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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 Sequoia 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.
Authorizing a 10 year outfitting and guiding special use permit for Balch Park Pack Station for horse back related/riding activities on trails, campsites within the Golden Trout Wilderness area on the Western Divide RD, Sequoia NF.
Proposal to reduce fuels buildup in a portion of Big Stump Giant Sequoia Grove through prescribed burning to protect nearby facilities and begin reintroducing fire into the grove.
Removal of hazard trees posing a hazard to two primary roads (22S05 and 21S03), an administrative site (Blackrock Station), and a developed recreation site (Blackrock Trailhead).
Reconstruct approximately 0.75 miles of the Black Gulch South Road, build permanent toilet facilities, and dumpster pads will be added to this site. Sandy Flat Day Use Area, construct asphalt surface trail from parking lot to Kern River
Prescribe burn portions of Boulder Creek drainage in Monarch Wilderness and Agnew Roadless Area to continue reintroducing fire adjacent to the 2010 Sheep Fire. Fire would burn through a portion of Agnew, Deer Meadow, and Evans Complex Groves.
The project proposes to decommission approximately 6 miles of unauthorized routes and hill climbs leading away from the Boulder Gulch campground and day use area.
Variably thin approx 892 acres in WUI defense & threat zones using mechanical and/or hand thinning methods. Material may be sold as commercial sawlogs. Excess surface fuels will be treat by piling/burning, underburning or chipping.
Re-issuing a Road SUP for a new 10-year term as the previous SUP holder sold property to Gary Costello. The only change to the previous permit is the Permit Holder.
Variably thin 998 acres of plantations using hand thinning methods. Excess surface fuels will be treated by chipping and/or lop & scatter (with broadcast burning), hand piling & burning, or made available for personal use firewood.
The project will reduce fuel loads and remove ladder fuels through a combination of dead and live tree removal and duff removal around the base of monarch Giant Sequoia trees.
Hazard tree mitigation for the safety of forest users along approximately 130 miles of NFS roads, and within and around recreation and administrative sites within the Castle Fire perimeter.
The Slate Mountain Homeowners Association proposes to exchange three (3) privately held parcels (non-federal) inside the boundaries of the Giant Sequoia National Monument (GSNM) for federal land of equal value located inside the GSNM boundary.
To restore and promote a healthy forest ecosystem; to establish forest conditions, to promote resilient forest conditions and to establish and maintain low surface and ladder fuel conditions
Management of debris piles (resulting from the 2020 Castle Fire) located within Southern California Edison (SCE) right-of-ways through removal and chipping/spreading to reduce fuel loading.
Proposal to maintain 11 miles of Davis Road (Forest Road No. 12S01) by replacing culverts, repairing the roadbed and other drainage features, and adding rock to the road surface.
Renovation of camp infrastructure: bathroom facilities, septic system, medical headquarters, sleeping decks, staff accommodations, and dining hall, to meet current health and safety standards and to better serve the youth and family.
Installation of fencing on Cow Flat grazing allotment to prevent cattle from ranging onto steep hillsides and falling on the the roadway below. The fence will improve public safety and mitigate loss of stock.
Construct a new permanent corral measuring 60 feet by 80 feet with two short wing fences extending no more than 100 feet from the corral. This livestock handling facility will be used during turn out and gathering of livestock.
Maintain up to 769 acres on 6 existing fuelbreaks in the Eshom portion of the district. Proposed treatments are hand and machine felling hazard trees and piling the material. Piles would be burned.
Improve forest health & wildlife habitat in high intensity drought/insect-kill area using mastication, biomass removal, prescribed burning, road decommissioning & reforestation in Eshom and Dry creek drainages. Reduces fuels near private property.
The project proposes to build a boardwalk, meeting ADA requirements, that connects the trail from the remaining northern-most bridge on the south side of the fallen sequoias, to the existing trail on the east-side.
Renew a special use permit for unimproved dirt road (approximately 105 feet long and 20 feet wide for 0.05 acres) that accesses private property from Gallup Road (FS Road 29S03) near Grouse Meadow in the Piute Mountains.
Fell and remove dead and dying trees posing a falling hazard along General's Highway, Big Meadows Road (FR14S11) to and including Heart Meadow Road (14S02D).
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.
Hand cut and pile around large sequoias, burn piles, then underburn to treat surface and ladder fuel to reduce risk of stand replacement in high severity wildfire. Improve conditions for controlled burns or managed wildfire in the groves.
To safely operate specified recreation sites and fuelbreaks; pile & burn, and remove as wood/timber products a portion of the slash created during the hazard tree felling resulting from the drought, insect and fire mortality from 2012-2016.
Proposal to fell dead or damaged trees along district roads that pose a safety hazard or danger to public/employees using these routes. Some trees may be removed.
Treat up to 6,700 acres through thinning, sanitation, mastication and prescribed burn to improve forest health and wildlife habitat, and reduce fuels in Tenmile Creek drainage.
Ecological restoration & hazardous fuels treatment on 6153 acres in the wildland urban interface of the Horse Meadow Community. Treatments would employ mechanical and hand thinning, and prescribed fire, with some commercial timber harvest.
