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The Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) is published quarterly in January, April, July, and October. It contains a list of proposed actions that will soon begin or are currently undergoing environmental analysis and documentation on the Forest. 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.
The purpose of the project is to reroute 0.10 miles of the Kelly Creek Trail, FS Trail #4323, to eliminate two ford crossings in ESA-listed fish habitat.
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 Salmon-Challis 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.
Project will implement various sivicultural managment techniques to reduce fuels, restore decadent aspen stands, provide commercial forest products, and address insect epidemic that is currently occurring in the drainage.
close abandoned mine features (adits, shafts & declines) to reduce the risk to public safety while maintaining access for bat species inhabiting the workings.
The hand construction of stream improvement structures on seven sites within a ½ mile stream reach of Canyon Creek that would restore spawning and rearing habitat for Chinook salmon, rainbow trout/steelhead, bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout.
Entity and Communication Site: Lost River Elec Coop and ID Public TV at Windy Devil; Salmon River Elec Coop at Potoman Pk; American Communications Inc. at Jump Off Peak; State ID Military and Custer Telephone Coop. at Grouse Peak So.; see below
The Forest proposes to remove live and dead trees on up to 70 acres on the Leadore Ranger District to provide post and pole products while reducing stocking levels in lodgepole pine stands.
Installation of three water troughs and a jack fence in the Willow Creek Unit of the Alder Creek Allotment to improve cattle distribution in this unit and reduce pressure in the Willow Creek riparian areas.
harvesting of post-fire dead and imminently dead Douglas-fir and other timber. Sanitation harvesting of Douglas-fir green sawtimber where the threat of mortality from Douglas-fir beetle is present.
Drill on up to 53 drill sites. Total disturbance up to 15 acres. Operations are anticipated to start in summer 2018 with final reclamation by October 2020. Existing, undesignated mine roads and temporary roads would be used and decommissioned.
off-channel sluice operation... 1 trench, 24 days/year for up to 5 years...portable tanks for settling ponds... less than .5 acres of total disturbance... no road building
The Operator proposes to disturb up to a total of 230 acres by constructing 24 miles of temporary roads, 300-400 drill sites, up to 4 drill holes per site and staging in phases spread across ten years.
To re-locate approx. 600 yards of Road #714 in the "Ballpark" area of the Lost River Ranger District. The re-location will bypass a wet area where resource damage is occurring. The proposal includes decommissioning the abandoned road route.
A variety of hazardous fuels reduction treatments over approximately 9,000 acres. Treatment types may include prescribed fire, hand thinning, and may also include commercial and non-commercial forest products.
This project will utilize prescribed fire to remove the subalpine fir component within the treatment area. This is being done to enhance whitebark pine vigor and regeneration
Proposes a 34-hole drilling program 6/1/13. Based on drill results the program may be terminated or extended to 2014. If the entire program is implemented, disturbance will result in a maximum of 7.5 acres. Located 12 miles north of Salmon, ID.
Add a section of pipeline and trough to an existing developed spring and pipeline. This project would add a trough on NFS administered land to better distribute livestock across the pasture.
Add a section of pipeline and one trough to an existing developed spring and pipeline. This project would add a trough on NFS administered land to better distribute livestock across the pasture.
Mechanical and hand treatments to reduce stocking levels, basal area, overstory tree spacing, and stand structure to increase stand resiliency to insects and disease.
Project will increase tree resilience to insects and disease by implementing various silvicultural management techniques to reduce fuels, restore decadent aspen stands, provide commercial forest products, and improve wildlife habitat.
Place a repeater inside a 38"W x 45"D x 67"H shelter to provide reliable communications on the Leadore and Lost River Ranger Districts by Forest personnel.
The installation of 1 pre-fabricated bighorn sheep water guzzler with a 1 acre exclosure fence on the Salt Creek Repeater Ridge. Installation will be by use of hand tools or by small backhoe. Transport of materials and personnel will be by truck.
Exploration drilling operations on unpatented claims in the Copper Creek and Little Deep Creek area. The plan of operations proposes to to drill no more than 5 holes at 23 drilling locations with 1 mile of new temporary road access.
Minimize adverse environmental impact to surface resources by regulating the functions, work, and activities connected with the operators plan to explore locatable minerals on National Forest System lands.
