Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)
01/01/2025 to 03/31/2025
Bridger-Teton National Forest

This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
Report Contents (click to jump to a section) :
-  Projects Occurring Nationwide
-  Projects Occurring in more than one Region (excluding Nationwide)
-  R4 - Intermountain Region, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
-  R4 - Intermountain Region, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
-  R4 - Intermountain Region, Bridger-Teton National Forest,  Big Piney Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
-  R4 - Intermountain Region, Bridger-Teton National Forest,  Buffalo Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
-  R4 - Intermountain Region, Bridger-Teton National Forest,  Jackson Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
-  R4 - Intermountain Region, Bridger-Teton National Forest,  Pinedale Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Projects Occurring Nationwide  

 
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Land Management Plan Direction for Old-Growth Forest Conditions Across the National Forest System
EIS
 - Land management planning  In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register 06/21/2024
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 12/2024  		Expected:01/2025
  		01/2025 Jennifer McRae
202-791-8488
SM.FS.NFSWONGA@usda.gov 
Description: Amend all land management plans for units of the National Forest System to include consistent direction to conserve and steward existing and recruit future old-growth forest conditions and to monitor their condition across planning areas of NFS.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65356
Location: UNIT - All Districts-level Units. STATE - All States. COUNTY - All Counties. LEGAL - Not Applicable. National Forests and Grasslands (128 units).
Locatable Mining Rule - 36 CFR 228, subpart A.
EIS
 - Regulations, Directives, Orders  On Hold  N/A  N/A Sarah Shoemaker
907-586-7886
sarahshoemaker@fs.fed.us 
Description: The U.S. Department of Agriculture proposes revisions to its regulations at 36 CFR 228, Subpart A governing locatable minerals operations on National Forest System lands.A draft EIS & proposed rule should be available for review/comment in late 2020
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=57214
Location: UNIT - All Districts-level Units. STATE - All States. COUNTY - All Counties. LEGAL - Not Applicable. These regulations apply to all NFS lands open to mineral entry under the US mining laws. More Information is available at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/geology/minerals/locatable-minerals/current-revisions.
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Projects Occurring in more than one Region (excluding Nationwide)  

 
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Amendments to Land Management Plans Regarding Sage-grouse Conservation
EIS
 - Land management planning
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants 		 In Progress:
Objection Period Legal Notice 08/02/2019  		Expected:12/2020
  		01/2021 John Shivik
801-625-5667
john.shivik@usda.gov 
Description: The Forest Service is considering amending its land management plans to address new and evolving issues arising since implementing sage-grouse plans in 2015. This project is in cooperation with the USDI Bureau of Land Management.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=52904
Location: UNIT - Ashley National Forest All Units, Boise National Forest All Units, Bridger-Teton National Forest All Units, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest All Units, Dixie National Forest All Units, Fishlake National Forest All Units, Salmon-Challis National Forest All Units, Sawtooth National Forest All Units, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest All Units, Manti-La Sal National Forest All Units, Caribou-Targhee National Forest All Units, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache All Units. STATE - Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming. COUNTY - Jackson, Moffat, Routt, Adams, Blaine, Bonneville, Camas, Caribou, Cassia, Elmore, Fremont, Madison, Churchill, Clark, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lincoln, Nye, Pershing, Washoe, White Pine, Beaver, Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Davis, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Morgan, Piute, Rich, Salt Lake, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, Washington, Wayne, Weber, Platte, Sublette, Teton, Weston, Albany, Campbell, Carbon, Converse, Crook, Laramie, Lincoln, Natrona, Niobrara. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Sagebrush lands in National Forests of Nevada, Utah, southern Idaho, southwest Montana, southwest & south-central Wyoming and northern Colorado.
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Bridger-Teton National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)  

R4 - Intermountain Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Bridger-Teton National Forest Plan Revision
EIS
 - Land management planning  Developing Proposal
Est. NOI in Federal Register 05/2026  		Expected:09/2028  09/2028 Dominique Brough
307 739-5508
Dominique.Brough@usda.gov 
Description: The first phase of forest planning includes preparation of an Assessment that outlines existing conditions and trends affecting the forest. This is not a decision document but public comment will be sought when the Draft Assessment is published.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63628
Location: UNIT - Bridger-Teton National Forest All Units. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Park, Sublette, Teton, Fremont, Lincoln. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Bridger-Teton National Forest, within the Wyoming counties of Lincoln, Sublette, Teton, Fremont and Park.
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Bridger-Teton National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)  

R4 - Intermountain Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Dell Creek and Forest Park Elk Feedgrounds: Long-Term Special Use Permits
EIS

