Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)
07/01/2025 to 09/30/2025
White Mountain 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
-  R9 - Eastern Region, White Mountain National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
-  R9 - Eastern Region, White Mountain National Forest,  Androscoggin Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
-  R9 - Eastern Region, White Mountain National Forest,  Pemigewasset Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
-  R9 - Eastern Region, White Mountain National Forest,  Saco Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Projects Occurring Nationwide  

 
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Locatable Mining Rule - 36 CFR 228, subpart A.
EIS
 - Regulations, Directives, Orders  On Hold  N/A  N/A Sarah Shoemaker
907-586-7886
sarahshoemaker@fs.fed.us 
Description: The U.S. Department of Agriculture proposes revisions to its regulations at 36 CFR 228, Subpart A governing locatable minerals operations on National Forest System lands.A draft EIS & proposed rule should be available for review/comment in late 2020
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=57214
Location: UNIT - All Districts-level Units. STATE - All States. COUNTY - All Counties. LEGAL - Not Applicable. These regulations apply to all NFS lands open to mineral entry under the US mining laws. More Information is available at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/geology/minerals/locatable-minerals/current-revisions.
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White Mountain National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)  

R9 - Eastern Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Appalachian Trail Legacy Restoration Fund: shelters, privies, campsites, bridges & parking areas
CE
 - Recreation management
- Facility management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/30/2024  		Expected:09/2025
  		10/2025 Stanley Carte
603-536-6245
stanley.carte@usda.gov 
Description: NPS proposed projects on the AT to address deferred maintenance. Maintenance work would occur at shelters, privies, parking areas, campsites, and trail bridges across the forest.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67029
Location: UNIT - White Mountain National Forest All Units. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos, Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. along AT in Coos and Grafton Counties.
Forest-Wide Programmatic NEPA Bridge and Culvert Replacements in Ski Areas
CE
 - Recreation management
- Special use management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/28/2025  		Expected:07/2025
  		07/2025 Erica Dickerman
603-536-6100
erica.dickerman@usda.gov 
Description: Establish standard operating procedures (SOPs) for bridge and culvert replacements across ski special use permit areas to streamline individual project effects analysis. Any project that cannot meet SOPs would go through independent effects analysis.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67872
Location: UNIT - White Mountain National Forest All Units. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Carroll, Coos, Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Forest-wide within alpine and nordic skiing special use permit areas on non-Forest Service System trails and roads.
Wilderness Standard Forest Plan Amendment-Trail Management
EA

           *UPDATED* 		- Land management planning
- Recreation management
- Projects that may affect Wilderness (for mailing list contacts) 		 On Hold  N/A  N/A Theresa Corless
603-536-6135
theresa.corless@usda.gov 
Description: Amending the Forest Plan to enable relocations of trails in Wilderness and addition of existing travel corridors to the National Forest Trail System when for resource protection purposes.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/63551
Location: UNIT - White Mountain National Forest All Units. STATE - Maine, New Hampshire. COUNTY - Oxford, Carroll, Coos, Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. all designated Wilderness on the White Mountain National Forest.
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White Mountain National Forest,   Androscoggin Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R9 - Eastern Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Bog Dam 3 Bridge Replacement
CE
 - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
- Road management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/28/2025  		Expected:08/2025
  		08/2025 William Oneill
603-466-2713 x1231
william.oneill@usda.gov 
Description: Replace the Bog Dam 3 Bridge with a new, larger structure to facilitate improved aquatic organism passage and road sustainability.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67870
Location: UNIT - Androscoggin Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Bog Dam 3 bridge on the south end of Bog Dam Loop Road in Randolph, Coos County, New Hampshire.
Great Glen Libby Trace Mountain Bike Spur Trail Construction
CE
 - Recreation management
- Special use management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/28/2025  		Expected:08/2025
  		10/2025 Erica Dickerman
603-536-6100
erica.dickerman@usda.gov 
Description: Construction of a new 0.4 of a mile long single-track mountain bike spur trail about 24 inches wide at Great Glen Outdoors Center.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67027
Location: UNIT - Androscoggin Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Great Glen Outdoors Center, Greens Grant, base of Mount Washington, Route 16.
