Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)
01/01/2024 to 03/31/2024
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,  MIDDLE FORK 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
Land Management Plan Direction for Old-Growth Forest Conditions Across the National Forest System
EIS

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Land management planning  Developing Proposal
Est. NOI in Federal Register 12/2023  		Expected:01/2025  01/2025 Jennifer Ruyle
520-388-8351
jennifer.mcrae@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.
Nationwide Aerial Application of Fire Retardant on National Forest System Land.
EIS
 - Regulations, Directives, Orders  In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register 02/11/2022
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 09/2023  		Expected:09/2023
  		01/2024 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

           *UPDATED* 		- 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.
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 10/2024  		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
Sawmill Canyon Access and Restoration Project
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Recreation management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/27/2021  		Expected:03/2024
  		03/2024 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.
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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  Completed  Actual: 11/06/2023  01/2024 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

           *UPDATED* 		- Vegetation management (other than forest products)  In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/08/2022  		Expected:01/2024
  		06/2024 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.
Cabin Cash Road Reroute
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Road management  Completed    11/2023 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

           *UPDATED* 		- Fuels management  Completed  Actual: 10/31/2023  11/2023 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

           *UPDATED* 		- Grazing management  Completed  Actual: 10/19/2023  10/2023 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
bart.gamett@usda.gov 
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.
Lower Yankee Fork Trailhead
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Recreation management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/14/2023  		Expected:03/2024
  		06/2024 Stephen Larrabee
208-879-4135
stephen.larrabee@usda.gov 
Description: Reconstruction of existing trailhead to provide adequate parking and facilities to trail users.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65307
Location: UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. In the Lower Yankee Fork drainage adjacent to USFS Road 40013. Approximately 4 road miles north of Idaho State Highway 75.
Ramey Creek Road Reroute
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Recreation management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/09/2021  		Expected:01/2024
  		02/2024 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

           *UPDATED* 		- Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022  		Expected:04/2024
  		05/2024 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

           *UPDATED* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Fuels management 		 Cancelled  N/A  N/A 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.
Upper Challis Creek Project
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/14/2023  		Expected:03/2024
  		06/2024 Christine Stewart
208-588-3415
christine.stewart@usda.gov 
Description: Modify and improve stream crossings and eliminate impacts from trails and roads on perennial stream that provide habitat for Chinook Salmon, steelhead, Bull Trout, and Westslope Cutthroat Trout.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65311
Location: UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Upper Challis Creek Watershed above and below Mosquito Flat Reservoir.
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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

           *UPDATED* 		- Forest products  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022  		Expected:01/2024
  		01/2024 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.
Everson Creek Trail Reroute and Meadow Improvement
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Vegetation management (other than forest products)  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/14/2023  		Expected:03/2024
  		05/2024 Elizabeth Jossie
208-756-5206
Elizabeth.Jossie@usda.gov 
Description: Reroute Everson Creek Trail #6006, moving 1/4 mile of trail out of a groundwater-dependent meadow. Project includes subsequent meadow restoration.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65247
Location: UNIT - Leadore Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Everson Creek Drainage, approximately 12 miles west of Leadore, Idaho.
Swan Basin Water Development and Fence Project
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Grazing management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022  		Expected:01/2024
  		02/2024 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 Lemhi River Aquatic Passage and Habitat Enhancement--Canyon Creek
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022  		Expected:01/2024
  		02/2024 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

           *UPDATED* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022  		Expected:01/2024
  		02/2024 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
Warm Creek Bull Trout Protection Project
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  Completed  Actual: 03/15/2023  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,   MIDDLE 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
Copper Mountain Road Reroute
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
- Road management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/14/2023  		Expected:03/2024
  		06/2024 Christine Stewart
208-588-3415
christine.stewart@usda.gov 
Description: The Salmon-Challis NF proposes to reroute 0.25 miles of NFS Road #40656 to eliminate 2 ford crossings in ESA-listed fish habitat. A new route will be constructed and bridge installed across Banner Creek.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65268
Location: UNIT - Middle Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - T12N., R 10E, Section 24. The project is located approximately 17 miles NW of Stanley, Idaho on the NFS Road #40656 on the Middle Fork Ranger District.
Dry Creek Forest Products
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Forest products  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/14/2023  		Expected:03/2024
  		06/2024 Lance Pekus
208-756-7078
lance.w.pekus@usda.gov 
Description: reduce fuel loading and infection by removing the dead, dying and infected trees through commercial timber sales on 250 acres.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65308
Location: UNIT - Middle Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. the Project is located in the Dry Creek Drainage near Marsh Creek on the Challis Yankee Fork Ranger District on the Salmon Challis approximately 20 miles NW of Stanley Idaho.
Winnemucca Bridge Project
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  Completed  Actual: 11/06/2023  06/2024 Christine Stewart
208-588-3415
christine.stewart@usda.gov 
Description: The purpose of the project is to install a bridge across Winnemucca Creek along FS Trail #4034. The bridge would reduce sediment delivery into the creek, which is critical habitat for ESA-threatened fish species.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=64971
Location: UNIT - Middle Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - T.13N, R.11E, Section 22. The project is located approximately 15 miles north of Stanley, Idaho.
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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