           *UPDATED* 		- Special use management  In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register 12/01/2023
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 02/2025  		Expected:05/2025
  		06/2025 Randall Griebel
307-739-5537
randall.griebel@usda.gov 
Description: Wyoming Game & Fish Commission requested continued use of the Dell Creek and Forest Park feedgrounds for their long-term winter elk feeding activities. Elk are fed hay between mid-Nov thru April. The Draft EIS is available.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=60949
Location: UNIT - Greys River Ranger District, Big Piney Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette, Lincoln. LEGAL - Dell Creek: N 1/2 and SW 1/4 of Sec 14, T33N, R113W. Forest Park: NW1/4 and SW1/4 of Sec 21, NW1/4 and NE1/4 of Sec 28, T33N, R116W, 6th Meridian. Dell Creek feedground:about 4 miles east on Dell Creek Road (FS Rd 30600) from Hwy 191/189, in Bondurant. Forest Park: 33 miles south on Greys River Road (FS Rd 10138) from Alpine, Wyoming.
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Bridger-Teton National Forest,   Big Piney Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R4 - Intermountain Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Jackson Fork Ranch Utilities DUPLICATE
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Special use management  Cancelled  N/A  N/A Alyssa Milo
307-739-5597
Alyssa.Milo@usda.gov 
Description: This project (#66134) will be cancelled because it is a duplicate of a project with the same name - Jackson Fork Ranch Utilities project #66133.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66134
Location: UNIT - Big Piney Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Upper Hoback River Road CR 23-174, Bondurant, WY.
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Bridger-Teton National Forest,   Buffalo Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R4 - Intermountain Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Hawks Rest Radio Repeater Replacement
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Special use management
- Facility management
- Projects that may affect Wilderness (for mailing list contacts) 		 Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 01/2025  		Expected:07/2025  08/2025 Chad Grossenburg
208-354-2312
chad.grossenburg@usda.gov 
Description: The Bridger-Teton proposes to replace the existing radio repeater infrastructure on Hawks Rest Peak in the Teton Wilderness. Concurrently, the University of Utah proposes to update their seismic instrumentation housed within the same structure.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67326
Location: UNIT - Buffalo Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Teton. LEGAL - T. 48 N. R 110W. section 20, 6th principal meridian. The site is located on top of Hawks Rest Peak in the northern part of the Teton Wilderness.
Thorofare Wyoming Game and Fish Cabin
CE
 - Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/20/2024  		Expected:10/2024
  		10/2024 Alyssa Milo
307-739-5597
Alyssa.Milo@usda.gov 
Description: WY Game & Fish seeks continued use of the Thorofare cabin, 2 miles NE of Hawks Rest Peak, which was previously authorized in 1956 with an MOU. A special use permit would update the authorization to meet current permitting regulations.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66790
Location: UNIT - Buffalo Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Teton. LEGAL - Section 16, T.48N., R.110W., sixth principal meridian. In the Teton Wilderness, 30 miles northeast of Moran, WY.
Wilderness Estates Emergency Egress Route
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/06/2024  		Expected:01/2025
  		01/2025 Jason Wilmot
307-739-5542
jason.wilmot@usda.gov 
Description: Residents have requested a permit to brush out a quarter-mile historic two-track from a private subdivision inholding to Highway 287, east of Moran, for emergency use. This project is in inventoried roadless area.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=62364
Location: UNIT - Buffalo Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Teton. LEGAL - T45N, R113W, S29. East of Moran, WY, in Teton County.
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Bridger-Teton National Forest,   Jackson Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R4 - Intermountain Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Cache Creek Trailhead Redesign
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Recreation management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/22/2024  		Expected:05/2025
  		05/2027 Timothy Farris
307-739-5414
timothy.farris@usda.gov 
Description: The District proposes to upgrade/redesign the entrance road, parking areas, & boardwalk, add accessible parking, create east & west trail entrances, construct a kiosk & shelter and install a gate to manage day use of the area. Comment by 5/21/2024.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66077
Location: UNIT - Jackson Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Teton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Cache Creek drainage located at the eastern edge of the Town of Jackson.
E-Bike Use Designation on Select Jackson Area Trails
EA

           *UPDATED* 		- Recreation management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/28/2023
Est. Comment Period Public Notice 01/2025  		Expected:07/2025
  		07/2025 Timothy Farris
307-739-5414
timothy.farris@usda.gov 
Description: Proposal to allow Class 1 e-bikes on 28 miles of existing trails, currently open to mountain bikes in the summer, in the Teton Pass area and extend the season of e-bikes use on trails in Horsetail Crk & Munger Mtn area. Scoping comment ended 10/30/23
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=64890
Location: UNIT - Jackson Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Teton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The trails are on the Jackson Ranger District, in the (1) Teton Pass area, (2) Horse Creek Trail area in the Gros Ventre, and (3) the Munger Mountain area.
Gros Ventre Corridor Livestock Trailing (formerly Robinson Trailing)
CE
 - Grazing management  On Hold  N/A  N/A Martina Keil
307-543-3909
martina.keil@usda.gov 
Description: Livestock trailing activities along Gros Ventre Road to private lands. May include temporary facilities and overnighting of herd on USFS lands. This review covers potential trailing requests from different operators. Each requires specific plan.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=58044
Location: UNIT - Jackson Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Teton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Gros Ventre Road, outside Kelly, WY.
Melody Ranch Reciprocal Easement
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Special use management  Completed  Actual: 08/05/2024  10/2024 Alyssa Milo
307-739-5597
Alyssa.Milo@usda.gov 
Description: A reciprocal easement between the United States and Melody Ranch Investments I LLC to maintain historic public access to NFS lands between Game Creek and Wilson Canyon.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65630
Location: UNIT - Jackson Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Teton. LEGAL - Section 27, T.40N., R.116W., 06. South of Jackson, WY off of Highway 191.
Pritchard Pass WyoLink Communication Site
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Special use management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 03/2025  		Expected:05/2025  05/2025 Alyssa Milo
307-739-5597
Alyssa.Milo@usda.gov 
Description: WYDOT proposes to install a WyoLink telecommunication site near the top of Pritchard Pass to enhance communication in the Snake River Corridor and Hoback area and increase public safety.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66116
Location: UNIT - Jackson Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Teton. LEGAL - Latitude 43 19' 1.81"N / Longitude 110 48' 11.81" W. Management Area 41, Jackson Hole South, off of Fall Creek Road.
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Bridger-Teton National Forest,   Pinedale Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R4 - Intermountain Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Big Sandy WUI Hazardous Fuels Reduction
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Fuels management
- Climate Change Adaptation 		 Completed  Actual: 12/06/2024  06/2025 Wade Froseth
307-367-4236
Wade.Froseth@usda.gov 
Description: Treat up to 3,000 ac to improve forest health, protect infrastructure and egress within the Big Sandy wildland-urban interface area and portion of the West Slope Winds roadless area. Actions include thinning, sanitation, salvage and pile burning.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=64704
Location: UNIT - Pinedale Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable. About 20 miles southwest of Boulder, WY in the southern portion of the Wind River Range.
East Rim WUI Vegetation Management
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Climate Change Adaptation 		 In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice 12/18/2024  		Expected:03/2025
  		06/2025 Erin Hooten
307-855-5559
Erin.Hooten@usda.gov 
Description: The District proposes to reduce fuels, improve forest health and create favorable conditions for managing wildfire on 3,000 acres in a wildland-urban interface. Treatments include mechanical harvest, thinning, Rx fire and planting. Comment by 1/6/25.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67357
Location: UNIT - Pinedale Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Located approximately 25 miles north of Pinedale and 10 miles east of Bondurant, near Highway 189/191, in Sublette County, WY.
Elk Ridge Complex Rangeland Supplementation
EA

           *UPDATED* 		- Grazing management
- Projects that may affect Wilderness (for mailing list contacts) 		 On Hold  N/A  N/A Chad Hayward
307-367-5723
steven.hayward@usda.gov 
Description: Proposal to graze cattle on 4 former sheep allotments: Elk Ridge, Lime Creek, Rock Creek, and Tosi Creek. These allotments would be grazed by currently permitted cattle in the Upper Green River Area.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=60020
Location: UNIT - Pinedale Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable. West edge of Pinedale Ranger District, including small portion of the Gros Ventre Wilderness Area.
Grazing Authorization for Muddy Canyon Allotment
EA
 - Grazing management  On Hold  N/A  N/A Gary Hayward
307-367-5714
gary.hayward@usda.gov 
Description: Forest Service decided to close Temple Creek and Bunion Creek allotments and proposes to reauthorize livestock grazing on Muddy Canyon Allotment. This project is currently on hold.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=45980
Location: UNIT - Pinedale Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Southern Wind River Range.
New Fork Lake Dam Project
EA

           *UPDATED* 		- Special use management  On Hold  N/A  N/A Kate Olsen
541-820-3818
kate.h.olsen@usda.gov 
Description: New Fork Lake Irrigation District has proposed to rehabilitate the New Fork Lake Dam at current location to meet statewide safety requirements and increase water storage to improve the availability of legally-secured water to downstream users.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=57080
Location: UNIT - Pinedale Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable. New Fork Lake area east of Pinedale, WY.
Silver Lake Dam Rehabilitation
EA

           *UPDATED* 		- Special use management
- Projects that may affect Wilderness (for mailing list contacts) 		 On Hold  N/A  N/A Justin Snyder
307 367 5740
justin.snyder@usda.gov 
Description: The Silver Lake Irrigation District has proposed to rehabilitate the dam, inside the Bridger Wilderness, that supplies the water under their state water rights. State engineers have rated the dam's hazard at high. Proposal to raise dam & outlet work.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=62381
Location: UNIT - Pinedale Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Silver Lake Dam is within, and pre-dates, the Bridger Wilderness Area on the south slope of the Wind River Mountains, east of Boulder, WY.
Union Pass Farm Bill Salvage Project
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management 		 On Hold  N/A  N/A Cole Julson
307-886-5317
Cole.Julson@usda.gov 
Description: Commercial timber harvests in a suite of silvicultural treatments using mechanized equipment; pre- and non-commercial thinning to improve stand condition, including whitebark restoration; aquatic organism passage and road re-alignnment on FR 370637.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=58615
Location: UNIT - Pinedale Ranger District. STATE - Wyoming. COUNTY - Sublette. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Union Pass area north of Pinedale and south of Dubois, WY.
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