Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)
04/01/2025 to 06/30/2025
Tahoe 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)
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region, Tahoe National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region, Tahoe National Forest,  American River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region, Tahoe National Forest,  Sierraville Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region, Tahoe National Forest,  Truckee Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
R5 - Pacific Southwest Region, Tahoe National Forest,  Yuba River 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

           *UPDATED*
- Land management planning  Cancelled  N/A  N/A 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
Sierra Pacific Power Company (NV Energy) Powerline Rebuild Project - Lines 101, 102, 133
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/01/2024 
Expected:05/2025
 
05/2025 Casey Burns
530-562-7837
Casey.Burns2@usda.gov 
Description: NV Energy proposes replacement of three electrical transmission lines (101, 102, and 133) with modernized electrical design line, using existing alignment (right of way) to significantly improve reliability within the electric power grid.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65719
Location: UNIT - Truckee Ranger District, Carson Ranger District. STATE - California, Nevada. COUNTY - Nevada, Sierra, Washoe. LEGAL - Beginning at T17N, R15E, S17 running northeast to T19N, R18E, S7. Truckee Ranger District of the Tahoe National Forest and the Carson District of the Humbolt Toiyabe National Forest.
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Tahoe National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)  

R5 - Pacific Southwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Forty-Niner Gold
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Fuels management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/27/2025 
Expected:05/2025
 
06/2025 John Brokaw
530-478-6187
john.brokaw@usda.gov 
Description: Implement a combination of treatments to construct fuel breaks and remove hazard trees across approximately 3,000 acres of NFS lands along 35 miles of roads throughout the YRRD to mitigate the risk of wildfire to protect nearby communities.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67778
Location: UNIT - Yuba River Ranger District, Sierraville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Sierra, Yuba. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Project is north and east of Downieville along Highway 49 and NFS Road 93 and north of Bassetts on Gold Lakes Highway.
Hwy 89 Fiber Optic Project
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Special use management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2025 
Expected:06/2025  06/2025 Timothy Cardoza
530-478-6210
timothy.cardoza@usda.gov 
Description: Installation of underground fiber optic cable to be buried under the pavement within the Highway 89 Right of Way Corridor through Special Use Permit.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67717
Location: UNIT - Sierraville Ranger District, Truckee Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Nevada, Sierra. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The proposed fiber optic facilities will be located within the Truckee and Sierraville Districts of the Tahoe National Forest and within the existing Highway 89 Right-of-Way Corridor.
Pliocene Ridge Roadside Fuel Break
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Fuels management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/27/2025 
Expected:09/2025
 
09/2025 Kelly Pavlica
530-398-5730
kelly.pavlica@usda.gov 
Description: Implement a combination of treatments to construct fuel breaks and remove hazard trees across approximately 3,000 acres of NFS lands along 35 miles of roads throughout the YRRD to mitigate the risk of wildfire to protect nearby communities.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67777
Location: UNIT - Yuba River Ranger District, Sierraville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Sierra, Yuba. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Located east of Pike City, California along approximately 34 miles of the Pliocene Ridge, Henness Pass and Mountain House Roads and along NFS Roads 07, 12, 54, and 98.
Tahoe National Forest E-Bike Trail Designation
EA

           *UPDATED*
- Recreation management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/06/2024
Est. Comment Period Public Notice 06/2025 
Expected:11/2025
 
