Klamath National Forest & Butte Valley National Grassland — Project Detail

To reduce wildfire risk and increase ecosystem resilience through fuels reduction treatments. Shasta Indian Nation led project.

This project proposes to replace approximately two miles of water pipeline and two water troughs in the Bray cattle allotment on the Goosenest Ranger District.

Operation and maintenance of a buried fiber optic system. This permit authorizes the installation of microduct and fiber owned by the holder (CDT) into existing conduit owned by Siskiyou Telephone, permitted under authorized ID OAK57. Waiver n/a.

Special use permit and amendment to include installation of metal service building for the storage of fire trucks and rescue vehicles at the Forest Service administrative site in Forks of Salmon, CA. Water Board Waiver n/a.

Project proposes to restore the trails within the Humbug OHV area: removing hazard trees and vegetation along the trails, restoring the trail tread, and restoring existing drainage features. Includes ongoing routine trail maintenance. Waiver B.

Authorize cattle grazing within East Beaver, Ash Creek, and Hornbrook Allotments and implement an adaptive management strategy. Water Board Waiver Category B expected.

This project would extend fiber optic line to the Callahan Guard Station.

To provide for safe ingress and egress in the event of a large-scale wildfire for public and firefighting resources; as well as promote resiliency of forested lands to insects and disease, and the effects of large-scale wildfire. RWB Cat. B expected.

Build a temporary road approx. 70 feet long, 12 feet in width to place a 1500-gal. water tank. The temporary road will be rehabbed to a walking trail for line maintenance. The water system will consist of a 1500 gal. water tank, 100 ft of 1 in pipe.

Install, operate, maintain buried fiber optic cable and pull and splice vaults within CA Dept. of Transportation's right-of-way along Highway 97. The project aims to provide connection of existing and future statewide fiber optic systems.

The Forest Service proposes to reduce erosional downcutting along streambanks by felling dead trees that will serve as temporary Beaver Dam Analogs to retain sentiment and reduce stream flow to maintain the stream channel, downstream of a burn unit.

Build a temporary road approx. 70 feet in length & 12 feet in width to place a 1500-gallon water tank on Forest Service (FS) lands. The water system will consist of a 1500-gallon water tank and 100 feet of 1 inch pipe on FS Lands. Waiver A.

Mining plan of operations proposed to mine the McAdams Creek Mines. Materials would be milled on site at a camp landing pad, materials would be disposed of on site. Plan of operations is for a ten year operation. Water Board Waiver n/a.

To respond to conditions created by the 2021 River Complex: Accelerate re-establishment of conifers and reduce fuel loading in high severity patches, reduce fuels on roads and ridges for future fire management, and promote scientific research.WB CatB

Install two wildfire cameras, a solar panel array adjacent to the tower, and associated equipment on the Forest Service lookout tower at Collins Creek Baldy. Waiver n/a.

There is a need to reduce the risk of wildfire impacts to private lands and Forest Service infrastructure, and to improve stand conditions to restore a condition more conducive to a natural fire regime and improve wildlife habitat.

Implement recovery actions for Federally listed Coho Salmon in Mid-Klamath tributaries (Doolittle Creek, Seiad Creek, and West Fork Beaver Creek). Waterboard waiver B and 401/404 permits

Caltrans to improve or construct pedestrian facilities and infrastructure along Highway 96. To provide multimodal facilities that allow for safe movement of pedestrians and cyclists throughout Happy Camp. Waiver n/a

Install two wildfire cameras and associated equipment on the Forest Service communications tower at Ball Mountain and a solar panel array adjacent to the tower.

To inform the responsible official of the environmental consequences of re-authorizing livestock grazing. Water Board 2010 Waiver Category B.

Authorize cattle grazing within Lake Mt. and Middle Tompkins allotments under an adaptive management strategy. Water Board Waiver Category B.

Project involves the creation of 500' of barrier in order to protect the site from the negative impacts of vehicle trespass.