Hermit Lake Complex Shelters
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Recreation management
- Special use management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/29/2024  		Expected:07/2025
  		07/2025 Travis Pellerin
603-466-2713
travis.pellerin@usda.gov 
Description: Removal of one Adirondack shelter, rehabilitation of two shelters, construction of three tent platforms and construction of a five-bay composting toilet system.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/65417
Location: UNIT - Androscoggin Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Pinkham Notch, about two and a half miles up the Tuckerman Ravine Trail from AMC Pinkham Notch Visitor Center on Route sixteen.
Huntington Ravine Winter Access Trail Bridge Replacements
CE
 - Recreation management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/30/2024  		Expected:06/2025
  		10/2025 Bryanne Thompson
603-536-6257
Bryanne.Thompson@usda.gov 
Description: Replace 5 bridges at the end of their lifespan along Huntington Ravine Water Access Trail. The trail network is used for winter recreation and is an admin route as it is used for rescues and winter avalanche forecasting.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67033
Location: UNIT - Androscoggin Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Huntington Ravine Winter Access Trail connects Tuckerman Ravine Trail with the base of Huntington Ravine. Eastern flank of Mt Washington 1.6 miles from Pinkham Notch Visitor Center.
Madison Gulf Trail Bridge Replacement
CE
 - Recreation management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/28/2025  		Expected:08/2025
  		09/2025 Nathan Peters
603-466-2713
nathan.peters@usda.gov 
Description: Replace the current Madison Gulf Bridge with a newly designed structure. Helicopters may be used to transport material in and out of the Great Gulf Wilderness.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67871
Location: UNIT - Androscoggin Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Madison Gulf Trail at the crossing of West Branch of Peabody River, part of the AT in the Great Gulf Wilderness, in the township of Thompson and Meserves Purchase, Coos County, New Hampshire.
Mount Moriah Trail Bog Bridge Replacements
CE
 - Recreation management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 09/2025  		Expected:03/2026  03/2026 Nathan Peters
603-466-2713
nathan.peters@usda.gov 
Description: AMC proposes to replace up to 12 deteriorating bog bridges in kind along the Mount Moriah trail (AT). There are four project sites. Existing waterbars in the area will be improved. Materials will be airlifted and then carried to the sites.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67026
Location: UNIT - Androscoggin Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Mount Moriah Trail, Gorham.
One Mile Lonesome Ridge Integrated Resource Project
EA
 - Recreation management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Forest products
- Watershed management
- Road management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/12/2024
Est. Comment Period Public Notice 06/2025  		Expected:12/2025
  		09/2026 Scott Hall
603-536-6226
scott.hall@usda.gov 
Description: The Androscoggin Ranger District is developing a proposal for watershed, wildlife habitat, vegetation management, and recreation management actions in the One Mile Lonesome Ridge habitat management unit.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/65064
Location: UNIT - Androscoggin Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The One Mile Lonesome Ridge habitat management unit along the Kilkenny Loop Road in Berlin, New Hampshire.
Pinkham Notch Visitor Center Accessible Trail Establishment
CE
 - Recreation management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 09/2025  		Expected:03/2026  04/2026 Nathan Peters
603-466-2713
nathan.peters@usda.gov 
Description: Create an accessible trail, meeting Forest Service Trail Accessibility Guidelines(FSTAG), at the Pinkham Notch Visitor Center.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67025
Location: UNIT - Androscoggin Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Pinkham Notch Visitors Center, Gorham.
RMC Perch Caretaker Tentsite Creation
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Recreation management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 05/09/2025  		Expected:10/2025
  		10/2025 Nathan Peters
603-466-2713
nathan.peters@usda.gov 
Description: The RMC Pro Trail Crew and Caretaker staff will develop a new sixteen square-foot caretaker tentsite within the existing Perch Tentsite footprint.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=68153
Location: UNIT - Androscoggin Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos. LEGAL - Not Applicable. On the Perch Path about 1 mile north of the Presidential Range segment of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail in Low and Burbank's Grant.
