Gila National Forest — Project Detail

Reroute approximately 1.07 miles of the northern portion of Redstone #206 Trail and move trailhead kiosk and other signage to Silver Creek Divide along Bursum Road.

Develop and operate rock pits to provide common variety rock material, including, cinders, gravel, and crushed and screened aggregate materials for surfacing of unpaved roads and recreation sites for maintenance purposes. Rock sources would be established over approximately 20 years.

Issue a special use permit to WNMC for a 10-foot wide right of way to install fiber optic cable on 11.18 acres of Gila National Forest from Gold Gulch to Jack's Peak, within or along the roadway of Gold Gulch Road and Jack's Peak Road; and an expanded metal platform and equipment shed on the peak.

The Gila National Forest proposes to remove standing dead trees through a timber salvage operation on National Forest System lands within the perimeter of the 2025 Trout Fire on 83 acres of the Silver City Ranger District in an IRA —where existing forest roads provide public access.

Renew and combine several special use permits into one master permit for the operation and maintenance of facilities and infrastructure; access; and vegetation management.

Use hand tools and heavy equipment to implement low-tech restoration techniques (Zuni bowl, one-rock grade control structures, plantings) to stabilize 0.7 mile of ephemeral stream channel, floodplain, wet meadow, and Forest Road 226. Replace a spring box, and fell 20 ponderosa pine for log sills.

Install water system for improved livestock grazing management. Includes two new wells, eight new storage tanks, 12 new drinkers, and 5.25 miles of above-ground black plastic pipeline to connect wells, tanks, and drinkers.

Gates will be installed at five openings to the Palomas Creek Cave to protect sensitive bat and other wildlife habitat. Recent and ongoing vandalism within the cave system indicates human activities and presence within the cave system that may harm bat habitat through disturbance and disease spread.

Forest Plan revision. See https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/gila/planning/forest-plan-revision for more information.

Enhance approximately 112 acres and facilitate improvement of watershed and riparian conditions by providing protection to threatened and endangered species and their habitat through the construction of additional barriers to livestock grazing use in the perennial areas of the Mainstem Negrito Creek

Plant ponderosa pine seedlings as part of reforestation efforts following the Turkeyfeather (2025), School (2016), and Bear (2006) fires on the Reserve Ranger District, in order to kickstart regeneration of ponderosa pine forest with intermixed grassland where few mature seed trees now remain.

Conduct restoration and management actions within 24 6th-code watersheds that were affected by the 2022 Black Fire. Actions will aim to restore and improve watershed and habitat conditions, roads, trails, recreation facilities, and vegetation.

Install a well with solar pump to provide non-potable water to a livestock watering system (with secondary wildlife benefits) on the Negrito-Yeguas Allotment. Includes four troughs, one storage tank, 1,000 feet of buried pipeline, 3.6 miles surface-mounted pipeline and one creek crossing.

Western NM Telephone proposes to install 225.8 miles of fiber optic cable in Grant and Catron Counties, New Mexico, from 10 mi. W of Silver City, along US Highway 180 through Cliff to Alma, then along NM Highways 12 and 32 to Reserve and Apache Creek, also to Mule Creek and Luna.

The Gila National Forest proposes to reconstruct and upgrade the Forks Campground, which includes constructing a sustainable trail for river access on the north and south end of the project area, naturalize existing social trails, and constructing primitive tent sites.

The proposed action is to create and maintain shaded fuelbreaks that modify or remove vegetation to promote safe and effective firefighting in and around the wildland urban interfaces of Silver City and Pinos Altos, NM

District proposes to install water system in Agua Fria Allotment including a pipeline, drinkers, and storage tanks

Create a linear shaded fuelbreak consisting of mechanical and hand thinning followed by prescribed fire. Future maintenance would be required.

Widening and elevating approximately 150 feet of roadway and providing for road drainage along the Cooney Road (Forest Road 150A). The project is needed for public safety, for safe ingress/egress by private, public, and emergency vehicles.

This proposal would expand the project area boundary for the Trujillo Park and Tierra Blanca project area by adding approximately 700 acres in order to ensure more favorable holding features for prescribed fire.

The proposed project is to enclose the newly purchased land around Dorsey Spring to protect Riparian Habitat which is approximately 40 acres.

Proposal is to rehabilitate and maintain National Forest System Road (NFSR) 141 from Milepost 0.69 to 18.81.

Construct 4 trick tanks to provide year-round water for deer, elk, and other wildlife. Each site will have a collection apron including a fence to protect the apron, storage tank and drinking trough.

Issue Special Use Permit for segment of fiber optic cable installation on national forest lands

Proposing to develop the Little Walnut Disc Golf Course includes an 18-hole disc (frisbee) golf course located near the Little Walnut Picnic Area

Project proposes the installation of a new single vault CXT toilet at the Signal Peak Lookout facility.

The privy at Black Mountain lookout tower is at capacity. It is time to replace it with a new privy which will include such things as removing the old structure, blasting and/or digging a new pit and building a new structure.

Reissue existing special use permit for construction and use of temporary pens and occupancy of NF land for translocation of the Mexican Gray Wolf.

Conduce mineral exploration activities via bulk sampling for alluvial gold deposits (placer) over a period of one year

Reissue existing special use permit to allow for supply of water to home owners.

Reissue Special Use Permit to Catron County Commission for the use of existing 2 acre transfer station by the community of Glenwood, NM.