Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)
04/01/2023 to 06/30/2023
Salmon-Challis 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, Salmon-Challis National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
R4 - Intermountain Region, Salmon-Challis National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
R4 - Intermountain Region, Salmon-Challis National Forest,  Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
R4 - Intermountain Region, Salmon-Challis National Forest,  Leadore Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
R4 - Intermountain Region, Salmon-Challis National Forest,  Lost River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
R4 - Intermountain Region, Salmon-Challis National Forest,  North Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
R4 - Intermountain Region, Salmon-Challis National Forest,  Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Projects Occurring Nationwide  

 
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
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.
Nationwide Aerial Application of Fire Retardant on National Forest System Land.
EIS

           *UPDATED*
- Regulations, Directives, Orders  In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register 02/11/2022
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 04/2023 
Expected:04/2023
 
05/2023 Laura Conway
406-802-4317
laura.conway@usda.gov 
Description: Programmatic Supplemental EIS for the Nationwide Aerial Application of Fire Retardant on National Forest System Land.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=60450
Location: UNIT - All Districts-level Units. STATE - All States. COUNTY - All Counties. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The direction in the SEIS will apply to use of aerially delivered fire retardant on all National Forest System land. .
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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
johnashivik@fs.fed.us 
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:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r4/home/?cid=stelprd3843381
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.
Nez Perce National Historic Trail Visitor Use Capacity Analysis
EA
- Recreation management
- Heritage resource management 
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice 06/03/2022 
Expected:10/2022
 
11/2022 Sandra Broncheau-Mcfarland
208-843-2353
sandra.broncheau-mcfarland@usda.gov 
Description: This analysis identifies the visitor use capacity on National Forest System lands only, on the Nez Perce National Historic Trail to assist in the protection and management of trail resources.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=62223
Location: UNIT - Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest All Units, Bitterroot National Forest All Units, Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest All Units, Plains/Thompson Falls Ranger District, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest All Units, Salmon-Challis National Forest All Units, Custer Gallatin National Forest All Units, Shoshone National Forest All Units, Caribou-Targhee National Forest All Units, Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. COUNTY - Clark, Clearwater, Fremont, Idaho, Lemhi, Lewis, Nez Perce, Beaverhead, Blaine, Carbon, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin, Golden Valley, Lewis and Clark, Missoula, Phillips, Ravalli, Stillwater, Wheatland, Yellowstone, Asotin, Wallowa, Park, Teton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Nez Perce National Historic Trail is approximately 2,184 miles, extending from the vicinity of Wallowa Lake in eastern Oregon to the Bear Paw Battlefield, about 16 miles south of Chinook, MT.
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Salmon-Challis 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
Salmon-Challis Forest Plan Revision
EIS

           *UPDATED*
- Land management planning  Developing Proposal
Est. NOI in Federal Register 06/2023 
Expected:07/2026  09/2026 Joshua Milligan
208-756-5560
joshua.milligan@usda.gov 
Description: The Salmon-Challis National Forest is revising and updating the 1987 Challis and the 1988 Salmon Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan)
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49464
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Challis National Forest All Units. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Blaine, Butte, Clark, Custer, Idaho, Lemhi, Valley. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Salmon-Challis National Forest.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)  

R4 - Intermountain Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Morgan Creek Summit Tree Collection
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice 11/19/2019 
Expected:03/2023
 
04/2023 Kelly Schade
208-756-5229
kelly.schade@usda.gov 
Description: Whole tree collection (boles and rootwads) for placement in stream channels to improve habitat.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63212
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District, Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Morgan Creek Summit about 30 miles southwest of Salmon, Idaho.
Mustang, Moose and Trail Creek Wildfire Reforestation Project
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/16/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
03/2024 Nathan Eby
208-865-2705
nathan.l.eby@usda.gov 
Description: Natural regeneration and hand planting across 34,509 acres that experienced stand-replacing fire.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63326
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District, North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Across burned areas affected by the Moose, Mustang, and Trail Cr. Fires.
North Zone Planting and Wildfire Restoration Project
CE
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/16/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
04/2023 Nathan Eby
208-865-2705
nathan.l.eby@usda.gov 
Description: Natural regeneration and hand planting across 34,509 acres that experienced stand-replacing fire.
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District, North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Across burned areas affected by the Moose, Clear Creek, Salt, Tustang, and Trail Fires.
Sawmill Canyon Access and Restoration Project
CE
- Recreation management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants 
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/27/2021 
Expected:07/2023
 