11/2025 Joe Chavez
530-559-2579
joe.chavez@usda.gov 
Description: Proposed designation of select trails as open to Class 1 E-Bikes within Tahoe National Forest.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66218
Location: UNIT - Yuba River Ranger District, Truckee Ranger District, American River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Nevada, Placer, Sierra, Yuba. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Tahoe National Forest in select areas within Nevada, Yuba, Sierra and Placer Counties.
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Tahoe National Forest,   American River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R5 - Pacific Southwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
ARRD BAR Trail Reroute Project
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Recreation management  Completed  Actual: 03/06/2025  03/2025 Matthew Brownlee
530-478-6254
matthew.brownlee2@usda.gov 
Description: Reroute 3 trail segments on Loops 5 and 6. Perform trail maintenance.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65465
Location: UNIT - American River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Placer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Sugar Pine OHV area north and east of Foresthill, CA, within the Mosquito Fire burn perimeter on American River Ranger District.
ARRD Communication Sites Improvements
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Special use management
- Facility management 
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2025 
Expected:06/2025  08/2025 Matthew Brownlee
530-478-6254
matthew.brownlee2@usda.gov 
Description: A new communication site lease for New Cingular Wireless at Cisco Butte communication site and an amended communication site lease for T-Mobile at Blue Canyon communication site for the installation of communications infrastructure.
Location: UNIT - American River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Placer. LEGAL - Cisco Butte and Blue Canyon communication sites are located on the American River Ranger District, Tahoe National Forest, Placer County, State of California. Both communication sites are accessed from Interstate 80 via exits 155 and 165. Sites are located at Blue Canyon Airport and Cisco Butte.
Mosquito Fire Restoration
EA

           *UPDATED*
- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management 
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 07/2025 
Expected:01/2026  02/2026 Kelly Pavlica
530-398-5730
kelly.pavlica@usda.gov 
Description: Removal of hazard trees, site preparation, reforestation, and critical fuel break management on approximately 6,600 acres.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63704
Location: UNIT - American River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Placer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Mosquito Fire area east of Foresthill on the American River Ranger District.
PCWA Stream Gage Trail Project
CE
- Special use management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 01/2025 
Expected:02/2025  03/2025 Karen Walden
530-478-6175
karen.walden@usda.gov 
Description: Road repair and trail construction for access to PCWA stream gage adjacent to Circle Bridge/Mosquito Ridge Road.
Location: UNIT - American River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Placer. LEGAL - T14N, R11E, Section 21, Mount Diablo Meridian. East of the community of Foresthill, within the American River Ranger District, in the vicinity of Circle Bridge on Mosquito Ridge Road (Road 96).
Roadside Invasive Plants
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 08/2025 
Expected:10/2025  10/2025 Karen Walden
530-478-6175
karen.walden@usda.gov 
Description: This Project proposes treating invasive plants with herbicide within an 8 acres project area along Gorman Ranch Road.
Location: UNIT - American River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Placer. LEGAL - Township 14 North, Range 11 East, Section 28. East of the community of Foresthill within Tahoe National Forest on the American River Ranger District, along Gorman Ranch Road (Road 3002).
Shirttail Forest Restoration Project
EA

           *UPDATED*
- Recreation management
- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
- Road management 
Completed  Actual: 02/26/2025
11/21/2024 
04/2025 Kelly Pavlica
530-367-2224 x 248
kelly.pavlica@usda.gov 
Description: Forest health actions to accomplish forest restoration and wildfire hazard reduction at a landscape scale while facing dynamic and evolving forest conditions.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=64740
Location: UNIT - American River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Placer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Project goes north and east of Foresthill along the Foresthill Divide, and north to the rim of the North Fork of the American River Canyon.
Sugar Pine Project Water Right Permit 15375 Extension and Radial Gates Installation.
EIS
- Recreation management
- Special use management 
On Hold  N/A  N/A Timothy Cardoza
530-478-6210
timothy.cardoza@usda.gov 
Description: Amend Foresthill PUD's Special Use Permit for Sugar Pine Reservoir for installation of radial gates to increase water storage capacity (EIS). This will be a joint analysis with the state project to extend the PUD's water right permit (EIR).
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=47780
Location: UNIT - American River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Placer. LEGAL - Sections 13 and 24, T15N, R10E, and Sections 18 and 19, T15N, R11E, Mt. Diablo Meridian. Sugar Pine Reservoir, American River Ranger District.
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Tahoe National Forest,   Sierraville Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R5 - Pacific Southwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Sayles Project
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management 
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/13/2025 
Expected:05/2025
 