Success Pond Ingall's Valley Road Culvert Replacement and Parking Lot Construction
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Recreation management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants 		 Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 02/2026  		Expected:08/2026  09/2026 William Oneill

william.oneill@usda.gov 
Description: Installation of a culvert and construction of a 0.5-acre parking area at the Success Trailhead on Ingall's Valley Road.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=68150
Location: UNIT - Androscoggin Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Located at the Success Trailhead sign on Ingalls Valley Road just off Success Pond Road in the Success township.
Wagner Yarding Corridor Special Use Permit
CE
 - Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/28/2025  		Expected:06/2025
  		10/2025 William Degrush
603-536-6246
William.Degrush@usda.gov 
Description: Wagner Forestry requests modification and use of a yarding corridor about one acre in size on National Forest System lands to facilitate a 70-acre timber project on adjacent private property.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67869
Location: UNIT - Androscoggin Ranger District. STATE - Maine. COUNTY - Oxford. LEGAL - Not Applicable. About one acre of NFS land off Bog Road in Mason Township, Bethel, Oxford County, Maine.
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White Mountain National Forest,   Pemigewasset Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R9 - Eastern Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
AMC Galehead Hut Solar Hot Water Panel Installation
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Special use management  Completed  Actual: 04/07/2025  07/2025 Marianne Leberman
603-466-2713 ext216
marianne.leberman@usda.gov 
Description: AMC proposes to install 6 flat-plate style solar thermal collectors on the roof of the Galehead Hut to reduce propane used to heat water.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67012
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. AMC Galehead Hut in Lincoln, New Hampshire.
Campton Dam Conveyance
CE
 - Land ownership management
- Facility management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/29/2024  		Expected:10/2025
  		10/2025 James Detzel
603-536-6250
james.detzel@usda.gov 
Description: Project focus would be to convey the dam, which will result in a similar land use and alleviate the maintenance burden from the Forest Service. This would be a direct sale to the permittee of the special use permit.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/65605
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Campton Dam, Town of Campton, Grafton County, New Hampshire (NH) Mad River, NH Route 49, Pond Road.
Eversource X178-2 Transmission Line Rebuild and Optical Ground Wire Installation
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/28/2025  		Expected:05/2026
  		06/2026 Marianne Leberman
603-536-6236
marianne.leberman@usda.gov 
Description: Eversource proposes replacing about 140 wooden utility poles (i.e. structures) with steel pole equivalents in the existing ROW, as well as installing about 102,000 linear feet of Optical Ground Wire.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67011
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Towns of Woodstock, Lincoln, and Easton in Grafton County.
Franconia Mountain Bike Trail Network Designation
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Recreation management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2025  		Expected:05/2026  06/2026 Michael Mosley
603-536-6107
michael.mosley@usda.gov 
Description: Designate the Franconia mountain bike trail network as official Forest Service trails and incorporate into the National Forest System trails database.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=68192
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. National Forest System lands between State highways 116 and 18 in Franconia.
Lincoln Woods Trail Reconstruction 2021
CE

           *UPDATED* 		- Recreation management  Completed  Actual: 04/07/2025  07/2025 Ryan Twomey
603-536-6103
ryan.twomey@usda.gov 
Description: Installation of slope stability measures and a retaining wall along eight hundred feet of the Lincoln Woods Trail.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/61348
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Eight hundred feet of the Lincoln Woods Trail starting about one-half mile from the Lincoln Woods Trailhead in Lincoln, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
Loon Black Mountain Glade Skiing Improvements
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Recreation management
- Special use management 		 Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2025  		Expected:06/2026  06/2026 Erica Dickerman
603-536-6100
erica.dickerman@usda.gov 
Description: Loon Mountain Recreation Corps proposes construction of access routes for the Black Mountain glade skiing area and glade improvements to facilitate downhill skiing.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=68193
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Black Mountain on the eastern end of the Loon Mountain Ski Resort in Lincoln.
