Categorical Exclusion · Doublehead Ranger District · updated 10/8/2026 · decision 12/2025 (Estimated)
Thirteen miles southeast from Tulelake, California within CA-139 right-of-way to Meares, California and on Tionesta Road from CA-139 to Tionesta, California. T46N R6E secs 20, 29, 32; T45N R6E secs 5, 8, 28, 32, 34; T44N R6E secs 3, 10, 11, 14-17, 19, 20, 23-25, 36; T44N R7E sec 31, Mount Diablo Meridian. · Modoc, California
Cal-Ore Telephone Company is proposing additional buried fiber optic cable to upgrade existing facilities in Siskiyou and Modoc Counties. The overall project is 140 miles with approximately 15.5 miles on National Forest System Lands in the Modoc National Forest along CA-139 and Tionesta Roads.
Special use management
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | NTIA C(8) |
Environmental Assessment · Warner Mountain Ranger District · updated 9/9/2026
The 11,920 acre project area is located on the west slope of the southern Warner Mountains, east of US Highway 395, south of CA Highway 299, east of Likely, north of Jess Valley, and south of Payne Peak, around Bear Flat and Soup Springs. The project area is encompassed by the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) delineated in the 2022 Modoc Community Wildfire Protection Plan (Modoc CWPP). · Modoc, California
Thinning, fuels treatments, reforestation, aspen enhancement, wet meadow restoration, fuel breaks, plantation maintenance, wildlife habitat improvement, and whitebark pine restoration.
Forest productsFuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed management
Finding/Decision Date
7/2/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Decision Signed Date | 7/2/2026 |
Decision Memo · Modoc National Forest All Units · updated 1/12/2026
Roads: Dry Creek Basin (42N30), Deep Creek (County Road 25), Warner Mountain Ridgeline (42N31), Payne Peak (42N43), Deep Creek-Summit (42N49), and Granger Canyon (42N51). · Modoc, California
Shaded fuel breaks extending 500 feet to either side of centerline, roads 42N30, 42N31, 42N43, 42N49, and 42N51. Disrupt progress of wildfire in Warner Mts. 15-25 ft spacing between conifer driplines; restore pine; masticate brush; pile, burn.
Forest productsFuels managementRoad management
Decision
01/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation
01/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.3(11) |
| Special Authority | 2021 Infrastructure: Fuel Break Ce |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Green) |
| Forests | Modoc National Forest |
| Districts | Warner Mountain Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T. 42 N, R. 14 E, secs. 1, 2, and 3; T. 43 N, R. 14 E, secs. 34 and 35; T. 42 N, R. 15 E, secs. 2 thru 9; secs. 16, 17; secs. 21, 22, 23; and secs. 27, 28. |
Environmental Assessment · Devils Garden Ranger District · updated 9/12/2025
The Middle Section area of DGPWHT is primarily on Devils Garden Ranger District about 16 to 20 miles northwest of Alturas. · Modoc, California
Replace 2013 Devil's Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory Management Plan (DGWHTMP) with new TMP based on recent law, monitoring data, and changed environmental conditions. Finalize Territory boundary, including Middle Section.
Special area managementVegetation management (other than forest products)
Comment Period
04/11/2024
Objection Period Start
09/05/2024
Decision
09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
09/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Rangeland Vegetation Improvements; Special Area Management |
| Forests | Modoc National Forest |
| Districts | Devils Garden Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Decision Memo · Doublehead Ranger District · updated 6/10/2025
Mt Dome Mgmt Area, bounded on the east by Tule Lake NWR and Lava Beds NM, on the north by pvt lands and Lower Klamath NWR, on the west by pvt and BLM lands, on the south by Klamath NF. · Siskiyou, California
Modoc Nation partnership to maintain/restore sage-steppe grassland wildlife habitat, reduce risk of high severity fire by hand-cutting encroaching juniper, reduce fuels in ponderosa pine stands, use regenerative grazing to control juniper and NNIS.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management
Decision
10/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
11/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 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; Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements |
| Forests | Modoc National Forest |
| Districts | Doublehead Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | MDM, T. 45 N, R. 3 E, secs. 5-8, 17-20; T. 46 N, R. 3 E, secs. 1-36; T. 47 N, R. 3 E, secs. 20-22, 27-35. |
Environmental Assessment · Warner Mountain Ranger District · updated 5/8/2025
11,920 acre analysis area (5,585 acres of treatment units) north of Jess Valley and west of South Warner Wilderness, Modoc Co., CA. · Modoc, California
Thinning, fuels treatments, reforestation, aspen enhancement, wet meadow restoration, fuel breaks, plantation maintenance, wildlife habitat improvement, and whitebark pine restoration.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management
Comment Period
05/08/2025
Decision
09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
09/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | 2021 Infrastructure: Emergency Actions |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 2021 Infrastructure: Emergency Actions |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green) |
| Forests | Modoc National Forest |
| Districts | Warner Mountain Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T. 40 N, R. 14 E, secs. 1, 11 thru 14, 22 thru 27, 34, 35 & 36. T. 40 N, R. 15 E, secs. 2 thru 5, 8 thru 11, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 & 29. T. 41 N, R. 15 E, secs. 31 & 32. |
Environmental Assessment · Modoc National Forest All Units · updated 11/9/2023
Four allotments west of Hwy 139 between Canby and Tulelake, south of Tionesta, near Mud Lake. · Modoc, California
Reauthorize grazing on Mud Lake, Timber Mtn, Glass Mtn and Refuge 1-N (Refuge) allotments. 3 alternatives: 1) No action (stay vacant), 2) Reauthorize domestic sheep grazing (preferred), or 3) Authorize both cattle and sheep.
Grazing managementFuels management
Scoping Start
11/2023 (Estimated)
Decision
09/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation
09/2024 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Grazing Allotment Management; Grazing Authorizations |
| Forests | Modoc National Forest |
| Districts | Big Valley Ranger District; Doublehead Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Decision Memo · Modoc National Forest All Units · updated 5/4/2023
Existing conifer plantations in various locations throughout the Big Valley and Doublehead Ranger Districts. · Lassen; Modoc; Siskiyou, California
Golden State Natural Resources/Modoc NF partnership to improve forest health by removing excess fuels from Modoc NF, Big Valley and Doublehead RD plantations to avert large destructive wildfires.
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementClimate change adaptationCarbon stewardship
Scoping Start
05/2023 (Estimated)
Decision
10/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation
11/2023 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Biomass; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green) |
| Forests | Modoc National Forest |
| Districts | Big Valley Ranger District; Doublehead Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |