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.
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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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Tongass National Forest
Continuation of Zarembo Minerals Plan of Operations 2023 to 2024
Proposal to continue authorizing exploration activities by Zarembo Minerals Co. on Zarembo Island until July 2023. Activities to continue include surface exploration and drilling, use of a closed spur road, and onsite storage of drilling equipment.
📍 Wrangell Ranger District🏷 Minerals and geologyAdded: 2026-05-28
CancelledCategorical Exclusion
Milestone
Date
Scoping Start
04/06/2022
Decision
09/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation
09/2023 (Estimated)
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Significant Effect
Tongass National Forest
R10 TNF HRD 2025 Chichagof Small Sales
To make 70 acres available for community access to small-scale timber sales utilizing ground-based logging systems without the use of heavy machinery to harvest. Multiple small sales provide for opportunities for harvest of firewood, sawlogs and other timber products for commercial use.
The activity for the Apex-El Nido Exploration project entails conducting hard rock exploration through diamond core drilling. It is anticipated a maximum of 15 holes will be drilled.
📍 Hoonah Ranger District🏷 Minerals and geologyAdded: 2026-05-28
Developing ProposalCategorical Exclusion
Milestone
Date
NEPA Start Date
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Finding/Decision Date
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Tongass National Forest
R10 TNF KMRD South Revillagigedo Integrated Resource Project
The Forest Service is proposing a multi-year project involving a variety of timber harvest, road construction, watershed restoration and recreation activities.
The proposed action is expected to produce about 26.8 million board feet of timber from approximately 1,655 acres of National Forest System lands in the Staney and Red Bay areas within the Thorne Bay RD. Other activities include road construction, reconstruction, maintenance and decommissioning.
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Why are intact forests are important to you, why do you feel old forests are worth more standing, why is Tongass special to you, etc
I am writing in strong opposition to the Twin Mountain II Timber Sale (Project #58626) on the Tongass National Forest and urge the Forest Service to select the No-Action alternative.
I support responsible timber harvest, including the careful harvest of replanted, mature second-growth timber, but I am concerned that this project has not been fully evaluated for its impacts on the old-growth forests, watersheds, and subsistence resources of Prince of Wales Island. Because the project area is near sensitive salmon streams, critical deer winter habitat, and some of the last remaining ancient forest on the island, it should undergo a more complete environmental review before any action alternative is approved.
My main concerns are:
- The project could significantly harm the Red Bay watershed, including the subsistence sockeye salmon run that rural communities depend on.
- New and reconditioned roads will increase sediment, degrade stream habitat, and open access corridors that amplify hunting pressure and predator efficiency.
- The cumulative impact of this project has not been honestly assessed against the backdrop of decades of intensive logging that has already removed approximately 94% of productive old-growth on Prince of Wales Island.
- The environmental review does not adequately account for the Ketchikan rural designation, which added approximately thousands of new subsistence hunters to an already stressed deer population.
- An ample supply of mature replanted, second-growth timber exists— there are tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of acres of it on the Tongass, more than half on Prince of Wales Island. Mature second growth, outside of naturally regenerated stands should be fully evaluated as an alternative before any old-growth harvest is approved.
A full and honest Environmental Impact Statement should be completed before any action alternative is approved, and it should clearly address subsistence impacts on both deer and salmon, cumulative logging history, and the availability of second-growth alternatives.
I support a timber economy that can sustain itself without destroying what remains of these ancient forests — but only if every necessary step is taken to protect old-growth, structurally complex forest, healthy watersheds, and the communities that depend on them.