Categorical Exclusion · Williams Ranger District · updated 7/28/2026
The proposed reconstruction of the section of Old Route 66 is located west of Parks, Arizona. · Coconino, Arizona
Coconino County Public Works is requesting to replace approximately 1,620 feet (0.31 miles) of aged, cracked, and deteriorated Portland Cement Concrete Pavement of Old Route 66, west of Parks, Arizona.
Road management
NEPA Start Date
3/11/2026
Finding/Decision Date
7/28/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | USDA-46d-USFS |
| Decision Signed Date | 7/28/2026 |
Categorical Exclusion · Williams Ranger District · updated 7/22/2026 · decision 12/2026 (Estimated)
The project area is located within the southern portion of the Williams Ranger District (WRD) south of the City of Williams, AZ near Perkinsville Road. The proposal includes 4.5 miles of 69KV line replacement through National Forest System Lands. · Coconino, Arizona
Arizona Public Service (APS) is requesting to amend an existing special use permit to rebuild the existing NE-7 69kV segment from Summit Substation to Williams Substation, add a fiber optic line on the poles, and expand the existing right-of-way by 10' on each side.
Special use management
NEPA Start Date
6/15/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | DOE B4.13 (10 CFR 1021 Appx B) |
Categorical Exclusion · Williams Ranger District · updated 7/17/2026 · decision 10/2026 (Estimated)
The project is located at the southwestern portion of the Kaibab National Forest near the boundary with the Prescott National Forest, East of the highway 89. Legal description: T. 20N., R. 1E., Section 32. · Coconino, Arizona
A new five-year permit for mineral removal in an existing sandstone quarry within previously disturbed area accessed by existing roads near the boundary between the Kaibab and Prescott National Forests.
Minerals and geology
NEPA Start Date
4/22/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | BLM F(10) (516 DM 11.9) |
Environmental Assessment · North Kaibab Ranger District · updated 7/16/2026
Along roads, trails, fencelines, and developed water features within areas burned in the 2025 Dragon Bravo and White Sage fires and along roads that are also PODs boundaries in areas of the Kaibab Plateau unaffected by the 2025 wildfires · Coconino, Arizona
The Kaibab Plateau Public and Firefighter Safety Project would mitigate hazard trees on 4,359 acres in areas that burned in the 2025 Dragon Bravo and White Sage fires and would create 5,029 acres of shaded fuel breaks along key roads in areas of the Kaibab Plateau unaffected by the 2025 wildfires.
Fuels management
Finding/Decision Date
7/16/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Decision Signed Date | 7/16/2026 |
Categorical Exclusion · Williams Ranger District · updated 4/24/2026
The project area is near the intersection of the Route 66 and the Interstate-40 in Williams, AZ. Legal description: Township 22 North, Range 1 East, Section 31, Gila and Salt River Meridian · Coconino, Arizona
APS proposes to replace an existing power pole, install a new 45-ft metal pole and install underground conduit to service a new ADOT communication pedestal. For project documents, please copy and paste the following URL into your web browser: https://usfs.app.box.com/folder/377806009481.
Special use management
Finding/Decision Date
4/24/2026
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | USDA-28d-USFS |
| Decision Signed Date | 4/24/2026 |
Categorical Exclusion · Williams Ranger District · updated 4/22/2026
This project is located 3 miles north of Interstate 40 and west of Williams, Arizona. · Coconino, Arizona
APS is requesting to install two new poles to power a new Transwestern Pipeline rectififer site. For more information, copy and paste this link into your internet browser: https://usfs.app.box.com/folder/377811837194.
Special use management
NEPA Start Date
12/10/2025
Finding/Decision Date
4/21/2026
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | USDA-28d-USFS |
| Decision Signed Date | 4/21/2026 |
Categorical Exclusion · Williams Ranger District · updated 4/20/2026
The project is located east of Fortynine Hill along Forest Service Road 141. · Coconino, Arizona
Arizona Public Service is requesting to replace a wooden pole with a metal pole and bury a short section of residential power line from Forest Road 141. To view documents related to this proposal, copy and paste this link into your internet browser: https://usfs.app.box.com/folder/375950730850.
Special use management
NEPA Start Date
2/11/2026
Finding/Decision Date
4/17/2026
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | USDA-28d-USFS |
| Decision Signed Date | 4/17/2026 |
Categorical Exclusion · Williams Ranger District · updated 4/10/2026
The proposed site for the exploration is approximately nine miles northeast of the City of Williams in the vicinity of the existing Williams Pozzolan Mine at Frenchy Hill, and is accessed by Forest Road (FR) 74, FR 74B, and FR 2058A. · Coconino, Arizona
To view documents related to this proposal, please copy and paste this link into your internet browser: https://usfs-public.box.com/s/fjyj4synw4hhjfk6xfdl54rb8i6kvijm To explore pozzolan northeast of Williams, AZ near the existing pozzolan mine at Frenchy Hill on the Kaibab National Forest.
