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Ozark-St. Francis National Forest
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.
The project area for the 2024 Big Piney Burning and Habitat Restoration Project proposes periodic prescribed burning on approxiamtely 245,690 acres of National Forest lands in Johnson, Newton, Madison, Searcy, Pope, Conway, and Van Buren Counties.
The Big Piney Ranger District of the Ozark National Forest is proposing a project involving vegetation treatments on approximately 14,033 total acres of National Forest System (NFS) lands within Johnson and Pope Counties.
Increase of bat roosting opportunities by installing up to 9 artificial roosts and clearing vegetation around 3 adjacent ponds to improve flight paths and overall habitat conditions.
The database where projects are entered retires May 29. Since the project is on hold at this time it will be marked as cancelled. Once the project has a more detailed proposed action, it will be resubmitted in the new database for public review.
This proposal has been modified to only include authorization to maintain the current existing hiking and horse trails in addition to the mountain bike trails on FS land adjacent to Devils Den State Park. No new trails are planned at this time.
Project to evaluate purpose-built bike trails on the Ouachita and the Ozark-St. Francis National Forests to allow use of e-bikes in accordance with revised FS directives.
The Forest Service, in cooperation with the Federal Highways Administration, is planning slide repair of two sites on two districts: White Rock Mountain Road and East Fly Gap Road.
Multi-resource project to help improve forest conditions; stands more resilient to stressors such as weather, insects, and disease. Improving habitat for game species as well as threatened, endangered, and sensitive species. Improving trails, roads.
Multi-resource project to help improve forest conditions with trees that are more resilient to insects, diseases, weather events; improve habitat for threatened, endangered and sensitive species; improve watershed conditions.
ARDOT is planning improvements to Highway 23 approximately 1.6 miles south of Cass in Franklin County on National Forest. More info including draft EA available @ https://public-notice-job-040621-draft-4f-mulberry-202405-ardot.hub.arcgis.com
Restoration of habitat for the endangered Indiana bat through timber harvests, thinning, prescribed fire and associated actions within the primary and secondary conservation zones utilizing an adaptive management approach.
Salvage of storm damaged trees in area impacted by May 7th 2024 wind event. Use of heavy equipment using skidders, dozers, logging tricks. System roads will be needed to access areas. May create up to 1/2 mile temporary roads.
Salvage of trees damaged by wind event in Fern Community on May 7th, 2024. Use of heavy equipment to extract timber such as skidders, dozers, logging trucks using system roads and up to 1/2 mile temporary road construction.
Repair or remove and replace existing aging and/or flood-damaged utilities and associated supporting infrastructure components in the Blanchard Springs Recreation Area.
Construction of a 1.3 mile non-motorized trail within the permitted use area of Mississippi River State Park to connect the Storm Creek Campground and Storm Creek Day-Use area.
Vegetation management activities including regeneration and thinning harvests, prescribed burning and control of non-native invasive plants to improve resilience against environmental stressors on 2906 acres of NFS land.
Utility Company request amend their existing permit to include a new buried electrical utility corridor (1,515 ft long x 30 ft wide--approximately 1.1 acre) & to add a second service line in an existing underground electrical corridor.
To control non-native aquatic invasive plant infestations within Bear Creek Lake and Storm Creek Lake. Control methods could include aquatic labeled herbicide applications, manual removal, and/or mechanical removal.
Proposing management of 4 range allotments with conversion from exotic pasture grass to native grasses, forbs and herbaceous species on fields; proposal includes placing 2 allotments in closed status and removing them from the NFS range system.
The Forest Service proposes to promote resiliency to insect and disease infestations through the implementation of Commercial Thinning, Regeneration activities, and Timber Stand Improvement with midstory reduction on 2,399 acres.