Plan of Operations to core drill 10 sites on 3 mining claims. Drill sites: 10'x10' with a sump area 5'x5' at 4'. Holes: 4-6" in diameter, less than 150' deep; filled with concrete slurry at the end of drilling. Waterboard Waiver B.

Renew special use permit for livestock area. NCRWQCB waiver category B.

Issuance of a new special use permit to install a new above-ground water line. No new disturbance is proposed with this project. Water Board Waiver N/A.

Renew a special use permit for radio service facility on Eddy Gulch. NCWQCB waiver - exempt.

Response to proposed Plan of Operations to mine the China Point claim, in compliance with General Mining Act of 1872. China Point is a 30-acre unpatented mining claim. Water Board Waiver n/a; permits requested by mining claimants.

The project will install 13 wildlife guzzlers on the Goosenest Ranger District. Installation of the guzzlers will improve the availability of water to wildlife and improving the quality of wildlife habitat. Waterboard Waiver n/a.

Implement recovery actions for Federally listed Coho Salmon in Mid-Klamath tributaries (China Creek, Indian Creek, Seiad Creek, Horse Creek, and Beaver Creek). Waterboard waiver B and 401/404 permits

Install underground power line through 3-inch diameter conduit in Scott River Road for 1.1 miles for Pacific Power to provide services to a private customer. Water Board Waiver Cat. A

Amend Special Use Permit to plow down 1100 feet to install an underground phone line to a private residence. Water Board Waiver exempt.

To collected shallow geologic data which would inform the project design for future riparian habitat restoration adjacent to Gallia Pond on the North Fork Salmon River.

Amend permit to include 1/4 mile of an existing road on private property, for access to the Mountain Laurel Mine for commercial haul of ore to mill site located on another private parcel, and add a private water line. Water Board waiver category B.

Manual treatment of invasive non-native plant species across the Forest.

The proposed project encompasses about 40,000 acres and is located on the Salmon River Ranger District. The focus is on fuels reduction for community protection and stand health. Water Board waiver Category B.

To increase abundance of complex off-channel habitat for coho salmon, spring-run Chinook, and other salmonids by providing both winter high flow and summer thermal refugia at the Red Bank river bar on the N. Fk Salmon River. Water Waiver not eligible

To accelerate the re-establishment of burned forest areas, reduce dead and down fuel loading, promote resilient forest conditions, felling and removal of hazard trees for public safety. Includes post-treatment prescribed fire.

The Fuels & Fire Project would authorize a set of manual and mechanical land management tools to prepare our landscapes for up to 20,000 acres of prescribed burning every year.

The project would improve aquatic habitat in the lower 0.4 miles of East Fork Elk Creek & provide volitional access for Coho Salmon over an exposed mid-channel bedrock strath to over two miles of suitable spawning & rearing habitat. Waiver n/a.

Analyze the reauthorization of Recreation Outfitter and Guide Special Use Permits. Water Board Waiver N/A.

A segment of 12 kV distribution line would be moved from overhead to underground line. One portion of 990 linear feet will remain in an existing ROW. A new 10-foot ROW of 675 linear feet will be added where it crosses NFS lands.

Consolidation of 16 existing special use permits to promote efficiency of the operation and maintenance of the existing permits.

Hazard tree felling and removal is proposed to reduce public safety hazards along portions of certain roads, trails and facilities within nine national forests. We expect to complete three zone-level analyses and nine decisions.

Approve funding of federal money to be used on private land. The project will coordinate and implement manual non-commercial hazardous fuels reduction projects on private lands. Waterboard Waiver NA (private land).

Ground water monitoring to collect data to provide information about fisheries habitat restoration needs in the Matthews Creek area and the South Fork Salmon River. Waiver A

Prevent entrapment of fish into an existing water diversion ditch where they could be injured or killed. Conserve water for the benefit of salmon and steelhead trout in Fort Goff Creek and the Klamath River. Water Board Waiver not eligible.

Proposal to treat about 4,444 acres: commercially thin about 863 acres; non-commercially thin about 1,103 acres; create fuel breaks on about 255 acres, and underburn about 2,223 acres. Water Board Waiver Category B.

