Projects

Initially allocate 17 percent of the summer season visitor capacity, equivalent to 840 service days, to outfitters and guides in the project area. Adaptive management in future years could increase allocation to 50% of summer capacity.

Proposal to replace the existing Breiland Slough public use recreation cabin and improve access to the site.

Proposal to convert a developed campsite within the Yakutat Beach Recreation Area into a public use recreation cabin site.

Proposed salvage timber sale within in a blow down area adjacent to NFS road 8530. The harvest area would include 3 units and provide approximately 88 thousand board feet of timber from about 25 acres.

Proposal to continue authorizing exploration activities by Zarembo Minerals Co. on Zarembo Island until July 2023. Activities to continue include surface exploration and drilling, use of a closed spur road, and onsite storage of drilling equipment.

Following the purchase of 22,890 acres, the District proposes to restore and preserve wilderness character in the Cube Cove portion of the Kootznoowoo Wilderness through re-establishing hydrologic function.

Re-issue special use permit for coho rearing facility- run by NSRAA

Federal Aviation Administration has requested to reconstruct and/or replace the VHF Omni-directional Range (VOR) counterpoise on Level Island. The design would be the same as the current structure.

Construct a new recreation cabin at False Bay, on Chichagof Island, approximately 25 miles from Hoonah Alaska on FS Road 8530. Proposed features include: cabin, vault toilet, woodshed, picnic table/fire ring, parking area, access trails and buoy.

Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company proposes to extend the existing dry-stack tailings disposal facility and incorporate waste rock co-disposal techniques in a northward direction for additional tailings and waste rock storage capacity.

Harvest of young-growth stands to achieve multiple management objectives, including providing logs for stream restoration, improving wildlife habitat, improving timber stand health, and offering micro-sale opportunities.

Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company proposes to extend their surface exploration authorization by five years and incorporate new areas of interest.

Construct a new recreation cabin accessible to the public by helicopter or by foot via a 4.4-mile hike on the Herbert Glacier Trail. Other infrastructure includes a vault-style outhouse, a gathering area, a helicopter landing site and access trails.

Re-Issue of special use permit for a salmon hatchery run by Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association.

Replace the potable water system for several Forest Service administrative buildings and a small school. Includes improvement of water reservoir, channel spillway and filtration treatment system.

Installation of five wooden totems at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in developed areas. Totems would be as tall as 50 feet with concrete footings up to 6 feet in diameter. The totems would represent several Tlingit and Haida clans.

Constructing facility improvements within the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area to accommodate anticipated visitor growth.

The activity for the Apex-El Nido Exploration project entails conducting hard rock exploration through diamond core drilling. It is anticipated a maximum of 15 holes will be drilled in the 2022 season.

Approximately 5 miles of FS Road 6265 (Nemo-Skip Loop Road) & associated culverts will be repaired. Current wood waste road base will be replaced with more stable gravel surface, as well as other activities associated with road stabilization.

Proposal to authorize surface mineral exploration for up to 1 year at mining claims near Herbert Glacier. Eight drill sites are proposed. All infrastructure would be removed from the site when drilling is complete.

Manage outhouse contents at the Sarkar Lake, Red Bay Lake, Kegan Creek, Kegan Cove, and Control Lake public use cabins by pumping waste into new pits at least 100 feet from a water source. Pits would be reused in the future, if needed.

Salvage of dead/hazard trees for commercial use on less than 2 acres. No new roads will be constructed.

Request from the US Border Patrol for a 10-year special use permit to install and maintain cameras to monitor vessels entering and exiting the Taku Inlet.

Harvest up to 8 old-growth trees within 300 feet of a National Forest System road. Trees would be used to construct a temporary log culvert stream crossing. After the structure is removed, the logs would be available to the public for purchase.

This project would improve wildlife habitat, provide commercial young-growth harvest opportunities, implement riparian and road restoration activities in the project areas, as well as to provide support for employment and economic growth.

Land management plan revision for the Tongass National Forest under the 2012 Planning Rule.

Project area is approximately 48 acres, with treatments on approximately 20 acres of young-growth forest around Twelvemile Arm. Decommissioned roads may be reopened to facilitate access.