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Sierra National Forest

R05 Pacific Southwest · 17 projects · crawled 2026-06-17
Developing Proposal 9 Completed 8
Decision Memo 7 Categorical Exclusion 6 Environmental Assessment 4
16 with documents 11 with comments page
Tenaya Project Developing Proposal
Environmental Assessment · BASS LAKE RANGER DISTRICT · updated 6/12/2026
12 air miles north of Bass Lake, California · Fresno, California

The Tenaya Project's objective is to increase forest health and resilience through commercial and pre-commercial harvest, fuels reduction, reforestation and other activities.

Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed managementWildlife, fish, rare plants
NEPA Start Date
Finding/Decision Date
Project documents
Environmental Assessment · HIGH SIERRA RANGER DISTRICT · updated 6/2/2026
The project is within Fresno County, generally southeast of the Dinkey Creek Recreation Area. It is to the west of the McKinley Grove Botanical Area, and entirely within the Dinkey Creek watershed. · Fresno, California

This Project is designed to be an accelerated post-fire management response within those high and moderate burn severity footprints that includes hazard abatement, fuels and biomass removal, and restoration.

Forest productsFuels managementResearch and developmentVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed management
NEPA Start Date
Finding/Decision Date
Project documents
John Polisar · john.polisar@usda.gov
Sivils Holding Field Developing Proposal
Categorical Exclusion · BASS LAKE RANGER DISTRICT · updated 5/8/2026
The project is located east of the town of Oakhurst CA off Sky Ranch Road 6S10 in Madera County. The project is located at Sivils Ranch off the 6S11 Road within the Soquel Allotment. · Fresno, California

New construction of a livestock holding field pasture fence that connects to an existing drift fence. This holding field pasture would be ~1.72 acres and 0.22 miles long and would enclose and connect to the exiting drift fence on the western border.

Grazing management
NEPA Start Date
Finding/Decision Date
Project documents
Aimee Cox · aimee.cox@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionUSDA-33d-USFS
Environmental Assessment · High Sierra Ranger District · updated 5/7/2026
East of Shaver Lake, west of Wishon and John Muir Wilderness Boundary, within the Dinkey Creek watershed and within the 154,000 Dinkey Creek collaborative landscape · Fresno, California

The project includes restoration and vegetation management to reduce risk of high-severity wildfires designed to help safeguard forest resources and nearby communities. Note: the 2025 Garnet Fire burned much of the proposed project area, and so the EA completion deadline moved to 10/01/2026.

Forest productsFuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Wildlife, fish, rare plants
NEPA Start Date
Finding/Decision Date
Project documents
John Polisar · john.polisar@usda.gov
Nutmeg Bridge Replacement Developing Proposal
Categorical Exclusion · HIGH SIERRA RANGER DISTRICT · updated 5/5/2026
The bridge replacement is located on 10S69 Milepost 19.8 in Haslett Basin. · Fresno, California

The project consists of replacing a bridge with a precast concrete slab and other associated parts. The bridge approach will be graded and the prior bridged demolished.

Road management
NEPA Start Date
Finding/Decision Date
Kimberly Sorini Wilson · kim.sorini@usda.gov
Sierra Vista South Restoration Developing Proposal
Categorical Exclusion · Sierra National Forest · updated 5/5/2026 · decision 6/2024 (Estimated)
Located along portions of the Sierra Scenic Byway and is north of Chilkoot Lake and south of Globe Rock. · Madera, California

Conduct a combination of activities to improve forest health in the project area. The proposed action would manage forest structure and density to increase resilience and reduce the risk of uncharacteristic stand-replacing wildfire and related adverse effects such as loss of wildlife habitat.

Forest productsFuels management
NEPA Start Date
12/21/2023
Finding/Decision Date
Project documents
April Allan · april.allan@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionUSDA-47d-USFS
Cavin-Reyes Easement Developing Proposal
Categorical Exclusion · Sierra National Forest · updated 5/4/2026
Assessors parcel numbers 059-054-021 and 022 · Fresno, California

This project involves a FRTA Easement Permit & allows private landowners to rehabilitate & maintain a FS road & construct a very short section of new road on FS land, allowing controlled access on sum of the two short sections to access their lands.

NEPA Start Date
Finding/Decision Date
Project documents
Lisa Gammel · lisa.gammel@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionUSDA-28d-USFS
Categorical Exclusion · BASS LAKE RANGER DISTRICT · updated 5/4/2026
The project is located on the Bass Lake Ranger District, Sierra National Forest in Mariposa County, California along State Route 140, just north of the junction with State Route 49. · Madera, California

This proposal would allow or the construction, operation, and maintenance of buried fiber optic infrastructure along Highway 140 within Mariposa County.

Special use management
NEPA Start Date
Finding/Decision Date
Project documents
Jessica Richardson · jessica.richardson@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionUSDA-28d-USFS
Decision Memo · Sierra National Forest All Units · updated 4/23/2026
east of Huntington Lake between the Kaiser and Dinkey Lake Wildernesses. · Fresno, California

help the project area to be more resilient to future drought, restore and preserve wildlife habitat to persist and to reduce the likelihood of uncharacteristic wildfire with all the associated damage that causes to resources

Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management
Scoping Start
12/01/2023
Decision
04/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation
05/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
Matthew Avery · matthew.avery@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.2 (25), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(25)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityBiomass; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green)
ForestsSierra National Forest
DistrictsSierra National Forest All Units
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Decision Memo · Bass Lake Ranger District · updated 11/18/2025
The project is located off Worman Road and 6S24 Forest Road near Ahwahnee, California. · Madera, California

The Worman Road Fuels Reduction project includes proposed hand and mechanical vegetation management treatment of hazardous fuel loadings in a community wildfire protection zone near the forest boundary and Worman Road of Highway 49.

Fuels management
Scoping Start
07/06/2024
Decision
10/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
10/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
Aimee Cox · aimee.cox@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.3(11)
Special Authority2021 Infrastructure: Fuel Break Ce
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
ForestsSierra National Forest
DistrictsBass Lake Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 6 South, Range 20 East, Section 7
Environmental Assessment · Sierra National Forest All Units · updated 11/12/2025
The entirety of both the Sierra and Sequoia National Forests · Fresno; Madera; Mariposa; Tulare, California

Implement a range of prescribed fire techniques across the landscape.

Fuels management
Scoping Start
10/20/2023
Comment Period
10/09/2024
Objection Period Start
05/28/2025
Decision
11/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
11/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
Amber Sprinkle · amber.sprinkle@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements
ForestsSierra National Forest
DistrictsSierra National Forest All Units
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Decision Memo · Sierra National Forest All Units · updated 6/25/2025
NE of Bass Lake, in N Fork Willow Creek watershed, sub-watershed of Upper San Joaquin River Basin, surrounds Central Camp, includes Gaggs and Whisker's campgrounds · Madera, California

Fuel reduction, forest restoration, increase forest resilience and resistance to drought and inserts, and reduce likelihood of uncharacteristic severe wildfire.

Fuels management
Scoping Start
11/29/2023
Decision
06/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
07/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
John Polisar · John.Polisar@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.3 (9)
Special AuthorityHfra Title Vi: Wildfire Resilience Ce
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements
ForestsSierra National Forest
DistrictsBass Lake Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Decision Memo · Sierra National Forest All Units · updated 6/6/2025
From Prather CA 22 miles east on CA-168, left on Huntington Lake Rd - 7.1 miles, right on Big Creek Rd - 1.5 miles, left onto Stump Springs Rd - 12.83 miles to arrive at site · Fresno, California

Repair 21 short sections of washed out road. The largest section needing repair is l40 ft wide, 150 ft long, and in some sections 40 ft high. Address and repair the 20 other shorter sections also requiring attention.

Road management
Scoping Start
03/11/2025
Decision
06/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
06/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
John Polisar · john.polisar@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.2 (23), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(23)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityRoad Maintenance
ERFO-7S05 Road Repairs MP 12.83 - Stump Springs RoadDecision Signed Date: 06/05/2025
ForestsSierra National Forest
DistrictsHigh Sierra Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Decision Memo · Bass Lake Ranger District · updated 1/13/2025
Nelder Grove Historical boundary and the roads around the Grove boundary · Madera, California

Fuels reduction to reduce threat to Nelder Grove giant sequoia grove and wildlife habitat by reducing fuel ladders and treating standing and down fuel loading to reduce potential loss in a subsequent fire.

Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management
Scoping Start
11/06/2022
Decision
12/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation
01/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
Burt Stalter · burt.stalter@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements
Nelder Grove Ecological Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 12/30/2024
ForestsSierra National Forest
DistrictsBass Lake Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Decision Memo · High Sierra Ranger District · updated 6/7/2024
The project is located in and around McKinley Grove. · Fresno, California

. The project is designed to reduce the threat of wildfire to the McKinley Grove of giant sequoias.

Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)
Scoping Start
11/08/2022
Comment Period
01/22/2024
05/03/2024
Decision
05/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation
07/2024 (Estimated)
Project documents
Tiffany Wade · tiffany.wade@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.3 (9)
Special Authority2021 Infrastructure: Emergency Actions
Notice and Comment Regulation2021 Infrastructure: Emergency Actions
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green)
ForestsSierra National Forest
DistrictsHigh Sierra Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Decision Memo · Sierra National Forest All Units · updated 6/7/2024
Project area is located within the Red Mountain OHV Staging Area in the Tamarack Creek drainage off Highway 168 below Huntington Lake, at the junction of Forest Roads 8S IO and 8S42. The legal descrip · Fresno, California

Sierra National Forest (SNF) is proposing to construct a single vault toilet that will accompany an existing Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Staging Area that serves the Red Mountain OHV trail system on the High Sierra Ranger District (HSRD).

Recreation management
Scoping Start
11/01/2023
Decision
05/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation
07/2024 (Estimated)
Project documents
John Polisar · John.Polisar@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.2 (22), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(22)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFacility Improvements/Construction
ForestsSierra National Forest
DistrictsHigh Sierra Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable