Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)

This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.

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- Projects Occurring in more than one Region (excluding Nationwide)
- Lassen National Forest , Almanor Ranger District
- Lassen National Forest , Eagle Lake Ranger District
- Lassen National Forest , Hat Creek Ranger District


Projects Occurring in more than one Region (excluding Nationwide)
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment (SNFPA)
EIS
- Land management planning On Hold N/A N/A Donald Yasuda
916-640-1168
dyasuda@fs.fed.us
Description: Prepare a narrowly focused analysis to comply with two orders issued by the Eastern District Court of California on November 4, 2009. Correct the 2004 SNFPA Final SEIS to address range of alternatives and analytical consistency issues.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/snfpa/2010seis
Location: UNIT - Carson Ranger District, Bridgeport Ranger District, Eldorado National Forest All Units, Inyo National Forest All Units, Lassen National Forest All Units, Modoc National Forest All Units, Plumas National Forest All Units, Sequoia National Forest All Units, Sierra National Forest All Units, Stanislaus National Forest All Units, Tahoe National Forest All Units, Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Unit. STATE - California, Nevada. COUNTY - Douglas, Esmeralda, Mineral, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yuba. LEGAL - Along the Sierra Nevada Range, from the Oregon/California border south to Lake Isabella as well as lands in western Nevada. Sierra Nevada National Forests
Lassen National Forest , Almanor Ranger District R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Brokenshire
EA
- Fuels management
- Facility management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Recreation management
- Watershed management
In Progress
Scoping Start
02/29/2012
Est. Objection Period Legal Notice
04/2013
Expected: 06/2013 07/2013 Jennifer Hensel
530-258-2141
jhensel@fs.fed.us
Description: Implement fuels reduction surrounding a recreation residence tract and an organization camp; riparian and soil resource protection; recreation site improvement and expansion; decommission unauthorized OHV trails identified under Travel Management;
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=30973
Location: UNIT - Almanor Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Tehama. LEGAL - T29N, R4E, sec. 23, 27 & 34 MDM Brokenshire is located along an approximately 1/2 mile strip of State Highway 172 in Tehama County, south of State Highway 36 near Childs Meadows.
Feather River Allotment
EA
- Grazing management Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start
04/2013
Expected: 09/2013 06/2014 Bernice McProud
530 258-5129
bmcproud@fs.fed.us
Description: Grazing management.
Location: UNIT - Almanor Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - sec. 1-4, 9-15, 22-24 T29N R5E; sec. 4-9, 16-22, 27-30 T29N R6E, MDM Northwest of Chester, Plumas County, California and south of Lassen Volcanic National Park
Gillam Water Transmission Special Use Authorization
CE
- Special use management Developing Proposal
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice
04/2013
Expected: 06/2013 08/2013 Jane Goodwin
530-258-2141
jmgoodwin@fs.fed.us
Description: Re-issue expired special use permit for a water transmission line for domestic use to a residence located on private property. Permit term will be 20 years. Point of diversion is located on private property.
Location: UNIT - Almanor Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - T. 27 N., R. 7 E., SE 1/2 sec. 31 Point of diversion of Miller Creek adjacent to County Road 307 near Humbug Valley
Morgan Danger Tree Project
CE
- Road management Developing Proposal
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice
06/2013
Expected: 08/2013 09/2013 Blair Halbrooks
530-258-5160
bhalbrooks@fs.fed.us
Description: Live or dead danger trees that pose a threat of falling or rolling into the roadway are hazards to those who travel Forest System roads & highways. ALRD proposes to fell & remove or fell & leave in place danger trees, primarily along ML3 & ML4 roads.
Location: UNIT - Almanor Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Tehama. LEGAL - sec. 12 T28N R3E; sec 3-5, 8 T28N R4E; sec. 20, 21, 27-29, 31-34 T29N R4E, MDM Morgan Summit rest area, snowmobile, automobile, and cross country ski routes south of Hwy 36 to Hole-in-the-Ground campground and Mill Creek Trailhead.
Poker Chip Project
EA
- Road management
- Forest products
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
In Progress
215 Comment Period Legal Notice
03/26/2013
Expected: 05/2013 07/2013 Blair Halbrooks
530-258-2141
bhalbrooks@fs.fed.us
Description: This is a proposal to salvage harvest fire-killed and fire-injured trees, remove danger trees, and promote the re-establishment of fire-resistant, shade-intolerant conifer species through reforesation within the Chips Fire perimeter in the Lassen NF.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40912
Location: UNIT - Almanor Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Plumas. LEGAL - T. 25 N., R 6 E. sec. 2-5, 9-11; T. 26 N., R. 6 E. sec. 3, 4, 8-10, 17-23, 25-27, 29, 30, 33-36; T. 26 N., R 7 E. sec. 4, 5, 7-9, 18, 19, 30, 31; T. 27 N., R. 7 E. sec. 14, 22-25; T. 27 N., R. 8 E. se South of the Lake Almanor basin within the Chips Fire perimeter
Rattlesnake Camp (Name Change)
EA
- Watershed management
- Recreation management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start
06/2013
Expected: 12/2013 06/2014 Michelle Ahearn
530-258-5162
mahearn@fs.fed.us
Description: The proposed Rattlesnake Camp project would perform maintainance on an historic dispersed camping site, protect hydrologic and aquatic resources by hardening portions of the motorized access trail to improve drainage and designate the trail.
Location: UNIT - Almanor Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Tehama. LEGAL - T. 27 N., R. 4 E., sec. 22 East of California Highway 32, north of Colby Mountain
Turner Mountain Communication Site Improvement
CE
- Special use management Developing Proposal
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice
04/2013
Expected: 05/2013 07/2013 Jane Goodwin
530-258-2141
jmgoodwin@fs.fed.us
Description: CalTrans proposes to install new radio equipment inside an existing Forest Service vault and to install two radio antennae on the existing tower. This action would result in the issuance of a special use authorization for the improvements.
Location: UNIT - Almanor Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Tehama. LEGAL - T28N, R3E, sec. 10 Turner Mountain
Zehn Danger Tree Project
CE
- Road management In Progress
Scoping Start
10/12/2011
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice
04/2013
Expected: 06/2013 07/2013 Blair Halbrooks
530-258-2141
bhalbrooks@fs.fed.us
Description: Live or dead danger trees that pose a threat of falling or rolling into the roadway are hazards to those who travel Forest System roads & highways. ALRD proposes to fell & remove or fell & leave in place danger trees, primarily along ML3 & ML4 roads.
Location: UNIT - Almanor Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Lassen, Plumas. LEGAL - sec 2,3,10,11 T29N R73; sec 1,2,12,24-26,34,35 T30N R7E; sec 23,26,35 T31 N R7E; sec 3-8, 18,19 T30N R8E; sec 31 T31N R8E, MDM Along Forest Highway 32N10 (the 10 road) north to Silver Lake Basin; east to County Road A-21
Lassen National Forest , Eagle Lake Ranger District R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Blacks CT1 Thin
CE
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Research
Analysis Completed Expected: 03/2013
Actual: 03/29/2013
05/2013 Terre PearsonRamirez
530-257-4188
tramirez@fs.fed.us
Description: Treatment of approximately 405 acres within Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest. Treatments include: thinning, group selection, reforestation, prescribed fire and fencing.
Location: UNIT - Eagle Lake Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Lassen. LEGAL - T33N, R7E, Sections 14-15 Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest
Dragon Project
EA
- Watershed management
- Road management
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Forest products
In Progress
Scoping Start
08/07/2012
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice
06/2013
Expected: 08/2013 06/2014 Amy Harrison-Smith
530-257-4188
aharrisonsmith@fs.fed.us
Description: This project will have fuels reduction and forest restoration objectives. Activities include meadow and aspen enhancement, variable density thinning, prescribed burning, watershed improvements and management of the transportation system.
Location: UNIT - Eagle Lake Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Lassen. LEGAL - T32N, R8E, Sections 5-8, 17, 18 and T 33N, R8E, Sections 3-5, 8, 9, 34, MDB&M Eagle Lake Ranger District, Harvey Management Area
Rust Resistant Sugar Pine Mainenance
CE
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start
04/2013
Expected: 06/2013 08/2013 Susan Wilcox
530-257-4188, ext. 886
swilcox@fs.fed.us
Description: Thin areas around proven rust resistant sugar pine (RRSP) trees to increase sustainability by reducing direct vegetative competition, wildfire risk, over-wintering habitat for cone boring insects, and squirrel access to crowns.
Location: UNIT - Eagle Lake Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Lassen. LEGAL - T29N, R10E, sections 4, 27, 33, and 34; T30N, R9E, sections 24, 33, and 34; T31N, R9E, sections 8, 10, 16, and 17; T32N, R9E, section 2; T32N, R10E, sections 9, 10, 15, 21, 28, 32, and 33, MDB&M. Areas of treatment proposed with the Rust Resistant Sugar Pine Project are located throughout the Eagle Lake Ranger District
Susan River Irrigation Infrastructure Improvement Project
CE
- Watershed management Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start
06/2013
Expected: 09/2013 03/2014 Terre PearsonRamirez
530-257-4188
tramirez@fs.fed.us
Description: Repairing parshall flumes at the inlet and outlet of McCoy Reservoir and the outlet of Hog Flat
Location: UNIT - Eagle Lake Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Lassen. LEGAL - T30N, R9E, Sections 9-11,14-16,23-26 and T30N, R10E, Sections 19-20, 29-30 McCoy Flat & Hog Flat Reseviors
Lassen National Forest , Hat Creek Ranger District R5 - Pacific Southwest Region
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Badger Forest Restoration Project
EA
- Watershed management
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Forest products
- Heritage resource management
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Fuels management
On Hold N/A N/A Alissa Tanner
530-336-5521
altanner@fs.fed.us
Description: The purpose is to begin restoration and maintain healthy, resistant & resilient landscapes, rich in biodiversity, with greater capability to adapt and thrive in the face of natural disturbances and large scale threats to sustainability.
Location: UNIT - Hat Creek Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Shasta. LEGAL - T31, 32, & 33N, R4, & 5 North of Lassen Volcanic National Park, South of CA-89, East of CA-89, & West of the Hat Creek Rim
Dixie Valley Grazing Allotment
EA
- Grazing management In Progress
Scoping Start
04/05/2012
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice
05/2013
Expected: 06/2013 07/2013 Moise Suarez
530-257-4188
msuarez@fs.fed.us
Description: Analyze livestock grazing on the Dixie Valley Allotment
Location: UNIT - Hat Creek Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Lassen. LEGAL - T34N, R8E; approximately 30 miles NW of Susanville, CA Dixie Valley
Eastside Pine Underburn Project
EA
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management
In Progress
Objection Period Legal Notice
03/27/2013
Expected: 05/2013 05/2013 Deborah Mayer
530-336-5521 ext. 366
dmayer@fs.fed.us
Description: Use of prescribed fire in an eastside pine ecosystem to control natural fuel buildups and reduce the potential for severe wildfires.
Location: UNIT - Hat Creek Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Lassen, Shasta. LEGAL - Townships 32-35 North, Ranges 4-7 East Eastside pine areas from the Hat Creek Rim east to the District boundary and Little Valley
Hat Creek Public Safety and Forest Health Project
CE
- Recreation management
- Facility management
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
In Progress
Scoping Start
03/20/2013
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice
04/2013
Expected: 05/2013 06/2013 Greg Mayer
530-336-5521
gmayer@fs.fed.us
Description: The project ensures public safety and improves forest health at recreational facilities and admin. sites on the Hat Creek Ranger District, by removing dead, dying, and structurally damaged, bark beetle infested or diseased trees.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41632
Location: UNIT - Hat Creek Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Shasta. LEGAL - T34N, R4E, Sec 15, 16, 27; T33N, R5E, Sec. 8, 9, 16, 27, 28, 32 and 33; T32N, R5E, Section 5; T32N, R4E, Sec. 12, 13, 29; T31N, R3E, Sec. 1 of Mount Diablo Meridian Hat Creek Work Center, Old Station Visitor Center and Work Center, Honn, Rocky, Cave, Hat Creek, Big Pine, and Bridge Campgrounds, Panoramic Point, Bridge and Old Station Day Use Areas, Subway Cave
Reading Project
EA
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Forest products
In Progress
Scoping Start
12/18/2012
Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice
04/2013
Expected: 05/2013 06/2013 Mary Price
530-336-5521 ext. 382
mpprice@fs.fed.us
Description: The purpose of this project is to capture the remaining forest product economic value and benefit, provide for safety through danger tree removal, and reforest suitable portions of the landscape deforested by the Reading Fire.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40821
Location: UNIT - Hat Creek Ranger District. STATE - California. COUNTY - Shasta. LEGAL - T31N, R4E, S 1, 2, 12, 13; T31N, R5E, S 1-12; T32N, R5E, S 25-28 and 33-36 West Prospect and Badger Mountains
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