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- Ozark-St. Francis National Forests , Bayou Ranger District
- Ozark-St. Francis National Forests , Boston Mountain Ranger District
- Ozark-St. Francis National Forests , Magazine Mountain Ranger District
- Ozark-St. Francis National Forests , Pleasant Hill Ranger District
- Ozark-St. Francis National Forests , St. Francis Ranger District
- Ozark-St. Francis National Forests , Sylamore Ranger District
| Ozark-St. Francis National Forests , Bayou Ranger District | R8 - Southern Region | ||||
| Project Name | Project Purpose | Planning Status | Decision | Expected Implementation | Project Contact |
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| Southwestern Energy 2-D Seismic Proposal CE |
- Minerals and Geology | In Progress 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 03/07/2013 |
Expected: 05/2013 | 06/2013 | Michael Mulford 870-446-5122 mmulford@fs.fed.us |
| Description: This is a subsurface geophysical mapping proposal. Includes 1 seismic line 9 miles long (5 miles on National Forest and 4 miles on private land). | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Bayou Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Conway, Van Buren. LEGAL - Township 09 North, Range 16 West, Sections 6, 7 &18 in Conway County and Township 10 North, Range 16 West, Sections 6, 7, 18, 19, 30 & 31 in Van Buren County. Generally located on the Southeast portion of the Forest. West of the community of Clevland. | |||||
| Southwestern Power Administration Vegetation Management Project EA |
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Special use management |
In Progress Scoping Start 06/20/2011 Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 10/2012 |
Expected: 12/2012 | 06/2013 | Michael Mulford 870-446-5122 ext. 5136 mmulford@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Use of herbicides on a 20-mile by 100ft powerline right-of-way easement. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Bayou Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Pope, Searcy. ThePermit area enters the Forest 1.5 miles south of Long Pool Rec Area & exits 1 mile southwest of Witt Springs, AR. This area includes the communication site on White Oak Mtn. | |||||
| Three Knob Project EA |
- Fuels management - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Forest products - Heritage resource management - Watershed management - Road management - Special area management - Recreation management |
Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 04/2013 |
Expected: 07/2013 | 10/2013 | Michael Mulford 870-446-5122 mmulford@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Landscape scale project which includes; timber management, reforestation, travel management, recreation access, prescribed burning, and wildlife improvements. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Bayou Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Johnson, Pope. North of Broomfield Rd, in the area of Three Knob Mtn., and on the west side of Big Piney Creek north on the east side of Meadows Knob road to Bill Jack Phillips ford | |||||
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| Ozark-St. Francis National Forests , Boston Mountain Ranger District | R8 - Southern Region | ||||
| Project Name | Project Purpose | Planning Status | Decision | Expected Implementation | Project Contact |
| Lee Creek Prescribed Burning Project CE |
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Watershed management - Fuels management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Grazing management |
Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 07/2013 |
Expected: 12/2013 | 02/2014 | Michael Klick 479-667-2191 mklick@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Prescribed burns on the Lee Creek Unit of the Boston Mountain Ranger District. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Boston Mountain Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Crawford, Washington. LEGAL - multiple townships in the Lee Creek Unit Lee Creek Unit of Western Arkansas bordering Oklahoma. | |||||
| Mulberry River Watershed Improvement and Access Project EA |
- Road management - Facility management - Recreation management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Grazing management - Heritage resource management - Watershed management |
Developing Proposal Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 03/2013 |
Expected: 08/2013 | 10/2013 | John Lane 479-667-2191 johnlane@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Improvements to recreational access to the Mulberry River at multiple locations along the WiId and Scenic Corridor. Also includes Turner Bend Small Game area habitat improvements and improved hunter access including wheelchair accessible areas. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Boston Mountain Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Franklin. LEGAL - Multiple sections in T 11N R 28W and T 11N R 27W Multiple access sites along Wild and Scenic Corridor of the Mulberry River. Between stream miles 18 and 36. | |||||
| Natural Dam Tornado Salvage Project CE |
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Forest products - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Fuels management - Watershed management |
Analysis Completed | Expected: 04/2013 Actual: 04/02/2013 |
04/2013 | Mike Hennigan 479-667-2191 mhennigan@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Salvage of damaged trees on 250 acres. Incidental removal of undamaged trees (mostly Loblolly). Area damaged by tornado and straightline winds. After removal area would be site prep burned and planted with native shortleaf pine and hardwoods. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Boston Mountain Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Crawford. LEGAL - section 31 T 12N R 32W; section 6 T 11N R 32W Lee Creek Unit of Boston Mountain Ranger District northwest of Natural Dam off hwy 59. | |||||
| Spirits Project EA |
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Special area management - Watershed management - Heritage resource management - Recreation management - Fuels management - Road management - Special use management - Forest products - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants |
Developing Proposal Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/2013 |
Expected: 09/2013 | 12/2013 | Mike Hennigan 479-667-2191 mhennigan@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Timber and Wildlife habitat improvement proposal including thinning pine stands, regeneration, sanitation thinning and prescribed burning. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Boston Mountain Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Franklin. LEGAL - multiple sections in T 12N R 28W, T 12N R 27W, T 11N R 28W, T 11N R 27W, T 11N R26W Main Unit on Boston Mountain Ranger District in Franklin County | |||||
| White Rock Prescribed Burning Project EA |
