Projects

The proposal is to authorize placer mining activities for gold in the North Fork of Sheep Creek area of the North Fork Ranger District. Up to approximately 100 cubic yards of material would be processed over a five year period.

The Forest Service is considering amending its land management plans to address new and evolving issues arising since implementing sage-grouse plans in 2015. This project is in cooperation with the USDI Bureau of Land Management.

A variety of hazardous fuels reduction treatments over approximately 9,000 acres. Treatment types may include prescribed fire, hand thinning, and pile burning and may also include non-commercial and non-commercial forest products.

Exploration drilling of nine holes. Anticipated surface disturbance of less than 1 acre. Water drafting from Big Deer Creek

Convey a 3.5-acre parcel of NFS land that is entirely within a block of private land to the owners under the Small Tracts Act

The proposed 0.71-mile of drift fence would be constructed to manage livestock distribution in the Kinnikinic Creek pasture.

This project proposes a 250-acre commercial sanitation harvest of Douglas-fir to improve forest health and resiliency from disease and insect damage.

The project would reroute part of NFSR 258 away from the streambank, install a new channel-spanning bridge in a more stable location, rehabilitate the existing ford crossings, and decommission the original road.

Further development of existing rock pit for use in road work and maintenance and other projects, e.g. stream restoration. Cape Horn Pit is also known as the Fir Pit.

The Forest Service proposes to authorize mineral exploration drilling activities for locatable minerals on NFS lands as outlined in the Operator's Plan of Operations. Four drill pads are proposed over a 12-month period.

Project proposes 32 miles of new motorized and non-motorized trail construction seven miles west of Challis, ID.

The Forest Service proposes to implement the Deep Rabbit Fuels Break Project on the Salmon Cobalt Ranger District of the Salmon Challis National Forest. This project aims to proactively reduce hazardous fuels across two fuel break.

If approved, the project would authorize a request for new assigned campsite for Middle Fork Lodge in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness

Expand the existing East Leesburg Pit to allow the Salmon-Challis to continue roadwork in areas affected by recent wildfires.

Proposal to establish drill pads, and construction of temporary drill roads for exploratory drilling on the Salmon-Challis National Forest near Gibbonsville, Idaho.

The Salmon-Challis National Forest proposes to develop an upland spring source and divert the spring water to a water trough and construct a fence around the spring source in the Big Bear unit of the Hawley Creek allotment.

The Salmon-Challis National Forest (Salmon-Challis) proposes to issue a special use permit to Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) to maintain the Hoodoo Meadows Airstrip and by making other repairs to make the Airstrip functional.

This project proposes to replace a stream ford crossing with a bridge on USFS Trail No 4323 to improve access for recreationalists and address ESA fish species habitat concerns.

Replacement of an existing diversion structure with a new structure designed to accommodate fish passage in Knapp Creek for all life stages and ensure full water delivery to irrigated private land.

The USDA Forest Service is proposing to authorize livestock grazing through issuance of a ten year term grazing permit on six allotments.

Project proposes to construct three segments of fence totaling 0.9 miles and installing three cattleguards on Forest roads to better manage livestock in the North Fork of the Big Lost River on the Wildhorse C&H Allotment.

Install 2 sections, approximately 1 mile, of 3 strand electric fence along Cabin Creek on the Copper Basin Allotment. Adding these fences will create a small riparian pasture that will be used on a limited basis.

Modification to lower dredge pond to allow the pond to serve as an acclimation area.

The Forest Service proposes to authorize mineral exploration drilling activities for locatable minerals on NFS lands as outlined in the Operator's Plan of Operations. Three drill pads are proposed over a 12-month period.

If approved, the project would authorize a request for new assigned campsite for Middle Fork Creek Lodge in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness

Installation of a fish barrier in Mill Creek in the Little Lost River Basin to prevent non-native brook trout from negatively impacting ESA-listed bull trout.

This purpose of the project is to remove both infested and adjacent uninfested trees to prevent future insect outbreaks and improve the stand's ability to resist other insect and diseases. Up to 250-acres of commercial sanitation harvest is proposed.

Application received for Formation Capital Corporation, U.S. to use the Moyer Administrative Site in support of the Idaho Cobalt Project.

Formation Capital Corporation U.S. (FCC), Salmon, Idaho submitted a Special Use Application to the Salmon-Challis National Forest for the use of the Moyer Administrative Site (Moyer) for employee housing.

Natural regeneration and hand planting across 34,509 acres that experienced stand-replacing fire.

Conduct a variety of vegetation enhancement treatments across the North Zone of Forest including whitebark and aspen restoration, fuels reduction, and prescribed fire.

Commercially harvest up to 850 acres to decrease timber stand susceptibility to insects attacks and limit the spread of dwarf mistletoe.

The Forest Service proposes to remove insect-infested trees and adjacent uninfested trees in the project area to reduce the potential for insect outbreaks and to increase stand resiliency to disturbances.

If approved, the project would authorize a request for new assigned campsite for Pistol Creek Outfitters in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness

Relocate 0.1 miles of fence on the Boone Creek C&H grazing allotment, between the Road Creek and Ramey Creek units.The need for this project is to improve the distribution of livestock use in the Road Creek unit.

The Salmon-Challis National Forest is revising and updating the 1987 Challis and the 1988 Salmon Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan)

Reroute trails away from streams; install three trail bridges on the North Fork of Big Creek to reduce sedimentation; reroute trails or place obstacles and barriers to discourage illegal motorized use; convert non-motorized trail to motorized trail

The Salmon-Challis proposes to construct 1.8 miles of new motorized trail to reconnect FS Trail #6126 to FS Road #60078.

Land exchange between the Forest Service and a private party

1,554-acre prescribed burn to improve forest stand health, riparian aspen expansion, wildlife habitat, and range forage

Restore ecosystem diversity through increasing forest resiliency to insect and disease agents. Using a combination of manual and mechanical treatments and prescribed fire designed to reduce stand densities.

Utah Mineral Resources, LLC proposes conduct hard rock, drilling of up to 10 drill sites and reopening 1> mile of previously reclaimed exploration road.

The project would reroute less than one mile of Trail Creek-Cherry Creek Trail (FS Tr No 4347) to reduce the stream crossings. The proposed reroute would eliminate six of nine existing stream fords.

Construction of new trails in the Twelvemile Creek drainage.

The Salmon-Challis National Forest proposes to develop two upland spring sources on the Twelvemile allotment and divert the spring water to two troughs.

Conduct habitat and aquatic passage enhancement activities, including process-based restoration across six miles and habitat enhancement at three stream crossings