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Note: Not all proposed projects may appear on the map. See the list below for a more complete list.
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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.
Replacement of the Bear Creek Lake dam primary chute spillway & associated activities to address deficiencies that led to failure of the existing spillway in 2019 & to ensure the structure meets established national standards
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.
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.
*Marked as cancelled, more specifically modified. Forest plans to break the project up by district. Expect district level EAs to be released in 2026 and 2027. Vegetation management activities across Ozark National Forest.
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.