Provide a area where several forests products can be removed under a 2400-1 Personal Use Permit on the Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. Products include: Commerical Fuelwood, Post and Poles, House-logs, Gate-logs, and incidental Saw-logs.
Issue a communications site lease to BPA at Grouse Peak South Communication Site to construct and operate a new self-supporting tower, equipment shelter, and propane tanks. Location is T14N, R20E, Sec22
To re-establish supply and delivery of water from a developed spring source. This spring supplies potable water for the primary launch site on Middle Fork of the Salmon River, Boundary Creek and Dagger Falls Campgrounds and administrative facilities.
The project will replace a 0.2 mile section of the existing trail that is steep (up to 42% slope) and causing resource damage with a 0.4 mile section of trail that is less steep (generally less than 15% slope) and is more environmentally sound
Proposal to conditionally approve an operating plan to drill up to thirty 2,500-ft core holes to test for mineralization on an existing mining road and along <1/2 mile of temporary route in the Squaw Creek Idaho Roadless Area.
Construct two short drift fences, approximately 0.1 mile each in length, in the Upper Wagonhammer Unit and the Lower Silverleads Unit of the Burns Basin C&H Allotment.
The Forest Service proposes to reroute 600 feet of the Cabin Cash Road to restore road functionality, reduce further erosion, and improve recreational user experience.
Installing stream improvement structures to help restore Salmonid spawning habitat in Canyon Creek, including pool formations, spawning and rearing stream substrate composition, stream bank stability and streamside shading over a five year period.
We plan to promote forest health by reducing current stand densities and removing all mistletoe in the proposed stands using mechanical treatments. Treatments may include chainsaws, mulching, mastication, or small tractors with chipper heads.
The Forest Service proposes to construct a fence in the 50 acre area surrounding Carlson Lake. The lake is located on the east (Pahsimeroi) of the Lost River River Range, accessible from a spur road off the Double Springs Road.
NEPA analysis has been cancelled and reinitiated under project "Issuing New O&G Permits". Changes in appeal regulations for Categorical Exclusions resulted from the court ruling for Sequoia ForestKeeper v. Tidwell requiring notice and comment period.
Construct a 1.25-mile pipeline on the Boone Creek Allotment consisting of a spring development (headbox) and approximately 1.25 miles of polyethylene pipe conveying water to five water troughs.
This project includes repair of about 1400 feet of Challis Creek Road (Forest Service Road #080) at five impacted sites in order to reopen the road to the public, and also includes use of two nearby borrow pits for rock material.
Thin 383 acres of mistle-toe infected Douglas-fir in the Garden Creek drainage, pile the slash for later burning and leave boles created for fuelwood gatherers. Location of project is the municipal watershed for Challis, Idaho.
NEPA analysis has been cancelled and reinitiated under project "Issuing New Upland O&G Permits". Changes in appeal regulations for Categorical Exclusions resulted from the court ruling for Sequoia ForestKeeper v. Tidwell requiring notice/comment
Relocation of 1.8 miles of Trail #4347 out of the riparian zone of Cherry Creek for resource protection and improved user safety. Trail is open to wheeled vehicles 50 inches or less in width during a designated season of 05/22 to 09/07.
The project will involve removing trees within 50 feet of the established parking lot, then leveling and filling these areas with washed/weed free gravel and fill.
The proposed action is to re-authorize an expired special use permit for continued operation and maintenance of an existing water transmission system to the City of Salmon for a term of 30 years.
The operators have proposed six test pits approximately 20 ft. by 20 ft. in size and one to four feet deep. The pits are designed to be excavated down to bedrock which varies somewhat.
The proposed action is to reissue an expired special use permit for an existing road for a term of 20 years. The right of way is approximately 0.96 miles long and 12 feet wide. The project area is located off of the Phelan Creek Road (FS Road 60098).
Issue special use permits or Colorado Ditch Bill easements on nine diversions within the Salmon-Challis National Forest. Administratively authorize one diversion at Lantz Bar on the Bitterroot National Forest.
This project proposes to conduct hard rock, exploration drilling to determine mineral potential adjacent to Long Tom and Colson Creek of the North Fork Ranger District, on National Forest System (NFS) lands open to mineral entry.
Approve a Plan of Operations to explore for locatable minerals, with added project design features and monitoring requirements to protect surface resources.
Reopening of 2400 feet of previously reclaimed road, construction of four drill pads, and core drilling of up to 6 holes at each pad to delineate anticipated mineralization.
Restore access to the Colson Creek Road by constructing a new segment of Forest System Road that would accommodate full-sized vehicles. New segment would replace temporary ATV trail currently in place.
Reroute and construct approximately 4 miles of new trail designed primarily for hiking and horseback riding in the Anderson Mountain area, North Fork Ranger District, Salmon-Challis NF and Wisdom Ranger District, Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF
This project will look to relocate a portion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (CDNST) off of a currently existing road. The new contructed section will be approximately 1.8 miles long.
Construct 2/3 mile of hiking/horseback riding trail to replace older segment of trail and maintain continuity with the recently rerouted trail on BLM land.
Exploration drilling that proposes removal of dirt and boulders from the original 1200 ft unimproved access road and conducting subsurface drilling using an underground, rail mounted diamond core drill rig. No new surface disturbance.
The Salmon-Challis NF proposes to reroute 0.25 miles of NFS Road #40656 to eliminate 2 ford crossings in ESA-listed fish habitat. A new route will be constructed and bridge installed across Banner Creek.
Approve a plan to drill up to two holes per pad on four drill pads, use less than 1 mile of temporary closed user-created routes and less than 0.5 miles of overland travel for drill pad access, and draft water from Agency Creek.
The Forest Proposes to remove live and dead tress on up to 70 acres on the Salmon-Cobalt RD to provide post and pole products while reducing stocking levels in lodgepole pine stand.
Salvage of lodgepole pine dominated stands that have high mortality from mountain pine beetle activity. Salvage to occur on approximately 250 acres along existing roads.
Mixed severity prescribed fire In Crane Basin and adjoining McGowan Creek will introduce fire back into an ecosystem that has missed historic fire return intervals. This will improve stand health and provide positive changes to wildlife habitat.
Proposed permanent facilities include chinook salmon trapping, holding and acclimation facilities including weirs at Pole Flat Campground site on the Yankee Fork River and at the Cobalt Ranger Station on Panther Creek. In cooperation with BPA.
The Forest Service proposes to fence a portion of Moccasin Creek on the Williams Basin-Napias Creek Allotment. This new fence is adjacent to the existing Cutler Exclosure and is considered an extension of that exclosure.
Pete McFarland (the Operator) of Salmon, Idaho has submitted a plan of operations to excavate 10 test pits and test them with a self contained sluice box.
Salvage of lodgepole pine dominated stands that have high mortality from mountain pine beetle activity. Salvage to occur on approximately 250 acres along existing roads.
Exploration drilling from two drill pads in the Diamond Creek drainage approximately 10 miles northwest of Salmon, Idaho on the Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District.
The Operator's Plan, as submitted, proposes to core drill from eight pads accessed using a Forest System roads and trails. This proposed action documented below is a summary of the submitted plan and includes Forest Service project design features.
NEPA analysis has been cancelled and reinitiated under project "Issuing New O&G Permits". Changes in appeal regulations for Categorical Exclusions resulted from the court ruling for Sequoia ForestKeeper v. Tidwell requiring notice and comment period
Issuance of a special use permit for a water diversion pipeline and access road. Water diversion will replace an existing diversion. The new structure will include a lockable headgate with a measureable flow and a passive cylinder fish screen
The Salmon Cobalt Ranger District (SCRD) is proposing to withdraw approximately 107.02 acres of National Forest Lands from mineral entry under the 1872 Mining Law.
Proposal to drill 30 exploration auger holes in jurisdictional wetland with less than 1 acre of surface disturbance near the confluence of East Boulder Creek and West Fork of East Boulder Creek.
The proposed action would restore Eightmile Creek to a more natural condition by placing large wood in the stream channel and eliminating impacts to the stream associated with an adjacent road.
NEPA analysis has been cancelled and reinitiated under project "Issuing New O&G Permits". Changes in appeal regulations for Categorical Exclusions resulted from the court ruling for Sequoia ForestKeeper v. Tidwell requiring notice and comment period.
Control noxious and invasive, non-native exotic weed species. Use an integrated pest management approach in the control, containment, and/or eradication of target species throughout the S-C NF excluding areas within the Frank Church Wilderness.
Authorize annual erection of temporary corrals for permittees on the Forney Allotment. Additionally, relocate a portion of an existing water development.
The Forest Service was a cooperating agency, assisting the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in that Agency's geothermal leasing analysis and decision. The BLM issued a record of decision on 12/17/2008.
Upon approval of proposed operating plan, authorize Kennecott Exploration Drilling Company (the Operator) to conduct mineral exploration for locatable minerals on the Operator's claims in the project area.
Install a 10,000 gallon water holding tank along the Gilmore pipeline near the water trough. Tank would be buried adjacent to the road above the trough.
Proposal to core drill 10 vertical and angled holes from previously constructed drill pads. Sumps will be 10' x 10' x 6 feet. Approximately 1.25 miles new road will need to be constructed to access the site.
Multiple entry treatments to help promote development and growth of whitebark pine, especially cone-producing whitebark pines, in order to improve whitebark pine habitat to improve habitat for wildlife species dependent on whitebark pine.
The intent of the project is to improve timber stands, wildlife forage and habitat by utilizing hand thinning, hand piling and prescribed burning to restore stands closer to reference conditions
Salvage marketable forest products from trees killed over 1,452 acres as a result of the Halstead Fire and those trees that may succumb to expansion of Douglas-fir beetle triggered by the fire. Areas include Challis-Yankee and Middle Fork Districts.
Derrold Slavin of Salmon, Idaho proposed up to four test trenches to explore for minerals near Hawkeye Gulch and Moose Creek on National Forest lands administered by the Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District, Salmon-Challis National Forest.
Remove encroaching vegetation from an existing airstrip, restore the airstrip's runway surface and install other items needed to return the airstrip to a usable state. Other items include windsocks, and tie-down blocks.
Treat approximately 3000 acres with mechanical thinning and prescribe underburn approximately 12000 acres to reduce hazardous natural fuels. Treatment area has been classified as wildland urban interface by Lemhi County.
The Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District is proposing to construct an exclosure fence approximately 4.5 acres in size around Fourth Spring within Unit 1 of the Morgan Creek-Prairie Basin Allotment
Idaho Power applied for a special use permit to install a prefabricated building to replace a recently decommissioned building at their Grizzly Hill administrative site.
Proposal to construct 2800 feet of low standard road across National Forest lands to access pivate lands for the purposes of performing mineral exploration on those private lands.
Installation of headbox, 200 ft of pipeline, one trough and construction of a pole fence around the spring in Hull Cr Unit. Construction of 300 yards of 4 strand barbed wire to fence off Forest Service Horse Pasture, located in the Hughes Creek Unit
3 exploration trenches; 4 feet wide by 20 feet deep by 500-750 feet long,trenches to be left open long enough for bulk sampling, mapping & photographing,trenches will be reclaimed using the excavated material that was originally set aside
Excavation of up to three trenches is proposed at one site location using an excavator. A total estimate of ~1,729 linear feet would be excavated and would be 5-15 feet deep by ~20 feet wide. Trenches will be reclaimed post operations.
The Operator proposes to trench ~1,435 linear feet, drill on up to six drill pads, and remove up to 10 tons of sample material removed for further analysis. Less than 12 month operating season.
Issue special use authorization which acknowledges a change in ownership of an existing communication facility at Grouse Peak So.from Custer Telephone Inc, to Civil Communication Assoc. Use remains essentially the same.
Withdrawn - The Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District is proposing to conduct fuels reduction treatments on 4035 acres by thinning near private land and prescribed burning and thinning conifers that are encroaching into aspen stands.
The project will replace a 500 foot section of the Kane Creek Road #134 that has washed out. The project will eliminate resource damage associated with vehicle use at the washed out section of road while still maintaining access to the trailhead.
The purpose of this project is to effectively control livestock to protect and improve riparian conditions and fish habitat by constructing .11 mile of fence.
Remove a diversion structure in the Knapp Creek watershed. This diversion is no longer in use, and the diversion instream structure, diversion headgate, diversion ditch within the floodplain, and diversion fish screen will be removed.
Conifer removal would entail the felling of trees that are on the leading edges of conifer stands that are invading into sage-grouse habitat within sagebrush habitat, and the removal of trees that are out by themselves in sage-grouse habitat..
Fourteen proposed exploration drill sites on NFS lands in the Ditch Creek drainage. Approx. 1400 feet of new temporary exploration road will be constructed.
The action would consist of constructing a 0.72 of wire fence along portions of the southern and eastern boundary of the LPNHL; and installing one cattle guard crossing the National Forest System (NFS) 731 road.