06/2025 Eric Vane
760-920-3595
eric.vane@usda.gov 
Description: Protect water resources in Stampede reservoir, improve the health and sustainability of forest stands and restore meadow ecosystems.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66509
Location: UNIT - Sierraville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Sierra. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Southeast of Loyalton and north of Stampede reservoir.
Sieraville Public Utilities Well Construction
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Special use management  Completed  Actual: 02/11/2025  05/2025 Casey Burns
530-562-7837
Casey.Burns2@usda.gov 
Description: Issue a temporary construction permit for well site #1 and associated conduit and pipe connecting the well to existing facilities.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67526
Location: UNIT - Sierraville Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Sierra. LEGAL - NW? of the NE? of Section 25, Township 20 North, Range 14 East, Mount Diablo Meridian. Adjacent to existing permitted facilities within the Sierraville ranger district at Sieraville Public Utilities District site at Railroad Springs.
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Tahoe National Forest,   Truckee Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R5 - Pacific Southwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Boca Forest Health project
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management 
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 05/2025 
Expected:07/2025  09/2025 Eric Vane
760-920-3595
eric.vane@usda.gov 
Description: Create healthy forest stands which exhibit resilience to wildfire, insects, disease, and changing climactic conditions. Restore meadow habitat through improved hydrologic function, reconnection of floodplains, stream channel restorations actions.
Location: UNIT - Truckee Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Nevada. LEGAL - Mount Diablo Meridian (Code 21) T 18 N R 16 E and R 17 E Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 28, 29, and 30. Boca Hill area between Prosser and Boca Reservoirs.
Boreal-Woodward Tahoe Mountain Bike Trail Development
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 01/24/2024 
Expected:10/2025
 
10/2025 Elizabeth Moore
530-587-3558
elizabeth.a.moore@usda.gov 
Description: Boreal-Woodward Tahoe Mountain Bike Trail Development. Auburn Ski Club is proposing the addition of summer use of lift serviced mountain biking.
Location: UNIT - Truckee Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Placer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Boreal Woodward Tahoe Ski Area.
Hobart Administrative site redevelopment and improvement Project
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Facility management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 05/2025 
Expected:07/2025  09/2025 John Brokaw
530-563-2235
john.brokaw@usda.gov 
Description: Improve roads, signage, and parking areas. Improve existing infrastructure. Addition of updated power, communication, and plumbing infrastructure. Improve sites for potential building replacement, and admin campsite locations for seasonal personnel.
Location: UNIT - Truckee Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Nevada. LEGAL - Mount Diablo Meridian (Code 21) T 18 N R 16 E Section 15. Hobart Work Center on the west side of Highway 89, North of Truckee California.
Kinder Morgan LS-12 Pipeline Van Norden Meadow Encroachment Project
CE
- Special use management  On Hold  N/A  N/A Casey Burns
530-563-2223
Casey.Burns2@usda.gov 
Description: Tahoe NF will authorize a 0.5 mile pipeline encroachment due to the acquisition of Van Norden Meadow. The Humboldt-Toiyabe and Tahoe NFs will also approve a new operating plan for the entirety of the pipeline. Actions are administrative only.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=55778
Location: UNIT - Truckee Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Nevada, Placer, Sierra. LEGAL - Van Norden section: T17N R15E sec. 25. The 0.5 mile encroachment to be authorized located in Van Norden Meadow. The operating plan to be approved is located east-west across Tahoe NF and into western portion of Humboldt-Toiyabe NF.
PG&E MPE Submittal: PN-006019, III, 35052978_Summit 1101/1102 Circuit Tie, 35052978
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/01/2024 
Expected:06/2025
 
