Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)
07/01/2024 to 09/30/2024
Okanogan-Wenatchee 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)
-  R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide)
-  R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
-  R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest,  Chelan Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
-  R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest,  Cle Elum Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
-  R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest,  Methow Valley Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
-  R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest,  Naches Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
-  R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest,  Wenatchee 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  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
Northwest Forest Plan Amendment
EIS

           *UPDATED* 		- Land management planning  In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register 12/18/2023
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 06/2024  		Expected:11/2024
  		12/2024 Scott Peets
541-750-7181
scott.peets@usda.gov 
Description: The 21 members of the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) Federal Advisory Committee will provide NWFP modernization recommendations to the USFS.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=64745
Location: UNIT - Lassen National Forest All Units, Mendocino National Forest All Units, Modoc National Forest All Units, Six Rivers National Forest All Units, Gifford Pinchot National Forest All Units, Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest All Units, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest All Units, Siuslaw National Forest All Units, Umpqua National Forest All Units, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest All Units, Shasta Trinity National Forest All Units, Deschutes National Forest All Units, Mt. Hood National Forest All Units, Klamath National Forest All Units, Fremont-Winema National Forest All Units, Willamette National Forest All Units, Olympic National Forest All Units. STATE - California, Oregon, Washington. COUNTY - Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, Adams, Benton, Chelan, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Yakima, Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Crook, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Hood River, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook, Wasco, Washington, Yamhill. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The area of the Northwest Forest Plan.
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R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide)

 
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Region 6 Elite Tree Protection Project
CE
 - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) 		 Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2023  		Expected:09/2023  09/2023 Claire Ellwanger
509-860-2463
claire.ellwanger@usda.gov 
Description: The Pacific Northwest Region is collaborating with nine Forests to develop a region-wide project to protect whitebark pine trees (Pinus albicaulis) that have a high level of white pine blister rust resistance.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63727
Location: UNIT - Malheur National Forest All Units, Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest All Units, Umpqua National Forest All Units, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest All Units, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest All Units, Deschutes National Forest All Units, Fremont-Winema National Forest All Units, Umatilla National Forest All Units, Colville National Forest All Units. STATE - Oregon, Washington. COUNTY - Chelan, Ferry, King, Kittitas, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Skagit, Snohomish, Stevens, Whatcom, Yakima, Baker, Deschutes, Douglas, Grant, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Union, Wallowa. LEGAL - Not Applicable. National Forest units, typically high elevation, where blister-rust resistant white-bark pine trees have been identified or are in screening, and areas that are high priority for new selections.
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Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)  

R6 - Pacific Northwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Forest-wide Tree Seed Orchard Protection
CE
 - Facility management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/03/2023  		Expected:03/2024
  		04/2024 Erin Baumgart
360-956-2405
Erin.Baumgart@usda.gov 
Description: The proposed actions are designed to: maintain/protect seed orchards, reduce and/or rearrange fuels, and increase seed productivity to meet current and future needs.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65582
Location: UNIT - Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest All Units. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Chelan, Kittitas, Okanogan, Yakima. LEGAL - Not Applicable. designated managed Seed orchards across the Forest.
Motorized Travel Management
EA
 - Recreation management
- Road management 		 On Hold  N/A  N/A Sendi Kalcic
575-682-5307
sendi.kalcic@usda.gov 
Description: Designate roads/trails/areas open to motorized vehicle use outside of wilderness consistent with Travel Management Rule. Roads/trails/areas not designated as open would be closed to motorized use. Project does not address over-the-snow motorized use.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=46467
Location: UNIT - Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest All Units. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Chelan, Kittitas, Okanogan, Yakima. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, outside Wilderness.
Planning and Management of Domestic Sheep and Goat Grazing within the Range of Bighorn Sheep
EIS

           *UPDATED* 		- Grazing management  In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register 02/17/2023
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 12/2024  		Expected:12/2025
  		05/2026 Stacy Lundgren
(509) 664-9200
Stacy.Lundgren@usda.gov 
Description: Proposal to amend Land and Resource Management Plans to provide forest plan direction for managing domestic sheep and goat grazing within the range of Bighorn sheep to better provide for bighorn sheep viability in the context of range management.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=53257
Location: UNIT - Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest All Units. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Chelan, Kittitas, Okanogan, Yakima. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest within the Range of Bighorn Sheep.
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Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest,   Chelan Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R6 - Pacific Northwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
25 Mile and Schneider Springs Reforestation Project
CE
 - Vegetation management (other than forest products)  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/03/2023  		Expected:01/2024
  		01/2024 Justin Gelb
530-964-3776
justin.gelb@usda.gov 
Description: re-establish habitat in areas negatively impacted by recent wildfires. Manual planting crews will primarily plant using hand tools
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65344
Location: UNIT - Chelan Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Chelan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. within 25 Mile Fire perimeterr.
Cooper Ridge Fuel Break Project
CE
 - Fuels management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/05/2023  		Expected:12/2023
  		01/2024 Andrew Hall
307-739-5425
andrew.hall@usda.gov 
Description: Fuel reduction along roads and historic fuel breaks to reduce risk of wildfire.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=64352
Location: UNIT - Chelan Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Chelan. LEGAL - (T29N, R21E, S1-25; T29N, R22E, S5-9, 15-16, 20-22, 27-30, 33-35; T28N, R22E, S2, 5-6, 8, 11-13. within Chelan and Okanogan counties, approximately 38 miles north of Wenatchee and 5 miles west of Highway 97 (T29N, R21E, S1-25; T29N, R22E, S5-9, 15-16, 20-22, 27-30, 33-35; T28N, R22E, S2, 5-6, 8.
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Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest,   Cle Elum Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R6 - Pacific Northwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Gold Creek Valley Restoration
EA

           *UPDATED* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice 04/03/2024  		Expected:09/2024
  		09/2024 Patricia GarveyDarda
509-852-1029
SM.FS.cmtcleelum@usda.gov 
Description: A multi-partner effort to recover Gold Creek bull trout populations by correcting habitat conditions which create significant mortality, reconnecting the creek and floodplain, and restoring natural processes. Provide recreation at this valued site.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=57415
Location: UNIT - Cle Elum Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Kittitas. LEGAL - T 22N, R 11E, Sec 1, 2, 10, 11, 14, 15, 22, 23, 26, 27, 34, 35; T 21N, R 11E, Sec 1, 2, 11, 12, 13; T21N, R12E Sec 10. Gold Creek drainage near Alpine Lakes Wilderness to Lake Keechelus.
I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East - Wildlife Closure
EA
 - Regulations, Directives, Orders  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 08/2023  		Expected:09/2023  09/2023 Patricia GarveyDarda
509-852-1029
patricia.garveydarda@usda.gov 
Description: Permanent area closure on National Forest land adjacent to I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East (I-90 SPE) reconstruction to restrict access to wildlife crossing structures.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=64000
Location: UNIT - Cle Elum Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Kittitas. LEGAL - Not Applicable. 15 miles west of Easton, WA.
Lower Lake Cle Elum Fuel Break Project
CE
 - Fuels management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/14/2024  		Expected:07/2024
  		08/2024 Jason Seldal
509-852-1034
jason.seldal@usda.gov 
Description: Establish linear fuel breaks around lower Lake Cle Elum to reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire, incorporating existing linear features.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=61998
Location: UNIT - Cle Elum Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Kittitas. LEGAL - Portions of T20N R14E, T21N R14E, and T22N R14E, W.M. North of I-90, approximately 7 miles northwest of the city of Cle Elum, along the east side of Cle Elum Lake and both side of Salmon la sac rd (SR903), along FSR 4303 and 4303-201.
Mineral Creek Road Decommissioning
EA