07/2023 Joshua Milligan
970-295-6761
joshua.milligan@usda.gov 
Description: Reroute trails away from streams; install three trail bridges on the North Fork of Big Creek to reduce sedimentation; reroute trails or place obstacles and barriers to discourage illegal motorized use; convert non-motorized trail to motorized trail
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=59907
Location: UNIT - Leadore Ranger District, Lost River Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer, Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. This area is located within Custer and Lemhi counties in the southern end of the Lemhi mountains.
Stormy Diamond Vegetation Management
CE
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)  In Progress:
Scoping Start 11/17/2022 
Expected:01/2023
 
04/2023 Nathan Meyer
208-865-2721
nathan.meyer@usda.gov 
Description: Commercially harvest and thin up to 3,000 acres. The treatments would be designed to decrease timber stand susceptibility to insect population buildup and to decrease hazardous fuels accumulation.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63188
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District, North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Northwest of Salmon, Idaho. Diamond Creek Road (#60129) to the north; the Forest boundary to the east; UP Lake Rd (#65001) to the south; Ridge Rd (#60020);Bear Gulch Road (#60025) to the west.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest,   Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R4 - Intermountain Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Bayhorse ProjectV2
EA

           *UPDATED*
- Fuels management  In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice 06/16/2022 
Expected:05/2023
 
06/2023 David Morris
208-879-4130
david.morris2@usda.gov 
Description: A variety of hazardous fuels reduction treatments over approximately 9,000 acres. Treatment types may include prescribed fire, hand thinning, and may also include commercial and non-commercial forest products.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=58881
Location: UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Bayhorse Watershed, near Challis, Idaho.
Big A Vegetation
CE
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)  In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/08/2022 
Expected:05/2023
 
08/2023 Erin Pierson
208-879-4155
erin.pierson@usda.gov 
Description: Mechanical and hand treatments to reduce stocking levels, basal area, overstory tree spacing, and stand structure to increase stand resiliency to insects and disease.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=62019
Location: UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Major drainages north and northwest of Clayton, Idaho.
Bonanza South Forest Products
CE
- Forest products  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/09/2021 
Expected:10/2022
 
03/2023 Erin Pierson
208-879-4155
erin.pierson@usda.gov 
Description: Design small commercial sales for the removal of live saw timber and fuelwood on up to 70 designated acres.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=61107
Location: UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Off of Forest Service Roads # 40366 and 40718 about 40 miles southwest of Sun Valley, Idaho.
Cabin Cash Road Reroute
CE
- Road management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
06/2023 Erin Pierson
208-879-4155
erin.pierson@usda.gov 
Description: The Forest Service proposes to reroute 600 feet of the Cabin Cash Road to restore road functionality, reduce further erosion, and improve recreational user experience.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63217
Location: UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project area is on the Cabin Cash Road near the intersection of Trealor Creek and within the Paasasikwana Naokwaide drainage.
Darling Creek Vegetation Project
CE
- Fuels management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/09/2021 
Expected:10/2022
 
03/2023 Riley Rhoades
208-879-4122
riley.rhoades@usda.gov 
Description: Implement prescribed fire by both hand and aerial ignition over areas of the 6,210-acre project area
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=61110
Location: UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Approximately 10 air miles northwest of Challis Idaho.
Keystone Boundary Fence
CE
- Grazing management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:04/2023
 
