pipeline Extension
The proposal is to make improvements to existing water developments located at Five Trough Spring, which would result in improved livestock distribution and water availability within the allotment.
Forlorn Hope Special Use Permit
Issuance of a private road special use permit authorizing the landowner to construct and use a road to access their private inholding. The route will be approximately 300 ft. long and 14 ft. in width and constructed to FS standards.
Kennecott Phase 3 Exploration project
The Kennecott Exploration Company submitted a Plan to the Forest Service proposing to explore for minerals on unpatented mining claims. The Phase 3 Exploration project proposes drilling a total of 36 exploration holes over a five-year period.
Trail Creek Grassland Conifer Removal
We seek to improve riparian vegetation structure and composition in the Trail Creek area, proactively removing expanding conifers in this area would ensure this valuable riparian shrub/willow component is maintained and allowed to improve overtime.
Cancelled
Moulton Cross Country Ski Trail Grooming
This project would permit continued maintenance and grooming of about 15 kilometers (9 miles) of non-motorized trails for cross country skiing from December 1st through March depending on conditions.
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