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SOPA Reports

The Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) contains a list of proposed actions for Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests 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.

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Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests Projects

One tract of National Forest System land (approximately 54.29 acres) would be exchanged for two separate private tracts (approximately 59.84 and 27.52 acres).

Fencing would be installed on a 5-acre portion of Long Creek Dove Field and a 5-acre portion of Ross Mountain Dove Field to address the damaging effects of feral hogs.

We proposed prescribed burning activity on approximately 41,000 acres across the Andrew Pickens Ranger District.

Renewal of existing Priority Use Outfitter Guide Permits on the Andrew Pickens Ranger District

This project is being cancelled. There are major changes with the project's proposed action, a new project will be created further down the road.

The project would commercially harvest approximately 2,970 acres of timber to improve forest health and lower the risk of a southern pine beetle outbreak.

The Forest Service is a cooperating agency to the USDA Rural Utilities Service, which is the lead agency for a proposal to construct a 115 KV powerline to McClellanville, SC.

The Enoree District plans to relocate 6.3 miles of the Palmetto trail from forest service roads to the wooded area.

Conducting herbicide treatments in and around recreational fishing lakes and ponds on the forest to control vegetation in ponds/lakes, on the dams and around the shore.

The Forest Service is proposing to harvest timber, improve stream and wetland habitat, decommission roads, improve recreation areas, and restore and maintain gullies on approximately 10,000 acres.

The Forest Service is proposing to do a combination of direct and indirect treatments to suppress and prevent infestations of forest pests and to salvage storm damage.

Henry E Brown Jr. is requesting a 50-powerline right-of-way to install approximately 3,200 linear feet of 1.5-inch copper cable and 0.5-inch fiber optic cable.

Home Telephone Company Inc. is proposing to install approximately 16.32 miles of hardened high-speed fiber optic network cable by vibratory plow on the Francis Marion National Forest as part of the USDA Rural Utility Services SC ReConnect 4 fiber opt

Vegetation Management in the form of silviculture treatments to include regeneration cuts, thinning and woodland establishment treatments on approximately 3,178 acres of national forest system managed land.

Mountain bike and running events on existing trails and roads.

The Enoree and Long Cane Ranger Districts are proposing to use landscape-level prescribed fire on approximately 300,000 acres to reduce woody fuel levels and to improve habitat.

This project has been cancelled because it is a duplicate project

Federal Highways Bridge Replacement over Padgetts Creek.

The Sumter National Forest is proposing to do maintenance and repair on approximately 6.2 miles of county jurisdiction roads that run through the Forest in Saluda County.

The Sumter National Forest is proposing to do maintenance and repair on approximately 6.2 miles of county jurisdiction roads that run through the Forest in Saluda County.

Renewal of expired Special Use Permit for Sewee Visitors Center

The project scope will include various engineering solutions such as widening and paving of shoulders, wider and brighter pavement markings, edgeline and centerline rumble stripes, RW clearing to improve roadway clearzone, flattening of roadside slop

Treating Southern Pine Beetle infestations as they arise and restoring the health of the forest after a natural disaster.

Spectrum Southeast, LLC is requesting a Special Use Permit for placement of approximately 42,700 feet of fiber cable fiber optic cable to provide service to rural area in Greenwood, McCormick, Saluda and Abbeville Counties.

Project Archive

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