04/2023 Jessica Fischer
208-879-4122
jessica.fischer@usda.gov 
Description: Construct the Keystone Fence to provide a boundary between the FS and BLM allotments to prevent unauthorized livestock drift between permitted areas
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63198
Location: UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Keystone Gulch ridgeline.
Lower Dredge Acclimation Pond
CE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  On Hold  N/A  N/A Bart Gamett
208-588-2224
bgamett@fs.fed.us 
Description: Modification to lower dredge pond to allow the pond to serve as an acclimation area.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=59074
Location: UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. In the Yankee Fork drainage about 28 miles southwest of Challis, Idaho.
Ramey Creek Road Reroute
CE
- Recreation management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/09/2021 
Expected:10/2022
 
10/2022 Jody Wisner
208-879-4135
jody.wisner@usda.gov 
Description: Reroute a section of the Ramey Creek Road onto National Forest System Lands to facilitate access to the Ramey Creek Trail
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=61119
Location: UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Yankee Fork Drainage. Ramey Creek drains into the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River.
Ranch Creek Water Transmission System
CE
- Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
04/2023 Margaret Schmidt
406-859-3211
Margaret.Schmidt@usda.gov 
Description: Replace an above-ground 3500-foot pipeline by rerouting to a location that allows for burial of the pipeline. Will take place in two phases over five years.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63201
Location: UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Valley. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Middlefork Ranch (AKA Pistol Creek Ranch) about 50 miles northeast of Cascade, Idaho.
Spring Gulch Prescribed Burn
CE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Fuels management 
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/09/2021 
Expected:01/2023
 
03/2023 Jessica Fischer
208-879-4122
jessica.fischer@usda.gov 
Description: 1,554-acre prescribed burn to improve forest stand health, riparian aspen expansion, wildlife habitat, and range forage
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=61120
Location: UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. North of the town of May in the Pahsimeroi River basin within the Lower Pahsimeroi.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest,   Leadore Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R4 - Intermountain Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Agency Post and Pole
CE
- Forest products  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
06/2023 Nathan Meyer
406-821-4259
nathan.meyer@usda.gov 
Description: The Forest proposes to remove live and dead trees on up to 70 acres on the Leadore Ranger District to provide post and pole products while reducing stocking levels in lodgepole pine stands.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63223
Location: UNIT - Leadore Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project area is located approximately 10 miles east of Tendoy on the Leadore RD. The project area is along FS Road 60185, adjacent to the Idaho/Montana border.
Swan Basin Water Development and Fence Project
CE
- Grazing management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
06/2023 Jessica French
208-768-2505
jessica.french@usda.gov 
Description: Improve livestock distribution and protect riparian areas with the construction of an off-site water source and modification to existing fences.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63257
Location: UNIT - Leadore Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project is located in Swan Basin, approximately 9 miles south of Leadore, Idaho and 1 mile west of Timber Creek.
Upper Canyon Creek Aquatic Organism Passage and Habitat Improvement
CE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
04/2023 Kelly Schade
208-756-5229
kelly.schade@usda.gov 
Description: Conduct habitat and aquatic passage enhancement activities, including process-based restoration across six miles and habitat enhancement at three stream crossings
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63287
Location: UNIT - Leadore Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Canyon Creek, due west of Leadore, ID, approximately 50 miles south of Salmon, Idaho.
West Lemhi Aquatic Organism Passage and Habitat Enhancement
CE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
06/2023 Kelly Schade
208-756-5229
kelly.schade@usda.gov 
Description: Conduct habitat improvement actions and address fish passage. Habitat modifications associated with process-based restoration actions will occur in the form of beaver dam analogs, large wood augmentation and post-assisted log structures.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63288
Location: UNIT - Leadore Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Mill and hayden Creeks, tributaries of the Lemhi River near Lemhi, ID.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest,   Lost River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R4 - Intermountain Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Castle Creek Range Improvement
CE
- Grazing management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 11/03/2022 
Expected:01/2023
 
