Projects & Plans
Yuba-Donner Byway Corridor Management Plan | SOPA | OHV Route
Designation | Alder Creek | Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment
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South Yuba River Coordinated Management Plan | Fisheries
Information | Heritage Resources |
Regional & National Projects
This page contains links to project and planning information on the Tahoe
National Forest. Functional areas post information here about different forest
management projects across the forest.
Appeals & Litigation
Forest Service managers make many resource-management decisions, which may be subject to appeal (request to a higher-level authority for administrative review of a desicion).
Click here to view appeal responses issued after Oct. 1 2006. You will view these on the National Appeals website (opens in a new window).
Pre-Decisional Objections
Proposed Forest Service decisions regarding hazardous fuel reduction projects are subject to a "pre-desicional" review process. In these cases, the public may submit comments on the project for consideration prior to the final decision being signed.
Click here to view objecting responses. You will view these on the National Objections website (opens in a new window).
Forest Level Projects
Yuba-Donner Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan
The Forest Service is developing a corridor management plan for a 41.2 mile section of the Yuba Donner Scenic Byway. The selected area is a portion of the byway on SR 49 in the North Yuba river canyon between Camptonville and Yuba Pass. Public input and participation are being actively solicited in creation of this plan.
More information about the project is found here.
SOPA Quarterly Report
The Tahoe National
Forests's Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA), is published quarterly (Spring,
Summer, Fall and Winter).
Current Schedule of Proposed Actions
Note: this link takes you to the
National Forest Service website. To return to the local Tahoe National
Forest website, use your "back button" or navigate from the link provided to
the Tahoe NF Home Page.
- Specific Information: For proposal-specific
information, please contact the corresponding "Project Contact" listed in
the SOPA.
- Future Involvement: To be included in future
public involvement for a specific proposal, contact the corresponding "Project
Contact" listed in the SOPA and indicate your interest in being involved.
This is a multi-year process designed to inventory and provide consistent
management and guidelines for off-highway vehicle use. The initial phase
inventoried and mapped existing OHV routes on the forest. The five-step process includes:
- Complete an inventory of existing roads, trails and open areas used by
wheeled vehicles.
- Issue a temporary Forest Order prohibiting wheeled vehicles off of
mapped/existing roads, trails, or designated open areas.
- Propose a system of OHV routes.
- Make final decision as to which routes will be designated for OHV use.
- Issue Forest Orders for designated OHV routes, sign routes, and provide
maps for users.
Alder Creek Project
This Project proposes to reduce hazardous fuels and
improve watershed conditions in the Alder Creek area north of Truckee on State
Route 89. The project scoping was initiated on November 18, 2005. The Environmental Assessment (EA) was released online on March 27, 2005. Current
documents include:
Environmental Assessment
- EA (primary document) (.pdf) (.html)
- Appendix A: Project Resource Protection Measures and Standard Management Requirements for Alternative 1 (.pdf) (.html)
- Appendix B: Human Health & Safety and Ecological Risk Evaluation for Borax Stump Treatment (.pdf) (.html)
- Appendix C: Monitoring Plans for Sub Watersheds over TOC (.pdf) (.html)
- Appendix D: Riparian Conservation Objective Analysis (.pdf) (.html)
- Appendix E: Compliance with Water Quality Control Plan for the Lahontan Region (.pdf) (.html)
- Appendix F: Scoping Comments Summary(.pdf) (.html)
- Sporax label (.pdf only)
- Sporax MSDS (.pdf only)
Scoping Phase
This site contains information on the
process and progress of amending the land management plans of all national
forests in the Sierra Nevada. The final Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) was released on January 21, 2004, and is available on the SNFPA
website.
This site contains information
concerning HFQLG background implementation. The Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library
Group legislation allows for some alternate forest management activities on
three national forests, designed to reduce wildfire danger while providing
environmental protections. On the Tahoe, these special management activities
occur only on the Sierraville Ranger District.
This is a multi-year planning effort
between public agencies and the public for the stretch of the South Yuba between
Spaulding Reservoir and Bridgeport. The participating government entities are:
Nevada County, California Department of Parks and Recreation, Folsom Office,
Bureau of Land Management and USDA Forest Service, Tahoe National Forest. There
are regular public meetings scheduled in Grass Valley, and notes and information
about the evolving plan can be found on this site.
These pages provide an overview of Fisheries management on the forest, as well as some
information about rivers and streams on the forest.
These pages provide visitor and
some technical information about archaeology and heritage resources management
on the forest.
Regional and National Projects
Forests With A Future
is a public education campaign designed to inform and educate everyone about the
serious problems facing our national forests in California from serious
over-stocking, including serious fire and insect risks.
Healthy
Forests Initiative. This site contains details about the HFI and
how it influences national forest management. The HFI
field guide is also available here.
Payments
to Counties: Some monetary receipts to National Forests from timber
harvest and other commercial activities are returned to the affected counties to
supplement their tax bases. Specifics about these payments are available on this
site.
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