To address general watershed health within the Sugar Creek watershed, road stormproofing, road storage, hydrologic stabilization of unauthorized routes, culvert replacement, mine & meadow rehabilitation, & sediment control. NCRWQCB Waiver B.

To reduce largely dense and overgrown hazardous fuels, improve the health of current plantations, and reduce fuels along roads and private property. Waterboard Waiver Category B.

To replace two existing culverts with two new bridges at Cade Creek and Portuguese Creek and restore/reconstruct the stream channels upstream and downstream of the new bridges.

Providing underground power line to residence at Luther Gulch. Waterboard Waiver n/a.

Felling and removal of hazard trees to improve conditions along ingress and egress routes that were impacted by the Red Salmon Fire. Water Waiver Category B expected.

Regenerate burned areas. Treatments: slashing dead material, hand-piling portions of slashed material, burning of hand-piles, hand-planting of native mixed-conifer species, and hand-release (grubbing) as needed to promote seedling survival. Waiver A

Bridge repairs are needed as a result of damage caused by the 2021 River Complex Fire. One wingwall of the bridge infrastructure needs to be removed and replaced.

To accelerate the re-establishment of burned forest areas, reduce the amount of future dead and down fuel loading and create a ridgetop fuel break at strategic locations within the Red Salmon Fire footprint. Water Waiver Cat. B.

Implement hydrologic connection to existing mining pond, and restoration of existing side channel. Waterboard Waiver n/a.

Install ground water monitoring wells used to identify the change in the water table and water quality throughout the year as part of a multiyear feasibility study. Waterboard Waiver A.

Robinson: Create approximately 60 ft. wide of new road to access the upper portion of their 62 acre private property. Malinowski: Gate and road access and maintenance to private property with 16 ft. gate. Waiver exempt.

To renew the Department of Water Resources Special Use Permit for the continued use of snow survey data collection, and to amend the permit to include installation of three soil moisture sensors at the Scott Mountain location.

Purpose is to reduce hazardous fuels on private property near Forest boundaries. Federally funded (Stevens Funding) with the Horse Creek Fire Safe Council. Water Board Waiver N/A, private land.

Vegetation management and fuels reduction with an emphasis on improving mule deer habitat. 15,067 acre project area; 13,806 acres treatment. Waterboard Category A Waiver expected.

Vegetation management and fuels reduction project with an emphasis on improving forest resilience to wildfire, insects and disease, while improving mule deer habitat. Water Board Waiver Category B expected.

Improvements to the Callahan Water District's water system, including the intake structure, storage, water treatment, and distribution. Water Waiver NA.

Treatment of legacy sites within the Thompson Plantation Thin Project area. Waterboard waiver Category B expected.

Road access to private property using National Forest System road 16N01. Waterboard waiver n/a.

Install fiber optics to replace old copper phone lines in an existing telecommunication corridor. Waterboard waiver n/a.

A name transfer on the special use permit for Eagle Track Cabin 8 and an amendment to install a gate at the access road. Water Waiver N/A.

Reduce fuel loads and improve forest health: 9,310 acre project area; 6,209 acres treatment. Water Board Waiver Category B.

Proposed to protect the Petersburg Administrative Site infrastructure from the occurrence of wildfires and restore fire's role in the ecosystem. The proposed action is to reduce fuels through prescribed fire and hand thinning. Water Waiver Cat. A.

Salvage harvest within the Slater Fire footprint up to 250 acres with follow-up reforestation. Waterboard waiver B.

To improve fire resiliency by reducing fuels and stand density through prescribed burning and mechanical treatments (including logging) and removing roadside hazard trees.

Commercial and noncommercial thinning of plantations with understory fuels reduction using either underburning, mastication, mechanical or hand thin, pile and burn. Waterboard Waiver Category B.

To expand the meadow enhancement area planned for Cabin Meadows by removing small diameter conifer encroachment on about 35 acres adjacent to previously planned meadow enhancement work.

To renew an existing special use permit for the operation and maintenance of the post office at Forks of Salmon. Permit would be amended to include 120 feet of buried waterline to the post office.

