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Proposed Projects

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The Forest Service follows NEPA regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Under this rule, Forest Service officials determine which proposed projects are shared for public input.

The agency no longer issues a schedule of proposed actions (SOPA) report. Below is the current list of proposed projects available for review—your opportunity to learn more, share feedback, and stay engaged in decisions that shape the future of our public lands.

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Modoc National Forest Proposed Projects

The project is to authorize continued grazing on the Avanzino allotment. Improve management by constructing eleven miles of fence to meet our objectives.

Thinning, fuels treatments, reforestation, aspen enhancement, wet meadow restoration, fuel breaks, plantation maintenance, wildlife habitat improvement, and whitebark pine restoration.

Project #59233 was Cancelled because the same project already exists on the SOPA. Those interested in information related to this project, should refer to Project #57946. Project #59233 will remain on the public SOPA for one quarter, then be removed.

Replace 2013 Devil's Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory Management Plan (DGWHTMP) with new TMP based on recent law, monitoring data, and changed environmental conditions. Finalize Territory boundary, including Middle Section.

Lease-specific analysis in determining whether NFS lands within the Lake City KGRA are appropriate for geothermal leasing under FS/BLM policies and regulations. Appended to PEIS for geothermal leasing.

Installation, operation, use, and maintenance of an aerial and buried fiber optic facility to service the Forest Service administrative site, Dry Lake Station.

The purpose of the Lassen Creek Allotment Environmental Analysis is to revise and implement an Allotment Management Plan (including range improvements) and to issue a term grazing permit on the existing 24,020-acre grazing allotment.

Complete EIS Supplement to provide additional information determined necessary in 2010 appeal review. (76 Fed. Reg. 58240 (Sept. 20, 2011))

Golden State Natural Resources/Modoc NF partnership to improve forest health by removing excess fuels from Modoc NF, Big Valley and Doublehead RD plantations to avert large destructive wildfires.

The NWFP Amendment provides an updated management framework that incorporates best available scientific information, considers public input, recommendations from the Federal Advisory Committee, tribes, and government partners.

Modoc Nation partnership to maintain/restore sage-steppe grassland wildlife habitat, reduce risk of high severity fire by hand-cutting encroaching juniper, reduce fuels in ponderosa pine stands, use regenerative grazing to control juniper and NNIS.

The purpose of this project is to re-issue a grazing permit,to construct new fence and stock tanks, and to enhance sagebrush-steppe habitats through juniper thinning.

Reauthorize grazing on Mud Lake, Timber Mtn, Glass Mtn and Refuge 1-N (Refuge) allotments. 3 alternatives: 1) No action (stay vacant), 2) Reauthorize domestic sheep grazing (preferred), or 3) Authorize both cattle and sheep.

Eliminate yellow star-thistle on approximately 20 acres using combination of treatments.

Proposed Project Archive

Some of our older projects can be accessed in our Proposed Project Archive.