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Stanislaus National Forest

R05 Pacific Southwest · 16 projects · crawled 2026-06-17
In Progress 1 Developing Proposal 2 Completed 13
Categorical Exclusion 5 Decision Memo 5 Environmental Assessment 4 Environmental Impact Statement 2
14 with documents 10 with comments page
Categorical Exclusion · Summit Ranger District · updated 6/15/2026 · decision 11/2026 (Estimated)
Dodge Ridge Mountain Resort, Summit Ranger District, Tuolumne County, CA · Tuolumne, California

The Proposed Action occurs within the existing Dodge Ridge Mountain Resort Special Use Permit (SUP) area and includes the construction of additional parking lots, an on-mountain guest service sun deck, additional snowmaking lines, a water storage tank, and test well drilling sites.

Recreation management
NEPA Start Date
6/1/2026
Finding/Decision Date
Project documents
Todd Newburger · todd.newburger@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionUSDA-44d-USFS
Categorical Exclusion · Calaveras Ranger District · updated 6/2/2026
The project is located at the Spicer Sno-Park, near the intersection of Spicer Reservoir Road and Highway 4 in Calaveras County. · Calaveras, California

The Spicer Sno-park Twin Vault Toilet Installation project aims to install a new double vault prefabricated toilet building and associated sitework at the existing Spicer Sno-Park. The project area is approximately 400 square feet. The project is located at the Spicer Sno-Park.

Recreation management
NEPA Start Date
5/28/2026
Finding/Decision Date
6/1/2026
Project documents
Hilary Maxworthy · Hilary.Maxworthy@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionUSDA-44d-USFS
Decision Signed Date6/1/2026
Environmental Assessment · Summit Ranger District · updated 5/21/2026 · decision 5/2027 (Estimated)
Pinecrest and Meadowview Campgrounds, Stanislaus National Forest · Tuolumne, California

Access documents here - https://usfs-public.box.com/s/00fj03n31u7y9hxbhp2awhtpajele9nj Summary - Reconstruct campgrounds to replace failing infrastructure, improve accessibility and safety, restore sensitive areas, upgrade utilities, improve parking and circulation, and enhance visitor experience.

Recreation management
NEPA Start Date
5/20/2026
Finding/Decision Date
Project documents
Jim Moak · jim.moak@usda.gov
Categorical Exclusion · Stanislaus National Forest · updated 5/12/2026
Jordan Creek/Linkletter, Dimond O Campground, Summit Ranger Station, PineCrest Lake Area, Groveland Ranger District · Tuolumne, California

The Groveland Ranger District Office will receive necessary repairs and multiple defunct, unutilized buildings on the Groveland and Summit Ranger Districts will be demolished and/or removed from Forest Service lands.

Facility management
NEPA Start Date
10/30/2025
Finding/Decision Date
4/29/2026
Katherine Baker · kathryn.baker@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionUSDA-43d-USFS
Decision Signed Date4/29/2026
Categorical Exclusion · Calaveras Ranger District · updated 5/6/2026
Alpine County, CA. Hwy 4, approximately 7.5 miles NE of the community of Bear Valley, CA T8N R18 S36; FS Rd 8N13 · N/A

Confine vehicle use of dispersed sites to reduce impacts to Stanislaus Meadow.

Recreation managementRoad managementWildlife, fish, rare plants
NEPA Start Date
8/8/2025
Finding/Decision Date
4/14/2026
Project documents
Evan Watson · evan.watson@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionUSFWS B(3) (516 DM 8.5)
Decision Signed Date4/14/2026
Environmental Impact Statement · Eldorado National Forest All Units · updated 4/27/2026
The project is in the central Sierra Nevada mountains in portions of Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Tuolumne, and Alpine Counties and bisected by North Fork Mokelumne River. · Alpine; Amador; Calaveras; El Dorado; Tuolumne, California

This project aims to restore ecosystem health and resilience to wildfire, insect and disease, and drought through forest thinning, fuels reduction and a suite of watershed improvement actions.

Wildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed managementClimate change adaptation
NOI in Federal Register
09/26/2024
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
02/17/2026
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
04/17/2026
Decision
04/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation
04/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
Benjamin Cossel · Benjamin.Cossel@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other; 2021 Infrastructure: Emergency Actions
Notice and Comment Regulation2021 Infrastructure: Emergency Actions
Project ActivityBiomass; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Plan Amendment; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Mokelumne Amador Calaveras Forest Resilience Project - ENFDecision Signed Date: 04/17/2026
Mokelumne Amador Calaveras Forest Resilience Project - STFDecision Signed Date: 04/17/2026
ForestsEldorado National Forest; Stanislaus National Forest
DistrictsAmador Ranger District; Calaveras Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Environmental Assessment · Summit Ranger District · updated 4/16/2026
The Pinecrest Community Center is located at 2 Pinecrest School Road, Pinecrest CA 95264 · Tuolumne, California

Pinecrest Management Direction Forest Plan Amendment: Community Center Zoning Change (to Commercial) & SUP Issuance (for commercial use of community center.

Land management planningSpecial use management
Scoping Start
04/16/2026
Comment Period
04/16/2026
Objection Period Start
05/2026 (Estimated)
Decision
07/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation
07/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
Andrew Welsh · Andrew.Welsh@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations; Plan Amendment
ForestsStanislaus National Forest
DistrictsSummit Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Categorical Exclusion · Calaveras Ranger District · updated 3/19/2026
Alpine County, CA; Sourgrass Jeep Trail (5N02R) T6N R16E S27 & S34; Highland Lakes Rd (8N01) T8N R20E S19 & S29; near Bloomfield Meadow/Campground along Mokelumne River. · Calaveras; Tuolumne, California

Restore user-created OHV routes at Sourgrass Jeep Trail (5N02R) and along Highland Lakes Rd (8N01) to reduce erosion and protect Mokelumne River corridor and amphibian habitat https://usfs-public.box.com/s/7wj7uhx5hhyzhyq0h08wmtjhxoarffls

Recreation managementRoad managementWatershed management
NEPA Start Date
8/8/2025
Finding/Decision Date
3/19/2026
Keith Matteson · keith.matteson@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionUSDA-42d-USFS
Decision Signed Date3/19/2026
Decision Memo · Mi-Wok Ranger District · updated 9/29/2025
Water sampling sites will be located in the North Fork Tuolumne and Clavey Rivers. The Soil and Snow sensors will be placed in Trout Creek. All sites are within the Tuolumne River Watershed · Tuolumne, California

Monitoring throughout the SERAL 2.0 treatment areas that measure streamflow, snow depth, and soil moisture will lead to better understanding of ecohydrological impacts of watershed restoration treatments.

Research
Scoping Start
09/15/2025
Decision
09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
10/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
Michael Jow · michael.jow@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical ExclusionUsgs 9.5(B)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityResearch And Development
ForestsStanislaus National Forest
DistrictsMi-Wok Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Decision Memo · Stanislaus National Forest All Units · updated 8/25/2025
Locations are throughout the Forest on the Summit, Groveland and Calaveras Ranger Districts including some sites in the Emigrant wilderness. · Amador; Calaveras; Tuolumne, California

The purpose of this project is to provide legal access through a special use permit with terms, conditions, and stipulations for the operation, maintenance and modernization of snow survey infrastructure.

Special use management
Scoping Start
06/02/2025
Decision
07/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
10/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
Coy Burnett · coy.burnett@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFacility Improvements/Construction; Special Use Authorizations; Facility Maintenance
ForestsStanislaus National Forest
DistrictsCalaveras Ranger District; Summit Ranger District; Groveland Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Decision Memo · Calaveras Ranger District · updated 8/25/2025
Avery-Arnold Ranch Road and Almer%u2019s Campsite (Road 4N41Y), Valley View Drive Area and Water Tower, 5N99Y Interface OHV Township 4 · Calaveras, California

User created trails, and other unauthorized uses have resulted in resource damage around the communities of Arnold and Avery. This project aims to reverse and prevent further resource damage.

Recreation managementWatershed managementRoad management
Scoping Start
04/29/2025
Decision
08/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
08/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
Carinna Robertson · carinna.robertson@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.2 (20), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(20)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityWatershed Improvements
ForestsStanislaus National Forest
DistrictsCalaveras Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT4N R14E S14, T4N 14E S12, T5N R15E S20
Decision Memo · Groveland Ranger District · updated 8/22/2025
Located in the headwaters of the Jawbone Creek watershed, approximately 2.5 air miles west of Cherry Lake, at 37.99017 lat.-119.96242 long. · Tuolumne, California

The Boggy Meadow Restoration Project aims to repair damage to Boggy Meadow from past wildfires and other uses, and to restore wet meadow hydrology, habitat, and ecosystem resilience.

Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management
Scoping Start
08/18/2025
Decision
08/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
01/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
Curtis Kvamme · curtis.kvamme@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Categorical Exclusion32.2 (18), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(18)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Watershed Improvements
ForestsStanislaus National Forest
DistrictsGroveland Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 2N, Range 18E, Section 35
Environmental Assessment · Groveland Ranger District · updated 7/14/2025
T2S R19E Sec. 15-17, 22, 25-27, 35-36; T3S R19E Sec. 1-3, 10-12; T2S R20E Sec. 29-32; T3S R20E 4-5, 8-9, 17. · Mariposa, California

The El Portal Fire Recovery and Habitat Resilience project aims to repair damages from past wildfires and prepare the landscape for future wildfires.

Wildlife, fish, rare plantsFuels management
Scoping Start
03/21/2023
Comment Period
03/20/2025
Decision
07/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
08/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
Coy Burnett · coy.burnett@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; Species Habitat Improvements; Road Maintenance
ForestsStanislaus National Forest
DistrictsGroveland Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT2S R19E Sec. 15-17, 22, 25-27, 35-36; T3S R19E Sec. 1-3, 10-12; T2S R20E Sec. 29-32; T3S R20E 4-5, 8-9, 17.
Environmental Impact Statement · Stanislaus National Forest All Units · updated 6/13/2025
Located primarily to the north of Tuolumne River, west of Clavey River, south-southeast of Highway 108. Another area is located north between the N. Fork and Middle Fork Stanislaus River. · Alpine; Mariposa; Tuolumne, California

Increase landscape resilience to natural disturbances, provide economic opportunities to local communities, and reduce the spread of invasive non-native plants.

Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management
NOI in Federal Register
11/17/2023
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
02/16/2024
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
06/07/2024
Objection Period Start
11/05/2024
Decision
06/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
07/2024 (Estimated)
Project documents
Benjamin Cossel · Benjamin.Cossel@usda.gov
NEPA / regulatory detail
Special Authority2021 Infrastructure: Emergency Actions
Notice and Comment Regulation2021 Infrastructure: Emergency Actions
Project ActivityBiomass; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Plan Amendment; Noxious Weed Treatments; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green)
Social and Ecological Resilience Across the Landscape 2.0 (SERAL 2.0) ROD 1Decision Signed Date: 07/31/2024
Social and Ecological Resilience Across the Landscape 2.0 (SERAL 2.0) ROD-2Decision Signed Date: 01/15/2025
ForestsStanislaus National Forest
DistrictsStanislaus National Forest All Units
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Environmental Assessment · Stanislaus National Forest All Units · updated 3/27/2025
Along maintenance level 2, 3, 4, and 5 roads, trailheads, and adjacent to facilities across the Stanislaus National Forest - All Districts. · Alpine; Calaveras; Mariposa; Tuolumne, California

Hazard tree felling and removal is proposed to reduce safety risk to the public, firefighters, and FS personnel along portions of certain roads, trailheads and facilities across the Stanislaus National Forest.

Recreation managementFuels managementFacility managementRoad management
Scoping Start
04/06/2023
Comment Period
07/20/2023
Objection Period Start
09/13/2024
Decision
03/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
04/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
Benjamin Cossel · Benjamin.Cossel@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; Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Facility Maintenance; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Salvage)
ForestsStanislaus National Forest
DistrictsStanislaus National Forest All Units
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Decision Memo · Calaveras Ranger District · updated 11/5/2024
The McKays Strategic Fuelbreak project area is located in Calaveras County, on the Stanislaus National Forest, Calaveras Ranger District. The project area is located along and off of the McKays Dam Rd · Calaveras, California

The McKays Strategic Fuelbreak Project includes hazardous fuels reduction treatments which vary across 3 treatment types: biomass removal, mastication, mechanical thinning of dead and dying trees, prescribed fire and hazard tree mitigation.

Fuels management
Scoping Start
11/17/2021
Decision
07/2022 (Estimated)
Implementation
07/2022 (Estimated)
Project documents
Carinna Robertson · carinna.robertson@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)
ForestsStanislaus National Forest
DistrictsCalaveras Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionLEGAL - T4N, R15E Sec. 2, 3, 4, 9, and 10; T5N, R15E Sec. 27, 34, and 35