09/2025 Casey Burns
530-562-7837
Casey.Burns2@usda.gov 
Description: The installation of seven new #7 boxes (WLs 13, 17, 19, 23, 25, 29, and 31) and replacement of four existing #5 boxes with new #7 boxes (WLs 11, 15, 21, 27) will require 11 off-pavement excavations with 11 adjacent work areas.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66456
Location: UNIT - Truckee Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Nevada, Placer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Tahoe National Forest south of Donner Pass Road, between Soda Springs Road and Sugar Bowl Road, and adjacent to the PG&E Summit Substation in Soda Springs, Nevada and Placer Counties, California.
Placer County Lower Sawtooth Trailhead Improvement Project
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Special use management  Completed  Actual: 02/19/2025  05/2025 Casey Burns
5305627837
Casey.Burns2@usda.gov 
Description: Tahoe National Forest has accepted a Special Use Permit (SUP) application from the County of Placer, to improve the existing Lower Sawtooth Trailhead recreation site, and to manage the site for year-round recreational use for an initial period of 10
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67673
Location: UNIT - Truckee Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Placer. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Lower Sawtooth Trailhead is in the town of Truckee, CA. at the junction of Sawtooth Rd. (FS 06) and Thelin Drive in the Sierra Meadows neighborhood. The legal description of the project location is T 17 N, R 16 E, Section 22.
Russell Valley Fuels Reduction
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management 
In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/13/2024 
Expected:05/2025
 
06/2025 Jonathan Cook fisher
530-587-3558
jonathan.fisher@usda.gov 
Description: Manual and mechanical fuels treatment, as well as prescribed fire for the benefit of forest health, wildfire resilience, hydrological function and resiliency to climate change.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63852
Location: UNIT - Truckee Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Nevada, Sierra. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Russell Valley is a high use area northeast of the town of Truckee, CA and the project area is entirely within the Wildland Urban Interface defense and threat zone.
Sierra Pacific Power Company (NV Energy) Powerline Rebuild Project - Lines 101, 102, 133
CE
- Special use management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 06/2024 
Expected:09/2024  05/2025 Gabriela Yanez
7753098096
gabriela.yanez@usda.gov 
Description: The Sierra pacific Power Company (NV Energy) proposes replacing three transmission lines (101, 102, 133) to modernize the electric design line along the existing alignment (right of way) and improve reliability within the electric power grid.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66292
Location: UNIT - Truckee Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Nevada, Sierra. LEGAL - Beginning at t17N, R15E, S17 running northeast to T19N, R18E, S7. The project runs northeast from the west side of Donner Lake to Verdi, California following the existing 101, 102, 133 powerline right of ways.
T-Mobile Generator Install
CE
- Special use management  On Hold  N/A  N/A Christina Hood
530-563-2243
Christina.Hood@usda.gov 
Description: T-Mobile is installing a generator on Hwy 89S below Goose Meadows CG to obtain backup power and provide cell service in the event of an emergency such as wildfire.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=60451
Location: UNIT - Truckee Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Placer. LEGAL - T. 17N R. 16E Section 4. Highway 89S, south of Goose Meadows Campground, adjacent to existing cellular equipment operated by T-Mobile.
Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area Renewal
CE
- Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/14/2017 
Expected:01/2025
 
02/2025 Elizabeth Moore
530-587-3558
elizabeth.a.moore@usda.gov 
Description: Reissue SUP TKD662401A for daily grooming & use of a 18ft wide ski corridor and placement of a temporary 12 x 12ft weather shelter on snow skids to Tahoe Donner Association. Include 2 improvements to remove obstructions and widen trail in 2 locations
Location: UNIT - Truckee Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Nevada. LEGAL - W half Section 2, T.17N., R15E and SW quarter Section 30, T. 18N., R 16E MDBM. on the Truckee Ranger District in the general vicinity of Tahoe Donner.
Truckee District Recreation Site Management and Improvement Project
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Recreation management
- Facility management 
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 06/2025 
Expected:09/2025  10/2025 Christina Hood
530-563-2243
Christina.Hood@usda.gov 
Description: Authorize common management actions undertaken for public safety, resource protection, and improved public recreational experience at existing FS recreation sites. Signage, hazard tree removal, re-paving, bathroom install, and barrier placement etc
Location: UNIT - Truckee Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Nevada, Placer, Sierra. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Managed Recreation Sites across the entire Truckee Ranger district including campgrounds, trailheads, boat ramps, and staging areas.
Truckee District Sensitive Riparian Areas Restoration Project
CE
- Watershed management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 05/2025 
Expected:10/2025  06/2026 John Brokaw
530-478-6187
john.brokaw@usda.gov 
Description: Restore sensitive riparian areas (Meadows, Fens, and Aspen stands) negatively affected by conifer encroachment, stream channel degradation, legacy infrastructure, roads, grazing, fire suppression, logging, mining, and other human caused impacts.
Location: UNIT - Truckee Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Nevada, Placer, Sierra. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Small individual project areas of up to 300 acres spread out across the entire Truckee Ranger District.
Truckee Ranger District Roadside Fuel break Expansion Project
CE(DNA)

