The LFDC NEPA Tracker monitors active NEPA projects across National Forests in Washington, Oregon, California, and Alaska, giving advocates real-time visibility into proposed logging, land management, and restoration activities on public lands.
Projects are updated daily and organized to quickly find new projects and ones currently inviting public participation.
This database contains only the projects that have been published by USFS and that are/were recently in the NEPA analysis page.
Recent policy changes at USFS and the increased use of Categorical Exclusions have drastically reduced the share of USFS projects that get published and/or invite public comment. This means many projects can only be discovered by the public through field monitoring, long after the project has been planned, approved, and contracted.
If your local forests are not yet being tracked, submit feedback using the link above to request the expanded coverage.
There is no 'alert' feature at this time, so check back regularly to learn about new projects and opportunity to comment.
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Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
Snowy Butte Landscape Restoration Project
The District is proposing a vegetation and watershed restoration project in collaboration with the Medford Watershed Commission to support fire resiliency and forest health in spring-fed water supply of the Big Butte Springs Municipal Watershed.
📍 High Cascades Ranger District🏷 Forest products · Fuels management · Grazing management · Heritage resource management · Recreation management · Special area management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Watershed management · Wildlife, fish, rare plantsAdded: 2026-05-28
Developing Proposal
Milestone
Date
NEPA Start Date
5/5/2022
Finding/Decision Date
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Significant Effect
Significant Effect
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
Thompson Creek Fuel Break
Treatments will reduce fuels and protect large residual trees by manually cutting brush and select live trees eight-inch DBH and under, ten-inch DBH and under of dead trees, hand piling, and pile burning within the project footprint.
The Yellowjacket Project aims to reduce hazardous fuels, and foster a more fire, insect, and disease resilient forest. This project will help to protect vulnerable communities from catastrophic wildfires by tying into past treatments.
On November 12, 2025, the Mammoth Lakes Ranger District of the Inyo National Forest received a Plan of Operations (Plan) from KORE USA Ltd. (KORE) for their Long Valley Exploration Drilling project in Mono County, California. KORE plans to conduct exploration-level activities for deposits of gold.
📍 Inyo National Forest🏷 Minerals and geologyAdded: 2026-05-28
Developing ProposalCategorical Exclusion
Milestone
Date
NEPA Start Date
4/3/2026
Finding/Decision Date
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Significant Effect
Significant Effect
Inyo National Forest
Rock Creek Lodge Resort Wildfire Resilience
Fuels reduction and forest resilience project surrounding the Rock Creek Lakes Resort permit area on the Inyo National Forest. Project is funded by a National Resources Conservation Service grant.
📍 Inyo National Forest All Units🏷 Fuels managementAdded: 2026-05-28
In ProgressCategorical Exclusion
Milestone
Date
Scoping Start
09/01/2024
Decision
03/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
06/2025 (Estimated)
Significant Effect
Significant Effect
Los Padres National Forest
Establishing Interim Direction for Oil & Gas Leasing Management
Amend the Los Padres Forest Plan and the Southern California Forest Plan to establish interim direction for processing new lease applications for oil and gas, and remove references to and withdraw the 2005 Oil and Gas Record of Decision. https://usfs-public.box.com/s/8hb9zdav0fv3huge15oga4bzaec0yji6
📍 Los Padres National Forest🏷 Land management planningAdded: 2026-05-28
Developing ProposalCategorical Exclusion
Milestone
Date
NEPA Start Date
12/4/2025
Finding/Decision Date
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Significant Effect
Significant Effect
Los Padres National Forest
Mount Pinos Forest Health Project - PALS #58380
Healthy Forest thinning project designed to improve the health and vigor of the existing stands and to make the stands more resilient to stressors such as drought, insects & wildfire.