Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)
01/01/2025 to 03/31/2025
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
- 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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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
- 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
Wapiti Fire Salvage
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Forest products  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/13/2024 
Expected:04/2025
 
06/2025 Erin Pierson
208-879-4155
erin.pierson@usda.gov 
Description: Salvage harvesting of dead and imminently dead lodgepole pine. The proposed project would designate 250 acres for salvage and sanitation cutting with no new road construction and no more than 0.5 mile of temporary road.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67299
Location: UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District, Middle Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Stanley Basin, approximately 11 air miles northwest of the town of Stanley, Idaho.
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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
Big A Vegetation
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)  Completed  Actual: 12/12/2024  05/2025 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.
Blind Fork Exclosures and Water Development
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Grazing management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/13/2024 
Expected:04/2025
 
06/2025 Anna Lloyd
208-879-4130
anna.lloyd@usda.gov 
Description: Construction of two exclosures around two springs on the Blind Fork of Trail Creek to exclude livestock. The project would include replacement of one trough and the addition of a headbox at one spring, which would be piped to the trough.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67229
Location: UNIT - Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Lawson Creek Allotment, White Hills Unit on the Blind Fork Trail Creek. Near Forest Road 109 and the boundary with Lawson Creek-BLM Admin.
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.
Upper Challis Creek Project
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management 
Completed  Actual: 12/13/2024  07/2025 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:01/2025
 
05/2025 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.
Cruikshank Riparian Fence
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Grazing management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/13/2024 
Expected:04/2025
 
06/2025 Jessica French
208-768-2500
jessica.french@usda.gov 
Description: Construct about 0.6 miles of fence to create a riparian exclosure on Cruikshank Creek, tying into 700 yards of existing Forest Service and private land boundary fence to create an exclosure to protect the riparian area.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67301
Location: UNIT - Leadore Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Cruikshank Creek, approximately 8 miles NE of Leadore, ID, off State Highway 20.
Swan Basin Water Development and Fence Project
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Grazing management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:01/2025
 
05/2025 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 AOP and Habitat Enhancement (AKA Upper Lemhi AOP and Habitat Enh.)
CE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:12/2024
 
05/2025 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.
Wagonbox Spring Improvement
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Grazing management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/01/2024 
Expected:01/2025
 
05/2025 Jessica French
208-768-2505
jessica.french@usda.gov 
Description: New exclosure to protect approximately 0.84 acres of riparian habitat using approximately 600 feet of jackleg fence.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67346
Location: UNIT - Leadore Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Two miles West of Bannock Pass; Nine miles north of Leadore, ID.
West Lemhi Aquatic Organism Passage and Habitat Enhancement
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2022 
Expected:12/2024
 
05/2025 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
Mill Creek Bull Trout Protection Project
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/13/2024 
Expected:04/2025
 
07/2025 Bart Gamett
208-588-2224
bart.gamett@usda.gov 
Description: Installation of a fish barrier in Mill 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=67325
Location: UNIT - Lost River Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Mill Creek in Little Lost River basin.
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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

           *UPDATED*
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
- Road management 
Completed  Actual: 12/13/2024  06/2025 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

           *UPDATED*
- Forest products  Completed  Actual: 12/13/2024  05/2025 Lance Pekus
208-756-7078
lance.w.pekus@usda.gov 
Description: Reduction of 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.
Knapp Creek I Fish Passage Improvement Project
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/13/2024 
Expected:04/2025
 
06/2025 Kelly Schade
208-756-5229
kelly.schade@usda.gov 
Description: Replacement of an existing diversion structure with a new structure designed to accommodate fish passage in Knapp Creek for all life stages and ensure full water delivery to irrigated private land.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67304
Location: UNIT - Middle Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Custer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Knapp 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:12/2024
 
05/2025 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.
Freeman Gold Exploration Project
EA

           *UPDATED*
- Minerals and Geology  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 01/2025 
Expected:01/2025  05/2025 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.
Shoup Land Exchange
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Land ownership management
- Land acquisition 
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/08/2024 
Expected:01/2025
 
05/2025 Margaret Schmidt
406-859-3211
Margaret.Schmidt@usda.gov 
Description: Land exchange between the Forest Service and a private party
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65579
Location: UNIT - North Fork Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Shoup Parcel is at Township 24 N., Range 9 E., Boise Meridian. The Sheepeater Parcel is at Township 24 N., Range 18 E., Boise Meridian.
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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
Camas Creek Road (NFSR 258) and Fish Habitat Improvement Project, Phase I
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Road management 
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/13/2024 
Expected:04/2025
 
07/2025 Kelly Schade
208-756-5229
kelly.schade@usda.gov 
Description: The project would reroute part of NFSR 258 away from the streambank, install a new channel-spanning bridge in a more stable location, rehabilitate the existing ford crossings, and decommission the original road.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67300
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Camas Creek Road NFSR 258 near Meyer%u2019s Cove.
Diamond Creek REE Exploration Drilling II Project
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Minerals and Geology  Completed  Actual: 10/02/2024  05/2025 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.
Dump Salvage
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Forest products
- Fuels management 
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/13/2024 
Expected:04/2025
 
06/2025 William Bedient
509-486-5175
william.bedient@usda.gov 
Description: Salvage log up to 250 acres of burnt and/or insect and disease infested timber which is either dead or likely to die in the next 3 years.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67272
Location: UNIT - Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District. STATE - Idaho. COUNTY - Lemhi. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project area is located approximately twelve miles northwest of Salmon Idaho.
Megado Silver King Exploration Drilling Project
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Minerals and Geology  Completed  Actual: 10/04/2024  05/2025 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.
Stormy Moose Vegetation Project
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)  In Progress:
Scoping Start 10/10/2023 
Expected:01/2025
 
05/2025 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
- Recreation management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/14/2023 
Expected:07/2025
 
07/2025 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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