Environmental Assessment · Mountaintop Ranger District · updated 9/25/2026
South of the City of Big Bear Lake · San Bernardino, California
Expand and connect Bear Mountain and Snow Summit SUP boundaries; grade trails and terminals; tree clearing; install two lifts, ski trails, beginner pod and connector, snowmaking lines and pond, summer activities, road, and ski bridge.
Recreation managementSpecial use management
NEPA Start Date
8/29/2023
Finding/Decision Date
8/5/2026
c/o Mountaintop Ranger District
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Decision Signed Date | 8/5/2026 |
Environmental Assessment · San Bernardino National Forest All Units · updated 7/3/2025
San Bernardino National Forest · Riverside; San Bernardino, California
Forest Wide Invasive Plant Project
Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Comment Period
03/26/2025
Decision
07/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
07/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Noxious Weed Treatments |
| Forests | San Bernardino National Forest |
| Districts | San Bernardino National Forest All Units |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Environmental Assessment · San Bernardino National Forest All Units · updated 5/23/2025
Deep Creek and Whitewater Rivers as described in the 2006 San Bernardino Land Management Plan · San Bernardino, California
The Forest Service (FS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are developing a Comprehensive River Management Plans (CRMPs) for the Deep Creek and Whitewater River Wild and Scenic Rivers (WSRs) on the San Bernardino National Forest.
Land management planning
Comment Period
10/30/2023
Objection Period Start
11/08/2024
Decision
05/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
05/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Plan Creation/Revision |
| Deep Creek and Whitewater River Comprehensive River Management Plan | Decision Signed Date: 05/21/2025 |
| Forests | San Bernardino National Forest |
| Districts | Big Bear Ranger District; San Gorgonio Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Decision Memo · San Bernardino National Forest All Units · updated 8/23/2024
Forst-wide · Riverside; San Bernardino, California
The SBNF proposes to treat up to 25,000 acres within the forest boundary to reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire on federal land as well as reducing catastrophic wildfire for adjacent at-risk communities (see Appendix A).
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management
Decision
09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
10/2025 (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); Forest Vegetation Improvements |
| Forests | San Bernardino National Forest |
| Districts | San Bernardino National Forest All Units |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Decision Memo · San Bernardino National Forest All Units · updated 1/11/2023
The Federal parcel to be exchanged is adjacent to the Tribe's Reservation and its Arrowhead Springs property. · San Bernardino, California
The USDA Forest Service is considering a land exchange with the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation, a federally recognized Indian tribe, formerly recognized as the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.
Land ownership management
Decision
06/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation
08/2023 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.12 (7), 36 Cfr 220.6(D)(7) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Land Exchanges |
| Forests | San Bernardino National Forest |
| Districts | Arrowhead Ranger District; Cajon Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino Meridian, San Bernardino County, California. T.1N., R.3W T.1N., R.4W., |