03/2023 Lanson Stavast
208-588-3418
lanson.stavast@usda.gov 
Description: Construct a 1.25-mile pipeline on the Boone Creek Allotment consisting of a spring development (headbox) and approximately 1.25 miles of polyethylene pipe conveying water to five water troughs.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63135
Location: UNIT - Lost River Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. North of the East Fork of the Big Lost River/ Copper Basin Road (1.4 miles). Between Castle Creek and Butcher Creek near Dry Canyon. 17 miles west of the City of Mackay, Idaho.
Muldoon Canyon Wetland Restoration
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Road management 
Completed  Actual: 01/05/2023  06/2023 Bart Gamett
208-588-2224
bart.gamett@usda.gov 
Description: Relocate a section of the Muldoon Canyon Road (FS Road # 40510) that is negatively impacting streams, floodplains, wetlands, and riparian areas
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=61116
Location: UNIT - Lost River Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Muldoon Canyon watershed on the Lost River Ranger District approximately 19 air miles southwest of Mackay, Idaho.
Warm Creek Bull Trout Protection Project
CE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
06/2023 Bart Gamett
208-588-2224
bart.gamett@usda.gov 
Description: The Forest Service proposes to install a fish barrier in Warm Creek in the Little Lost River Basin to prevent non-native brook trout from negatively impacting ESA-listed bull trout.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63219
Location: UNIT - Lost River Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project area is in Warm Creek approximately 425 ft. upstream from the confluence of Warm Creek and Sawmill Creek.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest,   North Fork Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R4 - Intermountain Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Bia Po'i Naokwaide Aquatic Organism Passage Improvement Project
CE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
06/2023 Keats Conley
208-756-5252
Keats.Conley@usda.gov 
Description: Replace two undersized corrugated metal culverts on Bia Po%u2019i Naokwaide with bridges to improve passage for aquatic organisms.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63108
Location: UNIT - North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Salmon River Road and FSR # 60039 near Indianola.
Fourth of July Creek Vegetation Management
CE
- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) 
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
05/2023 Nathan Eby
208-865-2705
nathan.l.eby@usda.gov 
Description: Manual and mechanical removal of trees to promote stand health and resiliency to insects and disease
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=62994
Location: UNIT - North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Approximately 14 miles northeast of Salmon, Idaho in the Fourth of July Creek drainage.
Grouse Gulch
CE
- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) 
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:04/2023
 
04/2023 Nathan Eby
208-865-2705
nathan.l.eby@usda.gov 
Description: Manual and mechanical treatments to improve stand health and increase resiliency to insects and disease.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=62995
Location: UNIT - North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. T 25 N, R 21 E, Sections: 9, 10, 15, and 16; Boise Meridian, Lemhi County, Idaho.
Lone Pine Exploration Drilling
CE
- Minerals and Geology  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/23/2021 
Expected:10/2022
 
10/2022 Deanna Stever
208-768-7619
deanna.stever@usda.gov 
Description: Ounces High Exploration proposes to construct 29 drill sites and less than one mile of temporary road near Bob Moore drainage.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=60964
Location: UNIT - North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. access begins at the junction of Highway 93 and the Stormy Peak Road (023) and continues west then northwest along the Stormy Peak Road to the Ridge Road (020) to the southeast to FSR 60781 to the sou.
Sheep Creek Vegetation Improvement Project
EA
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management 
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice 09/19/2019 
Expected:01/2023
 
05/2023 Wade Mcphetridge
(208) 865-2733
wade.mcphetridge@usda.gov 
Description: Use prescribed fire and mechanical fuels reduction to improve timber stand health, vigor, and resiliency, as well as improve wildlife habitat.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=55181
Location: UNIT - North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Project area comprises 41,931 acres adjacent to and east of the community of North Fork, Idaho.
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Salmon-Challis National Forest,   Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R4 - Intermountain Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Blackpine Exploration Drilling
CE
- Minerals and Geology  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
05/2023 Glenwood Brittain
208-756-5169
glenwood.brittain@usda.gov 
Description: Exploration drilling operations on unpatented claims in the Copper Creek and Little Deep Creek area. The plan of operations proposes to to drill no more than 5 holes at 23 drilling locations with 1 mile of new temporary road access.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63262
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Copper Creek and Little Deep Creek areas on the Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District, approximately 15 miles west of Salmon, Idaho.
Breccia Beta Exploration Drilling
EA

           *UPDATED*
- Minerals and Geology  In Progress:
Objection Period Legal Notice 02/09/2023 
Expected:05/2023
 