Mechanically treat approx 329 acres of mixed conifer stands to reduce hazardous fuels in the north end of Stanley Basin. Project is along road corridors and adjacent to wilderness. Up to 1 mi of temp road
Authorize continued livestock grazing on 21 grazing allotments to determine what changes need to be incorporated in the current allotment management plans.
The Lost River Ranger District (LRRD) is proposing to reclaim transportation routes by decommissioning twenty-one unauthorized routes and five closed system routes in the Alder Ck drainage, approximately 6 air miles south to southwest of Mackay, ID.
Amend the Forest Plans to provide a restoration plan for Management Indicator Speices habitat in less than satisfactory condition within grazing allotments.
Issuance of a special use permit to allow Middle Fork Lodge to reseal existing diversion pond with concrete and to replace approximately 2360 feet of existing 12" diameter water pipeline, using mechanized/motorized tools within Wilderness
NEPA analysis has been cancelled and reinitiated under project "Issue New O&G Permits". Changes in appeal regulations for Categorical Exclusions resulted from the court ruling for Sequoia ForestKeeper v. Tidwell requiring notice and comment period.
NEPA analysis has been cancelled and reinitiated under project "Issue New O&G Permits". Changes in appeal regulations for Categorical Exclusions resulted from the court ruling for Sequoia ForestKeeper v. Tidwell requiring notice and comment period.
Re-issue ten-year priority use permits to 24 companies to operate on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. The permits are consistent with amount and proportion of guided use allowed in the Frank Church River of No Return Management Plan.
The proposed action would permit Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) to conduct helicopter landings in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness through a special use permit.
Construction of approximately 0.84 miles of barbed wire fence along Mill Creek. The fence will run alongside the 250 road for approximately one-half mile then contour to the nearest steep point to tie the fence off.
The Forest Service is proposing to reconstruct the Moose Creek channel through dredge tailings to recreate meanders, connect placer ponds and reduce streambank erosion.
Revival Gold proposes to conduct exploration drilling on 20 sites, construct less than 1 mile of new, temporary road, and draft water from Moose Creek.
Construct approximately 2 miles of fencing paralleling the Morgan Creek road to subdivide an existing grazing pasture and avoid livestock congregation along upper Morgan Creek.
A wildlife and fuels reduction project to treat aspen and reduce fuels approximately 21 miles north of Challis, Idaho in the Morgan Creek drainage. The proposal is to treat six aspen units (645 acres) abutting private land and the Morgan Cr. Road.
Installation of a bridge on Moyer Creek for stream channel restoration. The existing crossing is degrading designated critical habitat for ESA-listed bull trout, Chinook salmon, and steelhead.
Lost River Ranger District is re-analyzing and making a new decision for a proposal to develop stock water in the Southeast Unit of the Pass Creek Allotment. The development involves drilling a well, storage tank, 1.5 mi. pipeline with 4 troughs.
A wildlife habitat restoration and timber stand improvement project in the upper reaches of Muley Creek. Primarily a prescribed burn project with some hand cutting of conifers along the road (within 300 feet) in the upper half of Muley Creek.
Reopening of previously reclaimed exploration roads, construction of new temporary roads to facilitate development of 14 drill pads along the road prisms. Up to 42 core or reverse circulation holes would be drilled to assess mineral potential.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is requesting a reissuance of the Special Use Permits for operation, maintenance, and conversion of manual snow courses and automated SNOTEL data collection sites on Forest Service Lands.
This analysis identifies the visitor use capacity on National Forest System lands only, on the Nez Perce National Historic Trail to assist in the protection and management of trail resources.
Issuing four special use permits for culinary water pipelines and other non-recreational facilities located on Ranger Districts on the Salmon-Challis National Forest's south zone.
NEPA analysis has been cancelled and reinitiated under project "Issue New O&G Permits". Changes in appeal regulations for Categorical Exclusions resulted from the court ruling for Sequoia ForestKeeper v. Tidwell requiring notice and comment period.
Habitat improvements will include the installation of engineered log jams and channel spanning weirs. These structures will be installed with a medium excavator (using biodegradable oils) and pools will be created at each structure.
Excavation of trench, approximately 120' long by 4 feet wide, by depth of up to 15 feet to remove a layer of pay gravel estimated at 8" depth and to lie above the clay base. Materials will be washed in a trommel away from the excavated area.