Minerals and geology
Finding/Decision Date
4/10/2026
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | USDA-32d-USFS |
| Decision Signed Date | 4/10/2026 |
Categorical Exclusion · Tusayan Ranger District · updated 4/2/2026
The new fiber optic line is located northwest of Red Butte and intersects with Highway 64. · Coconino, Arizona
Commnet AZ, LLC is proposing to install a fiber optic cable. To view documents related to this proposal, copy and paste this link into your internet browser: https://usfs.app.box.com/folder/374624831196?s=bs1dbhd0dw5f8of8u3i9lqd2h3ghmyzw.
Special use management
Finding/Decision Date
3/27/2026
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | USDA-28d-USFS |
| Decision Signed Date | 3/27/2026 |
Environmental Assessment · Kaibab National Forest All Units · updated 11/20/2025
West of Tusayan, Arizona, bordering the Grand Canyon National Park and Havasupai Indian Reservation, within the Baaj Nwaavjo I'Tah Kukveni Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. · Coconino, Arizona
Analyze the effects of reauthorizing grazing on the allotment, including changes to number of animal unit months, additional water catchments and repair and extension of a water pipeline.
Grazing management
Comment Period
05/16/2025
Objection Period Start
09/09/2025
Decision
11/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
01/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Grazing Allotment Management; Grazing Authorizations; Grazing Structural Improvements |
| Final DN and FONSI Rain Tank Allotment Grazing Reauthorization | Decision Signed Date: 11/20/2025 |
| Forests | Kaibab National Forest |
| Districts | Tusayan Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Decision Memo · Kaibab National Forest All Units · updated 9/30/2025
All four water catchments are south of Interstate 40 of the Williams Ranger District. · Coconino, Arizona
The purpose of this project is to reconstruct four nonfunctioning water catchments that would provide water to wildlife within the Williams Ranger District.
Wildlife, fish, rare plants
Decision
09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
01/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | Usfws B(3) (516 Dm 8.5) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Species Habitat Improvements; Species Population Enhancements |
| Forests | Kaibab National Forest |
| Districts | Williams Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Decision Memo · North Kaibab Ranger District · updated 7/14/2025
Located on the Kaibab Nat. Forest - North Kaibab Ranger District, including a section of the AZ National Scenic Trail, between Pleasant Valley heading south to Crystal Springs, east of DeMotte Park. · Coconino, Arizona
Construct approximately 4.2-miles of singletrack shared-use non-motorized recreation trail to remove the Arizona Trail (a State Scenic Trail and National Scenic Trail) from its current co-location with Nat. Forest Systems Roads on located on KNF-NKRD
Recreation managementRoad management
Decision
08/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
08/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (1), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(1) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Trail Management |
| Forests | Kaibab National Forest |
| Districts | North Kaibab Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T35N, R3E, Secs. 05, 08,& 17; T35N, R3E, Secs. 32; T34N, R3E, Sec. 5; T36N, R3E, Sec. 30; & T35N, R3E, Sec. 21, Gila & Salt River Baseline and Meridian, Coconino County, AZ. |
Decision Memo · North Kaibab Ranger District · updated 7/14/2025
Mangum Fire burn area, located approximately 30 miles south/southeast of Fredonia, Arizona on National Forest System lands (i.e., North Kaibab Ranger District - Kaibab National Forest). · Coconino, Arizona
Reforestation (i.e., Tree Planting~5,000 acres; Natrl.Regen~2000 acres; & Naturl.Recovery~900 acres) in mod-to-severe burn areas in Mangum Fire Burn Scar. per 2021 REPLANT Act. 10-years to complete. & re-seeding 6,000 acres of Pinyon-Juniper area.
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed managementClimate change adaptationCarbon stewardship
Decision
07/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
07/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (5), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(5); 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Watershed Improvements |
| Forests | Kaibab National Forest |
| Districts | North Kaibab Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Townships and Ranges: T37N, R1E & 1W; T38N, R1-2E & 1W; T39N, R1-3E; and T40N, R1-3E, Gila and Salt River Baseline & Meridian; Coconino County, Arizona. |
Decision Memo · North Kaibab Ranger District · updated 7/14/2025
From Fredonia, AZ south-southeast along FS Roads 22 to FS Road 462; FS Road 462 east to FS Road 461; FS Road 461 East to US Hwy 89-A; US Hwy 89-A north to Jacob Lake, AZ, then north to ADOT facility. · Coconino, Arizona
Installation of fiber-optic cable from Fredonia to Jacob Lake, AZ along FS Roads 22, 462, 461, and U.S. Hwy. 89-A. The network will benefit 24 residences, a farm, several businesses, and state and federal agencies who own or manage land in this area.