Culvert removal and stream channel restoration in the crossing. Old culvert would be replaced by a bridge or bottomless-arch culvert. APE is approximately 0.25 to 0.35 acres. All disturbance would be confined to existing roadway.
Need to improve Jackass Meadow hydrologic function by stabilizing and elevating the meadow grade and prevent further degradation. Will install Beaver Dam Analog (BDA) structures.
Issue new permit for one building (20 ft X 20 ft) and an associated parking area (one acre), to be used in conjuction with boat patrols on Lake Isabella. SUP to be issued for 10 years. (SUP was never issued. Previously under an ACOE lease)
Improve river access on the Upper Kern River at Road's End & Camp 3, and add permanent vault toilets at Riverkern Beach, Camp 3, Thunderbird, Road's End, and Willow Point. Improve river access on Lower Kern River, at Democrat Raft Take-Out.
Amends SUP to add approximately 295 feet of chain link fence (six foot high) to permitted area. Fencing is needed to meet FAA regulations for safety and security.
Masticate small trees (less than 10 inches dbh) and brush causing overstocked conditions in plantations near Kirkland Meadow. Underburn or pile and burn fuel concentrations. Leave 80-120 trees per acre and pockets of untreated shrubs for wildlife.
Construct a new campground with a mix of campsite types (e.g., tent, RV, family groups up to 20 people, yurts) consisting of a vehicle parking area and a camping area that will accommodate a picnic table, fire ring, bear box, and a tent pad.
A 30-year term special use permit, to install an underground water transmission line along-side and underneath the existing Old State Road. The trench will be approximately 900 feet long, 24 inches wide, and 42 inches deep.
Restore meadow functioning by repairing headcuts in Long Meadow by establishing a low gradient step pool system from the bottom of the meadow up to the headcut.
Restore areas within Black Gulch North, Black Gulch South, and China Garden dispersed recreation areas in the Lower Kern Canyon. Protect sensitive resources in the vicinity of Evans Flat Campground located in the Greenhorn Mtns.
A proposal to seasonally close the Davis Road (FR 12S01) (approximately 12/1 - 4/15 based on weather conditions) and to decommission 13 forest roads or portions of roads (a total of 3.3 miles) within the Mill Flat Creek Critical Aquatic Refuge.
Proposal to redesign the Millwood OHV Staging Area to better define camp/day use areas and road access in order to reduce impacts to the creek and other resources.
Reconstruct & construct buildings and other infrastructure such as waterlines within the permitted areas for both Stony Creek and Montecito Lake resorts to improve function and visitor services.
Proponent proposes to repair and maintain NFS Road No. 20S92, which includes resurfacing, cleaning culverts, road grading, and/or clearing the roadside of brush without the use of herbicides.
Water from four springs would be used to irrigate orchards located on the proponent's private property and water from one spring would be used to supply water to the proponent's house. The current water rights are for domestic and irrigation use.
Proposed project to replace the lookout cab and tower with the same look and feel as the original tower on the same site. The lookout will comply with current building codes and safety requirements.
Coordinate with neighboring Kings Canyon National Park to prescribe burn an estimated 511 acres of NFS land, while they burn an estimated 1,126 acres on NPS land in the next decade.
Proposal is to reduce fuel buildup around young plantation trees & continue reestablishing a more natural fire return interval through prescribed burning and mastication on portion of Pine Ridge area affected by 2001 Highway Fire.
Fuel reduction on 260 acres around Pinehurst and Neff's Camp communities via tree and shrub cutting and pruning, then chipping, or piling and burning the material. Proposal in mutual fire response area of CalFire (187 ac) and Forest Service (73 ac)
Planting by hand 2,824 acres; Mechanical site preparation & hand planting on additional 656 acres; Fell six trees per acre for wildlife cover adjacent to riparian areas over approx. 50 acres.
Consists of salvage/harvest of fire killed/damaged trees; mechanically treating areas of densely stocked fire killed trees; restoring meadow habitat and mitigate erosion at French Meadow; and reconstructing existing roads to access treatment areas.
Piute Mountain meadow restoration project would improve conditions in three meadows burned during the Piute fire. These meadows include French, Mack, and Woolstaff.
This project would reduce flammable vegetation within the Ponderosa Wildland Urban Interface Zone. Proposed under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. Addresses immediate need around Ponderosa and Quaker Meadows.
An ecological restoration project in the Oak Ridge area of the Greenhorn Mountains. This project will implement sustainable forest practices by improving wildland fire safety, wildlife habitat, and economic use of forest by-products.
This project is designed to reduce plantation conifer stocking levels and associated aerial fuels to improve plant vigor, increase resistance to insects, and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires.
Mechanical and manual treatments to reduce stand densities and surface and ladder fuels in forest stands and plantations to improve forest stand health, vigor, and resistance to fire, disease, and climate change.
Revision 1 to existing environmental documention to allow for forest thinning to reduce stand density for vegetation management, fuels management, and public safety activities.
Greenhorn Mountains fuels reduction project within the Greenhorn East and West compartments, including the Tillie Creek, French Gulch, and Cedar Creek watersheds. The Injunction on this project was Vacated on 8/24/2011.