           *UPDATED* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022  		Expected:04/2024
  		05/2024 Kelly Schade
208-756-5229
kelly.schade@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

           *UPDATED* 		- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) 		 Completed  Actual: 10/18/2023  05/2024 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.
Freeman Gold Exploration Project
EA

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Minerals and Geology  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 01/2024  		Expected:06/2024  07/2024 Brian Ferwerda
208-993-9752
Brian.Ferwerda@usda.gov 
Description: Proposal to establish drill pads, and construction of temporary drill roads for exploratory drilling on the Salmon-Challis National Forest near Gibbonsville, Idaho.
Location: UNIT - North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Dahlonega Mining District in Lemhi County, near Gibbonsville, Idaho. Sections 4,5,6 of T25N, R21E, and sections 28, 29, 31, 32, and 33 of T26N, R21E.
Lone Pine Exploration Drilling
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Minerals and Geology  Completed  Actual: 04/23/2023  07/2023 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.
North Fok-Newland Power Pole Replacement
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Special use management  Completed  Actual: 09/28/2023  10/2023 Margaret Schmidt
406-859-3211
Margaret.Schmidt@usda.gov 
Description: Replace existing power poles between North Fork and Newland Ranch
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65052
Location: UNIT - North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Between North Fork Ranger Station and Newland Ranch along the Salmon River Road.
Sheep Creek Vegetation Improvement Project
EA

           *UPDATED* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management 		 In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice 09/19/2019  		Expected:03/2024
  		03/2024 Nathan Meyer
406-821-4259
nathan.meyer@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
Copper Wood Post and Pole
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Forest products  Completed  Actual: 09/21/2023  06/2024 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.
Diamond Creek REE Exploration Drilling II Project
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Minerals and Geology  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 12/2023  		Expected:03/2024  06/2024 Lance Pekus
208-756-7078
lance.w.pekus@usda.gov 
Description: Exploration drilling and trenching for locatable minerals in the Diamond Creek area over a 12 month period.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65217
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Diamond Creek watershed 9 miles northwest of Salmon, Idaho.
Iron Creek Exploration Drilling
EA

           *UPDATED* 		- Minerals and Geology  In Progress:
Objection Period Legal Notice 11/30/2023  		Expected:03/2024
  		06/2024 Jeffrey Hunteman
208-756-5246
Jeffrey.Hunteman@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.
Lone Pine Exploration III Project
EA

           *UPDATED* 		- Minerals and Geology  In Progress:
Scoping Start 10/06/2023  		Expected:05/2024
  		06/2024 Lance Pekus
208-768-7619
lance.w.pekus@usda.gov 
Description: Proposal to exploratory drill at 29 drill sites on National Forest System lands near UP & Burlington Patented inholding west of Salmon, Idaho on the Salmon-Challis National Forest.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=64829
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. West of Salmon, Idaho in sections 16 and 17 of T22N and R21 E, Boise Meridian, Lemhi County.
Megado Silver King Exploration Drilling Project
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Minerals and Geology  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/14/2023  		Expected:03/2024
  		06/2024 Cassandra Kollenberg
208-756-5128
cassandra.kollenberg@usda.gov 
Description: Exploration drilling for locatable minerals in the East Fork of Spring Creek drainage for a 12 month period.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65218
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. East Fork Spring Creek drainage, approximately 13 miles west-northwest of North Fork, Idaho.
Moyer Creek Bridge Installation
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management 		 Completed  Actual: 10/16/2023  07/2024 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.
Purcell Diversion Special Use Authorization
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022  		Expected:04/2024
  		05/2024 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.
Stormy Moose Vegetation Project
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Vegetation management (other than forest products)  In Progress:
Scoping Start 10/10/2023  		Expected:01/2024
  		01/2024 Nathan Meyer
208-865-2721
nathan.meyer@usda.gov 
Description: Prevent the build-up of insect and disease, reduce the large accumulation of dead and dying trees, provide a mix of forest products, and decrease the level of hazard trees along main arterial roads within the project area.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65025
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Approximately 7 miles northwest of Salmon, Idaho on the Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District.
Twelve Mile Trail Construction
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Recreation management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/14/2023  		Expected:03/2024
  		05/2024 James Townley
000-000-0000
James.Townley@usda.gov 
Description: Construction of new trails in the Twelvemile Creek drainage.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65294
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. This project is located in the Twelvemile Creek drainage, approximately 12 miles south of Salmon, Idaho and 2 miles east of US Highway 93.
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