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 07/2024  		Expected:11/2024  06/2025 Codie Wilson
509-852-1100
Codie.Wilson@usda.gov 
Description: This project would decommission approx. 1 mile of FS-4600 (Mineral Creek Road), which would no longer be needed after the Upper Kachess River Restoration project constructs a new trailhead for the Mineral Creek Trail.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66507
Location: UNIT - Cle Elum Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Kittitas. LEGAL - T. 22N., R. 13 E., Sections 5 and 8. The project is located at the terminus of FS-4600, adjacent to the Upper Kachess River.
Potato Patch Plan of Operation
EA
 - Minerals and Geology  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 01/2023  		Expected:07/2023  07/2023 Jamey Basye
509 852 1042
Jamey.Basye@usda.gov 
Description: Forest review of a submitted Plan of Operation for placer mining on claims associated with the Potato Patch mine.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=59948
Location: UNIT - Cle Elum Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Kittitas. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Potato Patch mine is in the Swauk watershed, north of the town of Liberty along HWY 97.
Upper Swauk Restoration
EA
 - Recreation management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
- Road management
- Climate Change Adaptation 		 In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice 10/11/2023  		Expected:07/2024
  		07/2024 Joseph Rausch
541-575-3141
joseph.rausch@usda.gov 
Description: Landscape restoration to mitigate vegetation departure and climate change by moving the project area towards greater resilience, using commercial and noncommercial thinning, prescribed fire, aquatics actions, and recreation/access management.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63954
Location: UNIT - Cle Elum Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Kittitas. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Upper Swauk project is 13 miles northeast of Cle Elum, WA on both sides of Highway 97, north of Liberty.
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Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest,   Methow Valley Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R6 - Pacific Northwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Methow Valley Small Tracts Act Lands Conveyance
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Land ownership management  Completed  Actual: 03/01/2024  03/2024 Christopher Furr
509-996-4000
Christopher.Furr@usda.gov 
Description: Up to 8.4 acres of NFS lands in four locations would be exchanged or sold for up to 13.1 acres of private lands. Acquired lands would be designated as Forest Plan Management Area 5/Matrix or Management Area 5/Late Successional Reserves.
Location: UNIT - Methow Valley Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Okanogan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Project locations are in vicinity of Early Winters Creek, Patterson Lake, Twisp River, and Gold Creek.
Cedar Creek Fire Replant 2023
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Carbon Stewardship 		 Completed  Actual: 04/04/2024  04/2024 Karly Lampard
206 883-4241
Karly.Lampard@usda.gov 
Description: Planting native, climate-adapted seedlings on up to 2796 acres within the 2021 Cedar Creek Fire perimeter.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65315
Location: UNIT - Methow Valley Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Okanogan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Project area is located on the Methow Valley Ranger District, approximately 4 miles southwest of Winthrop, WA.
Chickadee Trails Disaster Repair & Expansion
CE
 - Recreation management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 03/2024  		Expected:06/2024  09/2024 Rosemary Seifried
509/996-4021
rosemary.seifried@usda.gov 
Description: Add approximately 10 miles of new and relocated trails to the Chickadee trail system to improve existing non-motorized trail infrastructure and mitigate impacts from the 2021 Cedar Creek Fire.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65751
Location: UNIT - Methow Valley Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Okanogan. LEGAL - T34N R20E Sections 23, 35 & 36; T34 R21E Sections 7, 19, 30 & 31; T33N R20E Sections 1 & 12; and T33N R21E Section 6. The vicinity of Thompson Ridge, approximately 10 miles W/NW of the town of Twisp in T34N R20E Sections 23, 35 & 36; T34 R21E Sections 7, 19, 30 & 31; T33N R20E Sections 1 & 12; and T33N R21E Section 6.
Cub Creek Trailhead Relocation and Trail Addition
CE
 - Recreation management
- Road management 		 Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2024  		Expected:05/2024  10/2024 Rosemary Seifried
509/996-4021
rosemary.seifried@usda.gov 
Description: Replace private trailhead with 2.3 acre trailhead and parking lot on NFS land, construct 395 feet of new road and construct 974 feet of new trail.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65644
Location: UNIT - Methow Valley Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Okanogan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. 2.7 miles up Cub Creek rd.
MVRD Wolf Creek RNA Fence Replacement 2023
CE
 - Grazing management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 05/15/2023  		Expected:08/2023
  		09/2023 Kelly Baraibar
509-996-4019
kelly.baraibar@usda.gov 
Description: Replacing fence that burned in a fire in its pre-fire location. 1.5 miles of fence replacement.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=64246
Location: UNIT - Methow Valley Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Okanogan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Wolf Creek Research Natural Area at 48?30' N. latitude and 120?15' W. longitude).
Midnight Restoration Project
EA

           *UPDATED* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
- Road management
- Climate Change Adaptation 		 In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice 04/17/2024  		Expected:02/2025
  		03/2025 Margaret Trebon
360-333-0835
Margaret.Trebon@usda.gov 
Description: Landscape-scale wildfire risk reduction and terrestrial restoration project in Rader Creek, lower Wolf Creek, and upper Twisp River drainages. Excludes Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63933
Location: UNIT - Methow Valley Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Okanogan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. West/northwest of Twisp, WA.
Waterline Special Use Permit Renewals
CE
 - Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/29/2021  		Expected:03/2024
  		03/2024 Robert George
509-996-4062
robert.george@usda.gov 
Description: Renew 21 special use authorizations for existing waterlines less than 12" diameter with no change in the scope or intensity of permitted activities.
Location: UNIT - Methow Valley Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Okanogan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Waterlines are located across district in the Methow River, Twisp River, Chewuch River, Rader Cr, Libby Cr, and Gold Cr drainages.
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Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest,   Naches Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R6 - Pacific Northwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Pacific Power Distribution Line Rebuild - Nile Hendrix Project
EA
 - Special use management  On Hold  N/A  N/A Jamey Basye
5098521042
Jamey.Basye@usda.gov 
Description: Pacific Power will upgrade 28 miles of distribution line and relocate parts of main distribution feeder to HWY 410 ROW (construct 14 linear miles); eight miles of distribution line will be removed from the current transmission right of way on Forest.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=59210
Location: UNIT - Naches Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Yakima. LEGAL - Not Applicable. This section of the Pacific Power transmission line parallels HWY 410 along the Little Naches and American rivers in Yakima county, Washington.
Schneider Springs Planting
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Vegetation management (other than forest products)  Completed  Actual: 05/09/2024  05/2024 Peter Wier
208-259-3361
peter.wier@usda.gov 
Description:  This project proposes to primarily plant conifers to speed the recovery time of the proposed restoration areas. The project will re-establish habitat and slow soil erosion in areas negatively impacted by the Schneider Springs Fire.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66227
Location: UNIT - Naches Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Yakima. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Proposed restoration areas within the 2021 Schneider Springs Wildfire burned across 113,000 acres of the Naches Ranger District.
White Pass Ski Area - Chairlift 4 Replacement Project
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Special use management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 05/2024  		Expected:08/2024  06/2025 Kimberly Larned
509-852-1062
kimberly.larned@usda.gov 
Description: White Pass proposes to replace the existing double chairlift with a new quad chairlift. The new lift would be installed in the same alignment as the current lift, with the same bottom and top terminal locations.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66172
Location: UNIT - Naches Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Lewis, Yakima. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Approximately 55 miles west of Yakima, WA and 20 miles east of Packwood, WA.
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Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest,   Wenatchee River Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R6 - Pacific Northwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Blewett Pass Communication Site
CE
 - Special use management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 02/2023  		Expected:08/2023  09/2023 Vincent Schoon
509-548-2585
vincent.schoon@usda.gov 
Description: Replacement of a existing AT&T tower
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63490
Location: UNIT - Wenatchee River Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Chelan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Blewett Pass.
Bomber Bowl Snowmaking Line Extension
CE
 - Recreation management
- Special use management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/06/2023  		Expected:05/2023
  		06/2023 Mason Schuur
509-548-2566
mason.schuur@usda.gov 
Description: The primary purpose of this project is to expand snowmaking within the existing Mission Ridge Ski Area boundary to cover the popular and sun-exposed northeast side of the Mission Ridge Ski Area.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63725
Location: UNIT - Wenatchee River Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Chelan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Mission Ridge Ski Area.
Chumstick to LP Project
EA
 - Fuels management
- Watershed management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/25/2023
Est. Comment Period Public Notice 06/2024  		Expected:09/2024
  		10/2024 Leslie Warta
307-214-8141
leslie.warta@usda.gov 
Description: Landscape scale terrestrial restoration project.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=64247
Location: UNIT - Wenatchee River Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Chelan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. general area is Chumstick, Lower Peshastin, Leavenworth surrounding area.
Dry Creek FS7804 Underground Transmission Line Installation
CE
 - Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 11/23/2022  		Expected:05/2023
  		05/2023 Vincent Schoon
509-548-2585
vincent.schoon@usda.gov 
Description: Permit amendment to include construction, operation, and maintenance of 4000 feet of underground fiber and powerline in the Dry Creek FS 7804 Road Prism.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63491
Location: UNIT - Wenatchee River Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Chelan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Dry Creek FS 7804 Road.
Mission Ridge Chair 5 Project
CE
 - Recreation management
- Special use management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/06/2023  		Expected:05/2023
  		06/2023 Mason Schuur
509-548-2566
mason.schuur@usda.gov 
Description: The purpose of this project is to implement a project approved in the Mission Ridge Master Plan EA to install a new chair lift within the existing special use permit and ski area boundary (ref. pg. 16, 1.2.3.3 Bowl Four Lift -now called Chair 5.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63726
Location: UNIT - Wenatchee River Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Chelan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Mission Ridge Ski Area.
Mission Ridge Ski and Board Resort Expansion Project
EA
 - Recreation management
- Special use management 		 In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice 02/26/2020  		Expected:08/2023
  		08/2023 Mason Schuur
509-548-2566
mason.schuur@usda.gov 
Description: Project is to amend the Mission Ridge Special Use Permit, building a new access road, constructing new alpine ski lifts and ski runs on Forest Service lands.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=53981
Location: UNIT - Wenatchee River Ranger District. STATE - Washington. COUNTY - Chelan. LEGAL - T21N R20E S30 and T21N R19E S24 and S25. Mission Ridge is about 8 miles southwest of Wenatchee, WA.
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To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

(1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or

(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.