High Banking with small portable sluice box or wash table. over burden will be buried or placed back as precious miners. hoe or backhoe to feed a 4x8 portable single axel trammel "wet" or 4x8 wash plant "wet". entry by jeep or ATV.
NEPA analysis has been cancelled and will be reinitiated under "Issuing New Upland O&G permits. The existing Special Use Permit for land based recreation activities is not being cancelled, and will be renewed temporarily on an annual basis.
Fencing five wetland springs to improve the conditions at the locations. One site will have stock ponds breached and water piped off site. All fences will be placed outside of the wetland community type to minimize impacts to the soft soils.
The Salmon-Challis National Forest is proposing to replace 6 culverts in the Panther Creek watershed with ones
designed for aquatic organism passage in the next 5 years, beginning in 2019.
Phase II of a multi-phased project to address limiting factors for fish habitat in a low-gradient meandering stretch of Panther Creek. Installation of in-stream structures to improve habitat and hydraulics and collection of trees for restoration work
Small scale stream restoration in four sites along the main stem of Panther Creek. Large wood augmentation and post-assisted log structures, with limited beaver dam analog (BDA) use.
Conduct process-based restoration in Panther and Fourth of July Creeks, including beaver-dam analogs, large wood augmentation, and post-assisted log structures
The Salmon-Challis National Forest proposes to plant willows along unstable streambanks in Panther Creek and to construct additional, permanent fencing associated with the Forney Allotment%u2019s Panther Creek Riparian Pasture Unit.
Exploration for mineralization by core drilling up to 9 core holes at the Parker Mine site. No roads would be constructed. Activities would occur outside the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness.
The proposed action would include commercial harvest, non-commercial thinning, shaded fuel breaks, hand piling and/or prescribed fire; using ground and cable based systems. Temporary roads would be constructed and decommissioned.
Install approximately 1.6 miles of fence within the Pine Creek Unit on the Pass Creek Allotment. Adding this fence will allow the Forest Service to authorize grazing within the Pine Creek Unit by eliminating access to Wet Creek.
Restore the area to a more natural condition, improve fish habitat, maintain the ability to release and acclimate hatchery steelhead and Chinook Salmon in some ponds, and retain and improve some pond fishing opportunities.
This Plan of Operation includes: 1) trenching and 2) drilling and 3) road maintenance.
Trenching: It is anticipated that 10 to 12 trenches may be excavated Drilling: Neuma proposes drilling a total of 10 to 15 diamond core holes
The project is designed to improve fish habitat within the Yankee Fork Salmon River by restoring a dredge mined area to a more natural condition. The project is located on both private and National Forest system lands.
Conditionally approve a mining plan of operations to continue hand excavating a vein of uncommon variety agate to produce specimen and gem-grade material for a period of up to 5 years including reclamation.
The proposed action is to reissue an expired special use permit for a for an existing fiber optic line that is buried in the FS Road 208 (Trail Creek Road) right-of-way for a new term of 20 years.
Revival Gold LLC proposes to conduct mineral exploration drilling on 27 sites, accessing the sites with a helicopter and 6 miles of new, temporary road, and drafting water from Napias Creek.
The Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District, Salmon-Challis National Forest, has received a Plan of Operation from Robert Hawkins of BHLK to conduct reverse circulation exploration drilling at the old Rabbit Foot Mine site.
Replace an above-ground 3500-foot pipeline by rerouting to a location that allows for burial of the pipeline. Will take place in two phases over five years.
The Operator is proposing to excavate one test area, approximately 6 feet in diameter, and ≤20 feet long. The pit will be excavated by pick and shovel.
The project involves re-issuing a special use permit for a term of 30 years for a headbox and approximately 500 feet of pipeline on National Forest System lands. No motorized access is required.
The Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District proposes to authorize continued livestock grazing on the Spud and Marco Creek Allotments consistent with existing management in order to continue to meet or move toward desired resource conditions (see project
The proposal is to authorize five (5) non-motorized recreation events on the Salmon-Challis National Forest. Each event would be authorized under individual special use permits for up to a five (5) year term.
Doloughan Construction LLC proposes to placer up to 29 acres for gold in the Napias Creek area of the Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District on National Forest System (NFS) lands under open to mineral entry the 1872 Mining Law, as amended.