           *UPDATED*
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management 
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/31/2025 
Expected:06/2025
 
06/2025 Daniel Patterson
530-927-7312
daniel.patterson@usda.gov 
Description: increased strategic fuel break creation to establish safe corridors of travel, improve fire control opportunity, and create critical defense areas consistent with local community wildfire protection plans.
---DNA associated project number: 63836
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66496
Location: UNIT - Truckee Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Nevada, Placer, Sierra. LEGAL - Not Applicable. sections of Soda Springs Rd.(Placer 6001), CA Highway 89, Hobart Mills Spur (FS 889-14), and Dry Creek Rd. (FS 889-3).
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Tahoe National Forest,   Yuba River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R5 - Pacific Southwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Downieville Fire Protection and US Forest Service Joint Fire Station
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Special use management
- Facility management 
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2025 
Expected:05/2025  06/2025 Sierra Mader
530-557-5883
Sierra.Mader@usda.gov 
Description: Special Use Permit application to build a new Downieville Fire Protection and US Forest Service Joint Fire Station on the US Forest Service Campus in Downieville, CA.
Location: UNIT - Yuba River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Sierra. LEGAL - Not Applicable. US Forest Service Campus in Downieville, CA.
Greenhorn Creek Stream Restoration Project
CE
- Recreation management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Fuels management 
On Hold  N/A  N/A Lauren Hoyle
530-288-3231
lauren.hoyle@usda.gov 
Description: Rehabilitating historic hydraulic mine site to discourage current and future illegal OHV use, reduce fuels, protect and establish habitat for Foothill Yellow Leg Frog, Western Pond Turtle, Sierra Newt and Western Toad.
Location: UNIT - Yuba River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Nevada. LEGAL - T16N R9E Sections 28 and 33. Project is on Greenhorn Creek north and south of the junction Buckeye Road FS 32-12.
Pike-Magnus Fuel Break Project
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Fuels management  Completed  Actual: 02/04/2025  02/2025 Nicole Gemmell
530-558-5883
nicole.gemmell@usda.gov 
Description: Combination of fuels reduction treatments approximately 440 acres of TNF land to establish contiguous fuel breaks in an area of strategic importance to control potential future wildfires.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66673
Location: UNIT - Yuba River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Sierra. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Sierra County, between Grizzly Gulch and Lafayette Ridge.
Pioneer Trail Bridge and Easement Modification
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Recreation management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 07/2025 
Expected:09/2025  10/2025 Joel Miller
530-557-5883
joel.miller@usda.gov 
Description: Bear Yuba Land Trust would be hiring a contractor to construct a bridge over the Jordan Creek spillway and the Forest Service would be amending a trail easement with PG&E to include the new bridge and Pioneer Trail spur to the northeast.
Location: UNIT - Yuba River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Nevada. LEGAL - Not Applicable. On the Pioneer Trail where it meets the Jordan Creek Spillway canal near Lake Spaulding.
South Yuba Roadside Fuel Break
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Fuels management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/02/2024 
Expected:04/2025
 
07/2025 Kenneth Remmert
530-478-6185
kenneth.remmert@usda.gov 
Description: This project would implement a combination of treatments to construct fuel breaks and remove hazard trees across 3,000 acres of NFS lands along 50 miles of roads throughout the YRRD to mitigate the risk of wildfire to protect nearby communities.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66923
Location: UNIT - Yuba River Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Nevada. LEGAL - Not Applicable. South Yuba River Watershed.
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