To improve conditions within the E Fork Scott watershed. Treatments within 31,540 acres may include meadows, riparian areas, fuels reduction, mine reclamation, stand density reduction, and wildlife habitat improvements. RWB Waiver Category B expected

Integrated pest management project to protect and enhance habitat for the Siskiyou mariposa lily. Water Board Waiver Category A expected.

Fuel reduction on 250 acres, with additional acreage in future phases, between the City of Yreka and the Forest Service Craggy Vegetation Management Project area. Water Board Waiver N/A, on private land.

Plan of Operations to conduct an exploratory operation for one year or less on mining claim Arrowhead #1. The exploratory trench/pit would be a test site to explore for mineralization and would be reclaimed following excavation. Waterboard waiver n/a

UNAVCO operates geodetic monitoring at Blue Ridge and proposes to install new seismic monitoring equipment for the Earthquake Early Warning System. Water Board waiver Category A.

Integrated resource management project that aims to improve physical and biological conditions in the Elk Creek watershed. Water Board Waiver Category B.

To provide power to equipment to maintain phone and internet services to Salmon River communities.

The project will close 4 miles of illegal user created routes and rehabilitate hydrologic regimes that have been disrupted by the routes. Water Board Waiver Category B.

Precommercial thinning, release and fuels reduction in plantations and in natural stands on about 2,600 acres along Yellow Jacket Ridge. Water Board Waiver Category B.

Authorize livestock grazing within Dry Lake and Horse Creek grazing allotments. Water Board Waiver Category B expected.

Fuels reduction treatments on National Forest lands along private property, egress and ingress roads, other Forest Service roads used for strategic fire fighting use, and ridges. Water Board Waiver Category B expected.

To provide radio communications to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) field office. The proposed facility would be installed at Mahogany Point adjacent to the existing radio facilities. The facility would rest on a portable foundation. Water Waiver N/A.

Reissuance and installation of a water monitoring shed with underground telephone and powerlines. Waterboard waiver n/a.

Installation of fiber optic lines from existing fiber optic lines to private property and from Hamburg to Seiad Valley. Waterboard waiver n/a.

Installation of a 6-foot chain link fence to protect the water monitoring boxes and A-frame for cable crossing. Waterboard Waiver n/a.

Replace one of the existing generators with a new generator to be placed outside and sound shielded. Water Board Waiver N/A.

Proposed to provide safer conditions for the public, adjacent private landowners, fire fighters, and other forest workers. There is also a need to focus on fuels reduction to reduce the risk of future large-scale high severity fire.Water Waiver Cat B

Road access of 1,500 feet long and 12 feet wide to private property and a water system consisting of 1,000 feet of 2 inch line. Water Board Waiver N/A.

Recontouring approximately 0.25 acre footprint of land (estimated 800 cubic yds of disturbed material in the form of existing berms in that footprint) to re-establish natural drainage. This footprint is causing Grayback Rd to slump. Waiver Category B

Collect ground water data which will inform the need for future fisheries and riparian habitat restoration on off-channel habitat areas of Windler Bar and Cronan Gulch on the North Fork Salmon River. Water Waiver: Not Eligible.

Drilling equipment would be used to drill a well to determine water availability. This project does not involve any water use. Water Board Waiver n/a.

Thinning in stands for forest health and fuels reduction, with fuels treatments including underburning and pile burning on about 1,600 acres. Water Board 2010 Waiver Category B.

Thinning and underburning in stands for forest health, improved wildlife habitat, and fuels reduction on about 2,900 acres. Water Board 2010 Waiver Category B expected.

Removal of 3 cattle guards and installation of 2 cattle guards in new locations in response to a change in grazing management. 220 ft. of fencing would be used to connect new cattle guards to existing fences. RWB Waiver Category A expected.

Installation of vault toilet at Beaver Creek Campground and Brown Bear River Access. Water Board Waiver Category A expected.

Replacement of approximately 0.75 miles of deteriorating 1" pipe with 1.5" PVC to an existing trough. Implementation will require digging of a 2' deep ditch in a previously disturbed area. Water Board Waiver n/a.

Install barriers along illegal vehicular access routes within the Big Red Mountain Special Interest Area (SIA) and at the Meridian Overlook to protect and maintain botanical resources and SIA integrity. Water Board Waiver Exempt since in Oregon.

Construct two off-channel ponds on the high floodplains of lower Beaver Creek & an apex jam to divert some of the streamflow of the mainstem into an existing side-channel. Place and anchor large woody debris in the stream. Pending consultation RWB.

Addition of 3 new water sources, moved rotationally on a 3 year basis around 10 locations in previously disturbed areas in the Red Rock Allotment. Each source consists of one 1,500 gal tank and two 500 gal troughs. RWB Cat. A.

Fuel reduction on 200 acres of private land in and around the community of Callahan and adjacent to the Salmon/Scott River Ranger District. Water Board Waiver - n/a, private land.

Renew the special use permit for electronic communication equipment located on Mount Boliver. NCWQCB waiver - exempt.

Transportation management actions on National Forest Transportation System Roads. NCRWQCB waiver Category B.

To reduce the potential fire impacts to permanent research plots within and adjacent to WUI. To reduce forest susceptibility to stand replacing wildfire, while increasing stand resiliency(3,328 treatment acres). 2004 NCWQCB Waiver.

The project is a reissuance of a special use permit for the continuation of agricultural use of center pivot arm irrigated fields. Waterboard Waiver n/a

Replacement of existing 12" to 30" culverts that are in the Caltrans right-of-way using the jack and bore method and the cut and cover method. Waterboard waiver exempt.

Installation of waterline system consisting of 400 feet of 1 inch waterline. Water Board Waiver N/A.

Expanding the western boundary of the cemetery to the private property boundary and remove smaller diameter trees and brush. Water Board Waiver Category A.

Amend a special use permit to allow installation of underground phone line to private property. NCWQCB waiver - exempt.

A small spring in the Forest Service portion of the Bakers Cabin meadow would benefit from fencing to protect it from grazing activities.

Improve habitat for northern spotted owl and other old-forest associated species, improve conditions for aspen and meadow communities, and re-introduce fire as a natural disturbance in a late-successional reserve. NCWQCB 2010 Waiver, Cat B.

The Goosenest District proposes to renew the existing special use permit for the existing Cal-Ore facility at the communications site at Herd Peak. Waterboard Cat A.

Improve habitat for Phacelia cookei to change a downward trend in population levels and avoid a trend towards federal listing. NCRWQCB Waiver Cat. A.

Improve fire resiliency by reducing fuels and stand density in strategic areas to protect communities and promote forest health in lands near Yreka, CA on about 11,000 acres within a 29,500 acres project area. Water Board Waiver Category B.

Vegetation management with an emphasis on improving forest resilience to wildfire, insects and disease, while improving wildlife habitat. NCWQCB Category A:

Construct new fence between Dry Lake and Deer Mtn. allotment to improve allotment and pasture management. NCWQCB Category A.

Proposes felling and removing merchantable timber or felling and leaving non-merchantable timber that meet Hazard Tree Guidelines on about 56 miles of road. This project should meet the 2010 NCWQCB waiver category A.

Maintain two OSV trailheads, associated snow removal, and snow grooming of about 154 miles along existing NFTS rds; facilities maintenance; trail and public info signing. Activities ongoing since 1990. No changes proposed. NCRWQCB 2010 Cat.A Waiver.

The Goosenest Ranger District has received an application to permit the existing 8' x 14' AT&T facility located at the existing Herd Peak Communication Site. No new disturbance is proposed. Waterboard Category A.

Provide additional group site capacity for equestrians in the Carter Meadows area. Installation of mid-size equestrian group site at the Hidden Horse Campground. Water Board Waiver exempt (less than one acre and will follow BMPs).

To improve OHV visitor facilities for an enhanced recreational experience and resource protection. North Coast Water Board Category A waiver.