Special use managementFacility managementRoad management
Decision
08/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
08/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (2), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(2) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Facility Improvements/Construction; Special Use Authorizations; Road Improvements/Construction |
| Forests | Kaibab National Forest |
| Districts | North Kaibab Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Beginning pt. = NE1/4, NE1/4 Section 28, T41N, R2W, Gilia & Salt River Baseline & Meridian (G&SRB&M); then SE 28-miles, then 15 miles E-NE to end point in SW1/4, NW1/4, Sec.32, T39N, R2W, G&SRB&M. |
Environmental Assessment · R3 - Southwestern Region All Units · updated 6/13/2025
The Arizona National Scenic Trail goes from the Coronado National Memorial to the Utah Border at Vermillion Cliffs- 800 miles south to north across the State of Arizona. · Cochise; Coconino; Gila; Maricopa; Pima; Pinal; Santa Cruz, Arizona
The comprehensive plan will establish the administrative objectives, policies, processes, and management guidelines necessary to fulfill the legislative requirements for national scenic trails under the National Trails System Act.
Recreation managementSpecial area management
Comment Period
02/23/2024
Objection Period Start
11/20/2024
Decision
03/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
06/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Trail Management |
| Forests | Coconino National Forest; Coronado National Forest; Kaibab National Forest; Tonto National Forest |
| Districts | Coconino National Forest All Units; Coronado National Forest All Units; Kaibab National Forest All Units; Tonto National Forest All Units |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Environmental Assessment · North Kaibab Ranger District · updated 6/9/2025
The Burnt Corral project area lies in the southwest portion of the Kaibab Plateau (i.e., south-southwest of Lookout Canyon and FS Road 22) on the North Kaibab Ranger District, Kaibab National Forest. · Coconino, Arizona
The purposes of the Burnt Corral project is to improve forest health and vigor, while improving habitat conditions which are more resilient to change in the event of wildfire and/or other climatic condition changes. Project = 28,090 acres.
Land management planningWildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed management
Comment Period
03/25/2020
Objection Period Start
10/2025 (Estimated)
Decision
12/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
04/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Watershed Improvements |
| Forests | Kaibab National Forest |
| Districts | North Kaibab Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Planning stage - General Description: Townships 35 - 37 North, Ranges 1 West to 1 East, Gila and Salt River Baseline & Meridian, (Coconino County, Arizona). |
Environmental Assessment · Prescott National Forest All Units · updated 10/18/2024
4,782 acres of YAN land will transfer to the Prescott, Coconino, Kaibab, and A-S Forests while 3,201 acres of Prescott and Coconino land will transfer to YAN near Camp Verde, AZ · Apache; Coconino; Navajo; Yavapai, Arizona
The Prescott National Forest is proposing a land exchange between the Prescott, Coconino, Kaibab, and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests and the Yavapai-Apache Nation (YAN). More information at https://yavapai-apache.org/land-exchange
Land management planningLand ownership managementLand acquisition
Comment Period
12/27/2023
Objection Period Start
04/09/2024
Decision
10/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation
12/2024 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Land Exchanges |
| Forests | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests; Coconino National Forest; Kaibab National Forest; Prescott National Forest |
| Districts | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests All Units; Coconino National Forest All Units; Kaibab National Forest All Units; Prescott National Forest All Units |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Environmental Impact Statement · Coconino National Forest All Units · updated 9/29/2022
ponderosa pine habitat on the Kaibab and Coconino National Forests · Coconino, Arizona
Implementation of forest restoration activities including thinning of trees, prescribed fire treatments, and watershed and road restoration within 988,764 acres of the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests. See www.fs.usda.gov/4fri for information.
Forest productsRoad managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed managementFuels management
NOI in Federal Register
01/25/2011
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
03/30/2013
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
12/04/2014
Objection Period Start
12/04/2014
Decision
04/2015 (Estimated)
Implementation
05/2015 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Road Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green) |
| Record of Decision for the Four-Forest Restoration Initiative | Decision Signed Date: 04/17/2015 |
| Forests | Coconino National Forest; Kaibab National Forest |
| Districts | Coconino National Forest All Units; Williams Ranger District; Tusayan Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Too extensive to list - see project record |
Environmental Assessment · Coconino National Forest All Units · updated 9/29/2022
locations throughout the Coconino and Kaibab national forests (see map) · Coconino; Yavapai, Arizona
Development of up to 39 rock pits affecting a total of 434 acres on the Coconino and Kaibab national forests to provide materials for surfacing roads to maintain safe and sustainable road conditions.
Road management
Comment Period
07/01/2013
Objection Period Start
07/03/2016
Decision
11/2016 (Estimated)
Implementation
10/2016 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Road Maintenance |
| Nineteen Rock Pits on the Kaibab National Forest | Decision Signed Date: 10/04/2016 |
| 16 Rock Pits and Additional Reclamation on the Coconino National Forest | Decision Signed Date: 10/05/2016 |
| Hostetter 2 and Saddle Mtn Cinders Rock Pits on the Coconino Natl Forest | Decision Signed Date: 11/08/2016 |
| Forests | Coconino National Forest; Kaibab National Forest |
| Districts | Coconino National Forest All Units; Kaibab National Forest All Units |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |