Eldorado National Forest

Projects & Plans

SCHEDULE OF PROPOSED ACTIONS

Four times a year (quarterly), the Eldorado National Forest publishes a Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPAs). Expect updates in January, April, July, and October. The Schedule includes projects being considered on the Eldorado National Forest and is designed to provide you with information and invite your input on ongoing Forest environmental analyses. Projects are separated by Forest unit (Supervisor's Office, Amador, Georgetown, Pacific and Placerville Ranger Districts) and include a description of the project, the location, pertinent dates, analysis status and a contact person.

• To view our Schedule of Proposed Actions, please visit the Forest Service SOPA page for the Eldorado National Forest. Note: this will take you to the national Forest Service web site.
• Note: Due to technical difficulties the Rock Creek Supplemental EIS is not in the January SOPA. Information for the project has been on our Welcome Index page since this fall and will stay on until April.

TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PROJECT (Route Designation)

The Eldorado National Forest is in the midst of a three-year public process which will lead to a designated motorized route system. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement was released in July 2007. Check out the Project Page for documents, maps, public meetings, commenting instructions, background, and process information.

APPEALS AND LITIGATION

Forest Service managers make many resource-management decisions, which may be subject to appeal (request to a higher authority for administrative review of a decision).

To view the National Appeals page for general information on appeals and litigation click here.

To view our Appeal Responses, please visit the Forest Service Appeal Response page for the Eldorado National Forest.

To view our Objection Responses, please visit the Forest Service Objection Response page for the Eldorado National Forest.

To view the Eldorado's Appeal Responses for prior to 2008, please visit the Pacific Southwest Region's Appeals web page.

THE CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO NEPA - HAVING YOUR VOICE HEARD

Citizen's Guide to Nepa (link to NEPA.gov web site)

ENF MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FY 2006

Eldorado NF Monitoring and Evaluation Report (pdf) 259 kb

RESTORATION PROJECTS

Freds Fire Restoration  :  In October of 2004, 7,700 acres of was burned by the Freds Fire north of Highway 50 at Kyburz and Silver Fork. For information and documents on the restoration of the area view this page.

Power Fire Restoration  :  In October of 2004, over 16,000 acres of land was burned by the Power Fire on the Amador Ranger District south of Bear River Reservoir. For information and documents on the restoration of the area view this page.

SIERRA NEVADA FRAMEWORK CONSERVATION COLLABORATION

The Sierra Nevada Framework for Conservation and Collaboration, integrating science into natural resource management through improved cooperation among tribes, local governments, state and federal agencies. Look here for more information about the Design Paper, bighorn sheep, Cal Fed, Giant Sequoia, adaptive management & monitoring, science, team members and forest contacts.  

HEALTHY FOREST INITIATIVE

This national program is designed to develop measures that will help reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfire to America's forests and rangelands. This link will give you more information on this program and the Eldorado's Last Chance Fuels Reduction Project that is putting these new measures into effect.  

USDA Forest Service - Eldorado National Forest
Last Modified: Wednesday, 03 September 2008 at 17:40:10 EDT