The Rough Fire Initial Reforestation Project proposes to plant up to 500 acres with a mix of sugar and ponderosa pine in the Mill Flat Creek drainage where the Rough Fire burned at high severity.
Improve forest health and reduce fuels in existing plantations, damaged by fire, drought & insects. Restore native species mix & maintain/promote old forest habitat components while reducing safety hazards on roads.
To use herbicides such as Glyphosate and Triclopyr within the approximately 2,060 acres in the Rough,Eshom/KNP fire areas to improve planted seedling survival. through reduced shrub competition.
Hazard tree felling and removal is proposed to reduce public safety hazards along portions of certain roads, trails and facilities within nine national forests. We expect to complete three zone-level analyses and nine decisions.
Proposed project to renew a grazing permit on the Sampson Allotment, which includes areas inside and outside of Giant Sequoia National Monument and the Kings River Special Management Area.
This project addresses watershed improvement in three meadows (Upper Parker, Lower Parker, Packsaddle) on Western Divide RD and five meadows (Little Horse, Powell, Granite Knob, Little Troy, Troy) on Kern River RD.
Renewal of the expired Sierra Bella Mutual Water Company special use permit for a 20-year term for water tanks, water transmission line, and access road with gate.
The project would provide ecological restoration by reducing fuels loading through removal of dead or damaged trees and by prescribed burning. It would also remove hazard trees from public roadways In the Sirretta Road/Sherman Pass area
Proposal for replacement of 19 deteriorated wood poles with light weight steel poles on the Borel-Isabella-KR3-Lakegen-Weldon and Borel-Havilah-Loraine-Monolith-Walker Basin 66kV transmission lines, Lower and Upper Kern River Canyon
Communications site facility improvements including a new power pole interset between two existing poles; new power equipment on the side of existing building; and overhead work at two adjoining poles.
Southern California Edison (SCE) proposes the removal of wire and replacement of overhead transformers; pole removal and replacement; installation of new poles, anchors, and replacement of downguys. The project entails a 16kV to 12kV cutover.
Approve continued operations, maintenance and use of existing distribution and transmission power lines and infrastructure for Southern California Edison & Pacific Gas & Electric located within designated corridors in the Sequoia National Forest.
Felling and removing hazard trees along forest roads affected by the Cedar Fire, drought, and bark beetles in the Spear Creek area of the Giant Sequoia National Monument.
This proposal is to issue a road SUP for a new 10-year term because the previous SUP Holder is deceased. There are no changes to the permitted area or use.
Increase forest stand resiliency to insects and disease by thinning trees on approximately 1,100 acres within the wildland urban interface (WUI) surrounding Alta Sierra.
Issuance of a one year outfitter guide special use permit-- teaching a hybrid of Native American traditions & contemporary backpacking/wilderness survival skills.
Upgrading existing microwave system at Shirley Peak to an 8 GHz band, replacing existing Forest Service building, replacng existing towers, and building new building and towers.
Amend Land and Resource Management Plans for ten (10) Forests within the Sierra Nevada region by modifying Management Indicator Species (MIS) lists and associated monitoring strategies.
Fell the conifers competing with aspen in 5 stands by hand thinning. Each stand is unique, but cumulatively approximately 120 small (less than 16" dbh)cedars and firs would be cut. Small material piled and burned/chipped, large material left on site.
Re-issue special use permit SUP for existing nontoxic liquid waste disposal site. Includes a septic tank (8 ft X 6 ft) and a leach line (50 ft X 1 ft), for approximately .01 acres. SUP to be issued for 5 years. Formerly the Jack McGee sewer system.
Designate a system of routes available to motorized vehicles in portions of the Kern River Ranger District and Western Divide Ranger District outside of the Giant Sequoia National Monument.
This project will reduce flammable vegetation through prescribed burning within the area adjoining the northern boundary of the Tule River Indian Reservation. Proposed under the Tribal Forest Protection Act.
Proposal to renew special use permit for unimproved dirt road (approximately 600 feet long and 12 feet wide for 0.16 acres) that accesses private property from FS Road 21S02 near Beach Meadow.
Project would implement both road maintenance & site rehabilitation work identified within nine dispersed recreation areas located in the Upper Kern Canyon. All nine site accommodate both day use and overnight camping.
This is a shaded fuelbreak, around the Valley View community, that will be 250 feet long, with removal of snags, ladder fuels, and material on the ground.
Salvage of 130 acres of fire and insect killed trees, with less than 0.5 miles of temporary road construction. Approximately 145 acres will be planted. Retain snag retention corridor consisting of 68 acres. (See "other project information" below.)
Reduce fuels in and around the Wishon Campground, around Doyle Springs and Sequoia Crest communities, along FR 20S03, and within the Alder Creek Grove. All proposed activities are on Forest Service land.
The project will promote forest resilience and ecological integrity by reducing fuel loads, reforestation, wildlife habitat improvement and hydrologic improvement activities.
Management of debris piles (resulting from the 2021 Windy Fire) located within and adjacent to Southern California Edison (SCE) right-of-ways through removal and chipping/spreading to reduce fuel loading.