06/2023 Cassandra Kollenberg
208-756-5133
cassandra.kollenberg@usda.gov 
Description: Exploration drilling for locatable minerals on a series of Breccia Gold mining claims.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=62641
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. 25 miles southwest of Salmon, Idaho near the northern portion of Moyer Basin.
Copper Wood Post and Pole
CE
- Forest products  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
06/2023 Nathan Meyer
406-821-4259
nathan.meyer@usda.gov 
Description: The Forest Proposes to remove live and dead tress on up to 70 acres on the Salmon-Cobalt RD to provide post and pole products while reducing stocking levels in lodgepole pine stand.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63231
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Approximately 20 miles southwest of Salmon, Idaho on the Salmon-Cobalt RD. The project area is along FS Road 60099, Copper Creek Road.
Gilmore Drilling
EA

           *UPDATED*
- Minerals and Geology  In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice 10/27/2022 
Expected:06/2023
 
06/2023 Cassandra Kollenberg
208-756-5133
cassandra.kollenberg@usda.gov 
Description: Upon approval of proposed operating plan, authorize Kennecott Exploration Drilling Company (the Operator) to conduct mineral exploration for locatable minerals on the Operator's claims in the project area.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63039
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. ilmore area in Lemhi, County, Idaho. Approximately 15 miles south/southeast along Highway 28 from Leadore, Idaho. T. 13N, R. 26E, Section 12, Boise Prime Meridian.
Hoodoo Airstrip Special Use Permit
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/18/2018 
Expected:03/2023
 
07/2023 Joshua Milligan
208-993-9014
joshua.milligan@usda.gov 
Description: The Salmon-Challis National Forest (Salmon-Challis) proposes to issue a special use permit to Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) to maintain the Hoodoo Meadows Airstrip and by making other repairs to make the Airstrip functional.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63433
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project area is located south of Yellowjacket Lake on the Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District of the Salmon-Challis National Forest.
Iron Creek Exploration Drilling
EA
- Minerals and Geology  In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice 11/24/2022 
Expected:06/2023
 
06/2023 Cassandra Kollenberg
208-756-5133
cassandra.kollenberg@usda.gov 
Description: The project proposes exploration drilling from roughly 92 drill pads over a 10 year period.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63150
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project area is in the North Fork Iron Creek watershed on the Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District, Salmon-Challis National Forest, Lemhi County Idaho.
Moyer Creek Bridge Installation
CE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management 
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
07/2023 Kelly Schade
208-756-5229
kelly.schade@usda.gov 
Description: Installation of a bridge on Moyer Creek for stream channel restoration. The existing crossing is degrading designated critical habitat for ESA-listed bull trout, Chinook salmon, and steelhead.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63248
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Approximately 30 miles from Salmon on Moyer Creek, a tributary to Panther Creek.
Panther Creek Process-Based Restoration: Bonucelli
CE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
07/2023 Kelly Schade
208-756-5229
kelly.schade@usda.gov 
Description: Conduct process-based restoration in Panther and Fourth of July Creeks, including beaver-dam analogs, large wood augmentation, and post-assisted log structures
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63245
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Upper Panther Creek drainage about 30 miles west of Salmon, Idaho.
Purcell Diversion Special Use Authorization
CE
- Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:03/2023
 
04/2023 Kelly Schade
208-756-5229
kelly.schade@usda.gov 
Description: Issue a special use permit for a water diversion onto private property. Will include fencing springs and ditch management.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63247
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Swan Basin area near Leadore, Idaho.
Sunshine Exploration Project
CE
- Minerals and Geology  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:06/2023
 
06/2023 Jeffrey Hunteman
208-315-5029
jeffrey.hunteman@usda.gov 
Description: There are seven proposed drill sites. The number of drill holes at each site may vary with a maximum of three. Both vertical and angle holes may be drilled. Roughly 1.75 miles of existing road may be used temporarily.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63276
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project is in Lemhi County, Idaho in portions of: Sections 20 and 21, T21N, R18E.
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