Loon Mountain Bike Trail Construction 2024
CE
 - Recreation management
- Special use management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/28/2025  		Expected:08/2025
  		08/2025 Erica Dickerman
603-536-6100
erica.dickerman@usda.gov 
Description: Loon Mountain Recreation Corporation proposes to construct twelve new mountain biking trails, adding about five miles to their existing mountain bike trail network.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67867
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Within the existing permit area of Loon Ski Resort in Lincoln, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
Lost River Integrated Resource Project
EA

           *UPDATED* 		- Recreation management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Forest products
- Road management 		 In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice 04/15/2025  		Expected:10/2025
  		10/2025 Scott Hall
603-536-6226
scott.hall@usda.gov 
Description: The Pemigewasset Ranger District of the White Mountain National Forest proposes recreation, transportation, vegetation, and wildlife habitat management activities within the Lost River project area, Woodstock, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/63401
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project is focused on the Lost River and Franconia Habitat Management Units in Woodstock and Lincoln, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
Reel Brook Trail and Kinsman Ridge Trail Relocations
CE
 - Recreation management
- Watershed management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/28/2025  		Expected:07/2025
  		08/2025 Brett Hillman
603-536-6127
brett.hillman@usda.gov 
Description: Relocate about 500 feet of Kinsman Ridge trail to the east away from Harrington Pond, and relocate about 1000 feet of Reel Brook trail onto a higher ridge away from Reel Brook.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67868
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Reel Brook trail in Easton and the Kinsman Ridge section of the Appalachian National Scenic trail within the vicinity of Harrington Pond in Lincoln, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
Russell Pond Campground Vegetation Management Project
CE
 - Vegetation management (other than forest products)  In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/29/2024  		Expected:09/2025
  		10/2025 Benjamin Farina
603-536-6131
benjamin.farina@usda.gov 
Description: Harvest white ash and other hazard trees within one tree length to campsites and common areas at the Russell Pond Campground.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/65966
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The immediate vicinity of Russell Pond Campground up to 100 feet outside the perimeter, off Russell Pond Road accessed via Tripoli Road in Woodstock and Thornton, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
Waterville Valley Resort Main Access Road Reroute
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Recreation management
- Special use management 		 Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 11/2025  		Expected:05/2026  07/2026 Erica Dickerman
603-536-6100
erica.dickerman@usda.gov 
Description: Waterville Valley Resort proposes to reroute about 1,500 feet of the main access road onto the Chandler's Way trail to reduce erosion issues, road maintenance costs, and time to transport materials around the resort.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=68151
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Waterville Valley Ski Resort in Waterville Valley.
Waterville Valley Resort Proposed Expansion
EIS

           *UPDATED* 		- Land management planning
- Recreation management
- Special use management
- Facility management 		 In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register 05/16/2025
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal Register 05/2026  		Expected:05/2028
  		06/2028 Matthew Loscalzo
720-908-1213
Matthew.Loscalzo@usda.gov 
Description: Waterville Valley Resort proposes an expansion, see project documents for details. Comments can be submitted here: SM.whitemountain.comments@usda.gov with a subject line of Waterville Valley Scoping. The Get Connected option below is not active.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67459
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Waterville Valley Resort and adjacent land.
Waterville Valley Resort Schwendi Hutte Reconstruction
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Recreation management
- Special use management 		 Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 11/2025  		Expected:05/2026  06/2026 Erica Dickerman
603-536-6100
erica.dickerman@usda.gov 
Description: Waterville Valley Ski Resort proposes to reconstruct the Schwendi Hutte. Additional seats and decks, as well as a new kitchen, loading dock, main deck, and bathrooms are proposed.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=68152
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Top of the Tecumseh Express, Northside and Sunnyside lifts in the Waterville Valley Ski Resort in Waterville Valley.
Waterville Valley Resort Uphill Route Construction
CE
 - Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/28/2025  		Expected:09/2025
  		10/2025 Erica Dickerman
603-536-6100
erica.dickerman@usda.gov 
Description: Waterville Valley Resort [proposes to construct a new uphill route about 0.8 miles long and three feet wide through trees to move the existing uphill route awayfrom an existing downhill route.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67014
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Waterville Valley Resort.