NEPA analysis has been cancelled and will be reinitiated under "Issuing New Upland O&G Permits". The existing Special Use Permit for land based recreation activities is not being cancelled, and will be renewed temporarily on an annual basis.
The Operator proposes to remove between 100 and 600 tons of rock for bulk sampling with no more than 1000 tons of total material to be disturbed over an approximately 1 acre area. Completion of reclamation by Oct 2019.
Removal of dead and dying trees on less than 250ac to improve the overall health of stands, reduce hazardous fuels, improve timber productivity and provide several different kinds of forest products including commercial and personal use products.
Use thinning treatments and prescribed fire to reduce hazardous fuel loading, restore forest resilience to insects and disease, reduce unauthorized usage that lowers water quality, and improve wildland firefighter safety.
The proposed action is to authorize the existing power lines and approved access roads on the Salmon-Challis National Forest (SCNF) that are operated and maintained by the Salmon River Electric Cooperative (SREC).
Project would reduce conifers encroaching into sage steppe greater sage-grouse habitat. The project would authorize approx. 199,500 acres and treat roughly 3,000 acres per year. Trees would be hand felled, lopped, and/or piled for burning.
Implement adaptive and integrated invasive plant management on current and potential infested areas which would include inventory and assessment designed to support Early Detection Rapid Response, control methods, monitoring, and rehabilitation.
The proposal is to renew existing priority use permits for activities licensed by Idaho Outfitter and Guide Licensing Board. One (1) Middle Fork River operation and eight Main Salmon River operations.
Analyze and revise sections of the original 2009 FEIS to correct deficiencies identified by the District Court of Idaho in their Feb. 4, 2011, memorandum decision and order and determine if changes to motor vehicle route designations are warranted.
Expansion of four existing rock source pits and development of five new rock sources (approximately 90 acres) across the forest to facilitate road maintenance needs.
Operator proposes to excavate test pits in up to 15 target areas to explore the potential for placer mining. Placer gravel samples will be transported to a portable wash plant for on-site testing.
Restore aspen viability by removing conifer competition from existing aspen stands. Treatment area is approx. 198 acres in size. Treatment area is located in Sawmill Canyon, north side of Sawmill Canyon Road (FR101) from Firebox Creek to Warm Creek.
Construction of a small structure in Sawmill Creek that will prevent the further expansion of non-native brook trout in the upper portion of the Sawmill Creek drainage where they will likely replace several bull trout populations.
Treat areas within the Sawmill Timber sale area to remove mistletoe-infested Douglas-fir trees and reduce stand density and remove mistletoe infested trees from adjacent stands.
NEPA analysis has been cancelled and reinitiated under project "Issuing New O&G Permits". Changes in appeal regulations for Categorical Exclusions resulted from the court ruling for Sequoia ForestKeeper v. Tidwell
requiring notice/comment period
Burial of passive seismic instrument with an above ground solar panel and data station box at several locations on the Salmon-Challis, Sawtooth and Boise NF's to collect data for NSF funded Earthscope project.
The purpose of this project is to improve livestock distribution within the Slab Barn Pasture on the Challis Creek Allotment by constructing approximately .26 miles of drift fence to separate the west portion of the pasture from the eastern pasture.
The plan proposes to drill between 20 and 22 800-1200%u2019 holes at up to 11 out of 23 proposed drilling locations using a diamond core helicopter portable drilling rig
The project will expand the exclosure around a developed headbox at Soapstone Springs on the Grizzly Hill C&H Allotment, protecting the spring source.
The project will increase forest stand resilience to insect, disease, and wildfire utilizing silvicultural practices such as mechanical thinning and prescribed fire.
Use prescribed burn to restore historic timber stand structure characteristics to increase resiliency to disturbances such as insect infestations, disease, and fire.
The purpose of this project is to effectively control livestock to protect and improve riparian conditions and fish habitat by constructing .87 mile of fence.
Commercially harvest and thin up to 3,000 acres. The treatments would be designed to decrease timber stand susceptibility to insect population buildup and to decrease hazardous fuels accumulation.
There are seven proposed drill sites. The number of drill holes at each site may vary with a maximum of three. Both vertical and angle holes may be drilled. Roughly 1.75 miles of existing road may be used temporarily.
Thompson Creek Mining Company plans to conduct exploratory core drilling in the Thompson Creek drainage. Three ground-based and one helicopter-based exploration areas have been identified.