- Fuels management - Watershed management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Vegetation management (other than forest products) |
In Progress 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 01/11/2013 |
Expected: 04/2013 | 10/2013 | Michael Klick 479-667-2191 mklick@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Control burn approximately 43,000 acres on main unit. Burns would be divided into smaller units and would be repeated as needed over the course of several years. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Boston Mountain Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Crawford, Franklin, Madison. LEGAL - multiple townships: T 13N R 28W, T 13N R 27W, T 12N R 29W, T 12N R 28W, T 12N R 27W, T 11N R 29W , T 11N R 28 W, T 11N R 27W Main Unit of Boston Mountain Ranger District West of Highway 23 | |||||
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| Ozark-St. Francis National Forests , Magazine Mountain Ranger District | R8 - Southern Region | ||||
| Project Name | Project Purpose | Planning Status | Decision | Expected Implementation | Project Contact |
| Distsrictwide Non-Native Invasive Plant Treatment Project EA |
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) | On Hold | N/A | N/A | Vicki Weindel 479-963-3076 vweindel@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Control of non-native invasive plant species infestations across the Mt. Magazine Ranger District | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Magazine Mountain Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Logan, Yell. Mt. Magazine Ranger District in Logan and Yell Counties, Arkansas | |||||
| Prairie Project EA |
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Heritage resource management - Land management planning - Forest products - Road management - Recreation management - Fuels management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants |
Developing Proposal Est. Scoping Start 01/2013 |
Expected: 07/2013 | 06/2016 | Mindi Lawson 479-963-3076 malawson@fs.fed.us |
| Description: The Mt. Magazine RD is proposing forest health and ecosystem management, silvicultural treatments, road and trail management, and wildlife habitat management on National Forest land in Compartments 1, 14, 55, and 56 in Yell County, AR. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Magazine Mountain Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Yell. LEGAL - T. 6N, R. 22W, portions of Sections 19, 20, 29, and 30 and T. 6N, R. 23W, portions of Sections 22-27 Compartments 1, 14, 55, 56 Yell County (SE portion of the District | |||||
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| Ozark-St. Francis National Forests , Pleasant Hill Ranger District | R8 - Southern Region | ||||
| Project Name | Project Purpose | Planning Status | Decision | Expected Implementation | Project Contact |
| Cass-WWUA Connection CE |
- Special use management - Facility management |
In Progress 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 07/18/2012 |
Expected: 05/2013 | 07/2013 | Tom Cravens 479-754-2864 tcravens@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Cass Civilian Job Corp Center presently has no water since the drought has dried up the river source. Watalula Water Users Association has facilities about 2 miles away. Hooking up to their water system would solve the Center's water needs. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Pleasant Hill Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Franklin. LEGAL - Sections 24-26 and 35, Township 12 North, Range 27 West. Approximately 15 miles north of Ozark, AR on State Highway 23. | |||||
| Chinquapin-Low Gap EA |
- Fuels management - Minerals and Geology - Forest products - Heritage resource management - Recreation management - Road management - Watershed management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Vegetation management (other than forest products) |
Developing Proposal Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 02/2013 |
Expected: 09/2013 | 10/2014 | Matthew Pfeifler 479-754-2864 mtpfeifler@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Forest health timber harvest of pine & hardwood; wildlife habitat & fishery improvements; road stability; protection of heritage resources; fuel reduction; recreation enhancement; riparian stand improvement; non-native invasive species control. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Pleasant Hill Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Johnson. LEGAL - T11N R23W, Sec's. 6,7; T11N R24W, Sec's. 1,10-14,18,19,23-27,30,36; T11N R25W, Sec's. 25,26,34,35; T10N R25W, Sec. 2. Low Gap Rd. & Batson Rd. on the north; Apple Rd. & State Hwy 103 on the east; FS1427, -1,-2, FS1454a, FS1408 on the west; NF bdry to the south. | |||||
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| Ozark-St. Francis National Forests , St. Francis Ranger District | R8 - Southern Region | ||||
| Project Name | Project Purpose | Planning Status | Decision | Expected Implementation | Project Contact |
| St. Francis National Forest Ecosystem Restoration Project EA |
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Forest products - Fuels management - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Land management planning |
In Progress Scoping Start 06/07/2012 Est. 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/2013 |
Expected: 05/2013 | 07/2013 | James McCoy 270-924-2048 jrmccoy@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Vegetation management (harvests, NCT, TSI, reforestation, prescribed burning, mechanical fuel treatments, NNIS treatments & associated actions) to work toward desired future conditions for bottomland & upland ecosystems as outlined in the Forest Plan | |||||
| Location: UNIT - St. Francis Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Lee, Phillips. All National Forest System lands of the St. Francis National Forest except the Turkey Ridge Research Natural Area | |||||
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| Ozark-St. Francis National Forests , Sylamore Ranger District | R8 - Southern Region | ||||
| Project Name | Project Purpose | Planning Status | Decision | Expected Implementation | Project Contact |
| Indiana Bat Habitat Restoration Project EA |
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Forest products - Fuels management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants |
In Progress 215 Comment Period Legal Notice 04/17/2013 |
Expected: 05/2013 | 07/2013 | James McCoy 870-269-3228 jrmccoy@fs.fed.us |
| Description: Restoration of habitat for the endangered Indiana bat through timber harvests, thinning, prescribed fire and associated actions within the primary and secondary conservation zones utilizing an adaptive management approach. | |||||
| Location: UNIT - Sylamore Ranger District. STATE - Arkansas. COUNTY - Baxter, Stone. National Forest Service lands within the secondary conservation zone for the Indiana bat | |||||
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