Waterville Valley Ski Resort Red Feathers Cross-Country Ski Trail Construction
CE
 - Recreation management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/20/2024  		Expected:07/2025
  		07/2025 Erica Dickerman
603-536-6100
erica.dickerman@usda.gov 
Description: Waterville Valley Ski Resort proposes to construct the 2130-foot Red Feathers Nordic ski trail that will connect the Livermore and Moose Run Nordic ski trails as part of the Waterville Valley Ski Resort Nordic ski trail network.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/65636
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Within the Waterville Valley Resort special use permit boundary on National Forest System lands in Waterville Valley, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
West Branch Timber Stand Improvement
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Vegetation management (other than forest products)  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 11/2025  		Expected:05/2026  03/2027 Benjamin Farina
603-536-6131
benjamin.farina@usda.gov 
Description: Manual pre-commercial thinning (chop and drop) and pruning of about 11 acres of white pine stands to increase sunlight, airflow, and temperature of the growing environment, favoring the healthiest white pine trees.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=68155
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Forest Road 378 West Branch Brook Road, accessed via Adams Farm Road off of New Hampshire Route 175 in Thornton.
Wild Ammonoosuc Dam Removal
CE

           *NEW LISTING* 		- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
- Special use management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 05/09/2025  		Expected:10/2025
  		05/2026 Jennifer Burnett
603-536-6237
jennifer.burnett2@usda.gov 
Description: Removing the dam and associated structures and restoring the disturbed areas. Scope of work includes staging area establishment and access road improvement.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=68154
Location: UNIT - Pemigewasset Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Grafton. LEGAL - Not Applicable. New Hampshire Route 112, one and a quarter mile east of its junction with New Hampshire Route 116 in the Town of Landaff.
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White Mountain National Forest,   Saco Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R9 - Eastern Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Government Pit Mineral Site Designation
EA
 - Minerals and Geology  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 09/2025  		Expected:06/2026  06/2026 James Innes
603-447-5448 x 5102
james.innes@usda.gov 
Description: Cutting about 50 red pine trees over three inch or larger diameter at breast height and removing fill in about a 100 by 100-foot area on the north side of the pit to establish the Government Pit mineral collection site.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/65962
Location: UNIT - Saco Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Carroll. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Off High Street, just past High Street Cemetary in Albany, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
Jackson Ski Touring Center Bengt Trail Bridge Replacement and Trail Reroute
CE
 - Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/28/2025
This project has changed to a CE that does not require a written decision document and will be removed from the SOPA.  		Expected:07/2025
  		07/2025 Erica Dickerman
603-536-6100
erica.dickerman@usda.gov 
Description: This project proposes two bridge replacements. If the current locations are not suitable, new locations nearby will be considered, and a small trail reroute to tie the new bridges to the existing trail may be necessary.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67019
Location: UNIT - Saco Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Carroll. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Jackson Ski Touring Center Bengt Trail between the Ellis River Trail South Branch and the South Hall Trail.
NHDOT Chatham Storage Building Replacement
CE
 - Special use management
- Facility management 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/30/2022  		Expected:10/2025
  		10/2025 Jennifer Burnett
603-536-6237
jennifer.burnett2@usda.gov 
Description: New Hampshire DoT requests the White Mountain National Forest authorize the replacement of a 70 year old storage building and construction of a new salt storage building.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/62438
Location: UNIT - Saco Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Carroll. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Storage area off of Butler Hill Rd., Chatham, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
Webster Cliff Trail Relocation and Project-Specific Forest Plan Amendment
EA
 - Land management planning
- Recreation management
- Projects that may affect Wilderness (for mailing list contacts) 		 In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/03/2025
Est. Comment Period Public Notice 06/2025  		Expected:11/2025
  		05/2026 Brian Johnston
603-466-2713
brian.m.johnston@usda.gov 
Description: Relocation of about one mile of the Webster Cliff hiking trail into the Presidential Range Wilderness. This will include a project-specific forest plan amendment to allow the addition of the trail into Wilderness.
Web Link:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/whitemountain/projects/67593
Location: UNIT - Saco Ranger District. STATE - New Hampshire. COUNTY - Coos. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Webster Cliff Trail, part of the Appalachian Trail just north of Crawford Notch in Bean's Grant, Coos County, New Hampshire.
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