The Thompson Creek Mining Company (TCMC) submitted a plan of operations for continued mining through approximately 2030. The POO proposes new surface disturbance on a total of approximately 500 acres of private and public (BLM & NFS) lands.
Reroute 0.50 miles of Forest Trail 4137 Timber Creek Trail, due to poor trail design and to rehabilitate existing resource damage associated with the original trail location.
Ethos Geological Inc. proposes drilling several holes averaging 150m depth (max 350m/1000ft) from 10 drill sites. These exploration holes will be drilled within one year of the proposed start date or an extension will be applied for if the Operators
Modify and improve stream crossings and eliminate impacts from trails and roads on perennial stream that provide habitat for Chinook Salmon, steelhead, Bull Trout, and Westslope Cutthroat Trout.
Integrated hazardous fuels & forest restoration project in the Upper North Fork Watershed. Approx. 41,000 acre planning area from Gibbonsville to Lost Trail Ski Area being considered for treatments. Three Idaho Roadless Areas are in the project area.
The proposal is to prescribe burn under management conditions to reduce the continuous heavy ground and ladder fuels and reduce the overstory density in the upper reaches of Trapper Creek and the head of the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River.
The project is designed to improve fish habitat within the Yankee Fork Salmon River by restoring the instream quanity of large wood to natural levels in an area that was historically mined and logged.
Seismic investigation of formation and evaluation of Idaho, Oregon mtns. Monitoring explosive seismic shots
buried in boreholes 100-150 feet deep, using temporary seismometers.
Placement of small seismometers every 100-500 meters along the sides of existing roads and trails. To be placed for 2 to 8 days in areas previously disturbed by rd construct. or within 18 in of travel surface. Holes will be 6" wide, 6" deep, 18" long
Exploration drilling at from eight proposed drill pads on the ridge between Wagonhammer Creek and O'Neal Gulch. Approximately 20 miles northeast of Salmon, Idaho.
The Forest Service proposes to install a fish barrier in Warm Creek in the Little Lost River Basin to prevent non-native brook trout from negatively impacting ESA-listed bull trout.
The project is designed to improve fish habitat in the Yankee Fork & West Fork Yankee Fork by restoring a dredge mined area to a more natural condition. The project is located primarily on private land with a small portion located on national forest.
Treat 3,200 acres of conifer stands to restore/maintain healthy forest conditions, improve resistence to insect/disease, and improve resilience to wildfires/other natural disturbances; tree cutting/removal to occur in Camas Creek Idaho Roadless Area.
Operator plans to utilize an existing undesignated route & 0.15 miles of temporary route, construct a 50x80-ft working bench, and obtain a <30 CY bulk sample with a small, tracked excavator and skid loader for off-Forest processing & analysis.
The proposed action is to reduce fuels in and surrounding the municipal watershed for Mackay, Idaho. The proposal is to mechanically treat 12 units (362 acres) by thinning from below and prescribe burn 12 other units (4,313 acres) on mine hill.
NEPA analysis has been cancelled and reinitiated under project "Issuing New O&G Permits". Changes in appeal regulations for Categorical Exclusions resulted from the court ruling for Sequoia ForestKeeper v. Tidwell requiring notice and comment period.
Mechanical and non-mechanical treatments, prescribed fire, and other activities to increase resiliency to insect and disease infestation, reduce fuels, and reduce potential effects of high-severity fire.
The purpose of the project is to install a bridge across Winnemucca Creek along FS Trail #4034. The bridge would reduce sediment delivery into the creek, which is critical habitat for ESA-threatened fish species.
Proposed Actions include implementing prescribed fire by both hand and aerial over some of the 17,000 acre project area. Desired fire effects will be a patchy mosaic of burned vegetation including trees, shrubs and grasses across the landscape.
The project proposes to remove small diameter (<4 inch) conifers out of and within 100 feet of 210 acres of aspen clones in the project area. Conifers would be cut, lopped, and scattered on site. No ground disturbing equipment would be used.
Twenty-two routes on the Leadore Ranger District are proposed for decommissioning. The location of all routes are within the Baker Creek-Lemhi River and Withington Creek watersheds.
The project is designed to enhance fish habitat within/along the Yankee Fork Salmon River by restoring a dredged mined area to a more natural condition. The project is located on both private and National Forest system lands.