Fuels treatments include thinning, and underburning and masticating within and outside of thinning areas. About 7000 acres in LSR. NCWQCB 2004 waiver.

Remove hazardous fuels on 20 acres of National Forest System lands adjacent to private property along County Road 1C02 near confluence of Knownothing Ck and the main South Fork of the Salmon River. NCRWQCB 2010 Waiver, Category B.

This project proposes to reduce stand density to improve forest health using ground-based commercial thinning on approx 70 ac. of National Forest System lands classified as Partial Retention Land Allocation in the Forest Plan. NCWQCB 2010 Waiver CatB

An environmental assessment that focuses on postfire forest product retrieval and roadside hazard removal for the purpose of public health and safety and resource protection. NCRWQCB Waiver Cat. B.

Project proposes to thin about 1,500 acres of pine plantation within about a 2,300 acre project area. Purpose is to promote stand health, reduce fuel, and accelerate development of late-successional characteristics. Water Board Waiver Category B.

Special use permit renewal authorizing the maintenance and operation of two existing water transmission pipeline for ten years until December 31, 2024. No new disturbance will take place as a result of this renewal. NCRWQCB waiver category exempt.

Fuel reduction on 80 acres of private land in and around the community of Scott Bar and adjacent to the Salmon/Scott River Ranger District. NCRWQCB waiver - not applicable on private land.

This project will maintain forest roads on Six Rivers National Forest and the Ukonom District of Klamath National Forest. Activities include brushing, blading, grading, spot rocking, installing drainage dips, culvert cleaning and replacement.

Project proposes to replace five existing, but not functioning, wildlife guzzlers on the Goosenest Ranger District. Cattle will be excluded from use of guzzlers. Cal Deer Assoc. will provide labor and equipment.

Sanitation of Port Orford cedar trees that are dead, dying or have a high potential of being infected with root disease in the South Fork Indian Creek Watershed. Waiver Category B.

The project will install 4 wildlife guzzlers on the Goosenest Ranger District. Installation of the guzzlers will improve the availability of water to wildlife, therefor improving the quality of big game and wildlife habitat. Waterboard Waiver n/a

Amend the permit to replace a data line to the Forks of Salmon Elementary School. Proposal includes digging a shallow trench for about 150' from the County Road to the school. The trench would be back filled following line installation. WB Waiver N/A

Construct 0.44 miles of new trail along the sidehill west of the existing alignment and abandon the original alignment. Construction of 18 to 24 inch tread. Waterboard waiver category A.

SVRCD proposes to install two Hydrological Data Acquisition Systems that will collect ground water data using an automated system that includes a buried snow pillow connected to a small equipment shelter and 30' tower with antennas and solar panels.

Duplicate Entry. See project #56512.

Project will decrease hazardous fuel loadings and stand densities to reduce the potential for severe fire effects to vegetation, wildlife habitat, and the surrounding communities. Water Board Waiver Category B.

Installation of 8,000 feet of underground phone line from Scott River Road up Canyon Creek Road. Trench would be two feet wide and up to three feet deep. Water Board Waiver expected N/A.

Proposed mineral withdrawal on about 40 acres for a period of 20 years to protect cultural resources. Water Board Waiver N/A.

The project will treat up to 120 acres with high priority fuels reduction and prescribed fire on private land within the Upper North Fork of the Salmon River, including Sawyers Bar and outlying neighborhoods. Water Board Waiver n/a, private land.

To reduce threats to public and forest worker safety along National Forest Transportation System roads within the Natchez Fire perimeter. Water Board Waiver Category A expected.

Existing Brooks 20 acres mining claim with a new plan of operations. Mining using backhoe, 2.5 cubic yard dump truck, grizzly, and trammel. Opening existing road to new extraction site. Water Board Waiver Category A.

Renewal to authorize the maintenance, operation, and construction of about 30 miles (270 acres) of existing powerline. No new disturbance proposed. NCRWQCB Waiver exempt.

Installation of a round 5,000 gallon water storage tank for emergency fire suppression adjacent to Benjamin Creek Road FS 17N16. Water Board Waiver N/A.