LFDC NEPA Tracker

Restorative Impact

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Frazer Creek BDA 2026

In Upper Frazer Creek on US Forest Service managed lands, the Methow Okanogan Beaver Project (MBP) proposes to support restoration of natural processes toward stream and floodplain connectivity, increased base streamflows, and climate resilience in the watershed.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/29/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Methow Valley Ranger District 🏷 Special use management · Watershed management Added: 2026-06-24

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/29/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Lake of the Woods Fuel Break

Project uses understory thinning, mastication, and prescribed fire to create and maintain fuel breaks and defensible space. Small trees are thinned, slash piled or burned, and fuels reduced through hand/machine piling, pile burning, underburning, and mastication.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Klamath Ranger District 🏷 Fuels management Added: 2026-06-18

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Mt. Hood National Forest

South Wasco Ecosystem Resiliency

The project proposes to conduct commercial and non-commercial fuels and vegetation treatments on approximately 19,000 acres.

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Acres (approx.)

19,000

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Mt. Hood National Forest 🏷 Forest products · Fuels management · Regulations, directives, orders · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-06-15

Developing Proposal

Acres (approx.)

19,000

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Mixed Impact

MBS, Okan-Wen, Colville, Wallowa-Whitman, Fremont-Winema, Deschutes, Umatilla, Malheur

Region 6 Elite Tree Protection Project

The Pacific Northwest Region is collaborating with nine Forests to develop a region-wide project to protect whitebark pine trees (Pinus albicaulis) that have a high level of white pine blister rust resistance.

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Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2023 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2023 (Estimated)

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📍 R6 - Pacific Northwest Region All Units 🏷 Wildlife, fish, rare plants · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2023 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2023 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Canyon and Trout Creek Trail Bridge Replacements 2024

Replace damaged trail bridges at Jackita Ridge trail # 738 over Canyon Creek and W. Fork Methow trail #480 over Trout Creek.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	07/02/2024
Decision	09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	10/2025 (Estimated)

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📍 Methow Valley Ranger District 🏷 Recreation management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	07/02/2024
Decision	09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	10/2025 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Chelan PUD Fiber Optic Installation Project

The project proposes aerial fiber optic installation, use, operation, and maintenance along roads within the existing transmission line right-of-way.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	06/2025 (Estimated)
Decision	08/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	05/2026 (Estimated)

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📍 Wenatchee River Ranger District 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	06/2025 (Estimated)
Decision	08/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	05/2026 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Forest-wide Tree Seed Orchard Fire Protection Project

Maintain and protect developed tree seed orchards by thinning trees and maintaining fuel break in the surrounding 300 foot buffer.

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Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	05/01/2023
Decision	01/1970 (Estimated)
Implementation	11/2023 (Estimated)

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📍 Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest All Units 🏷 Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	05/01/2023
Decision	01/1970 (Estimated)
Implementation	11/2023 (Estimated)

Mixed Impact

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Icicle Creek Rockfall Mitigation project

Provide rockfall mitigation on up to three slopes on Icicle Creek Road from MP4.3 to 4.8. Project is scheduled to be completed Fall of 2023.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	12/05/2022
Decision	01/1970 (Estimated)
Implementation	08/2023 (Estimated)

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📍 Wenatchee River Ranger District 🏷 Road management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	12/05/2022
Decision	01/1970 (Estimated)
Implementation	08/2023 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Midnight Restoration

Landscape-scale wildfire risk reduction and terrestrial restoration project in Rader Creek, lower Wolf Creek, and upper Twisp River drainages. Excludes Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Methow Valley Ranger District 🏷 Forest products · Fuels management · Road management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Watershed management · Wildlife, fish, rare plants Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Restorative Impact

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Mineral Creek Road Decommissioning

This project would decommission approx. 1 mile of FS-4600 (Mineral Creek Road), which would no longer be needed after the Upper Kachess River Restoration project constructs a new trailhead for the Mineral Creek Trail.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	07/2025 (Estimated)
Comment Period	07/2025 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	08/2025 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2025 (Estimated)

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📍 Cle Elum Ranger District 🏷 Wildlife, fish, rare plants Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	07/2025 (Estimated)
Comment Period	07/2025 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	08/2025 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2025 (Estimated)

Mixed Impact

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Planning and Management of Domestic Sheep and Goat Grazing within the Range of Bighorn Sheep

Proposal to amend Land and Resource Management Plans to provide forest plan direction for managing domestic sheep and goat grazing within the range of Bighorn sheep to better provide for bighorn sheep viability in the context of range management.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest 🏷 Grazing management · Land management planning · Wildlife, fish, rare plants Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

South Fork Tieton Prescribed Fire Project

Wildfire Crisis Strategy Project

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Naches Ranger District 🏷 Fuels management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Upper Methow

Landscape-scale wildfire risk reduction and terrestrial restoration project in Goat Creek, Cub Creek and Lost River drainages using emergency authorities.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Methow Valley Ranger District 🏷 Forest products · Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Watershed management · Wildlife, fish, rare plants Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Upper Swauk Restoration Project

Fuels & Forest Health EAD Project. Proposing forest restoration activities including commercial and non-commercial thinning, prescribed fire, fuels breaks, aquatic restoration activities, and transportation system changes.

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Acres

36,567

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	10/10/2023
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Cle Elum Ranger District 🏷 Forest products · Fuels management · Road management · Watershed management · Wildlife, fish, rare plants Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Acres

36,567

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	10/10/2023
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

White Pass Ski Area - Chairlift 4 Replacement Project

White Pass proposes to replace the existing double chairlift with a new quad chairlift. The new lift would be installed in the same alignment as the current lift, with the same bottom and top terminal locations.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/08/2025
Decision	03/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2025 (Estimated)

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📍 Naches Ranger District 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/08/2025
Decision	03/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2025 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Wallowa-Whitman, Malheur

Austin

This project includes a suite of activities to restore forest and watershed resiliency, including: fuels treatments and prescribed burning; and upland and watershed restoration.

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Milestone	Date
NOI in Federal Register	05/15/2025
DEIS NOA in Federal Register	02/02/2026
FEIS NOA in Federal Register	08/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	04/2027 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2027 (Estimated)

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📍 Blue Mountain Ranger District 🏷 Forest products · Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Fuels management · Watershed management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress

Milestone	Date
NOI in Federal Register	05/15/2025
DEIS NOA in Federal Register	02/02/2026
FEIS NOA in Federal Register	08/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	04/2027 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2027 (Estimated)

Mixed Impact

Fremont-Winema National Forest

BPA-Lapine-Chiloquin Priority Pole Project

BPA has identified roads that require maintenance to ensure safe access to the LAPI-CHIL-1 transmission facilities. The road maintenance will allow BPA to also perform wood pole replacements that need to be completed along the transmission line.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/24/2023
Decision	06/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	08/2024 (Estimated)

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📍 Chemult Ranger District 🏷 Special use management · Road management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/24/2023
Decision	06/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	08/2024 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Buck/Indian North Boundary Fence

There is a need to re-establish the northern boundary of the Buck/Indian cattle allotment to allow better management of the northern section of the allotment.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/23/2025
Decision	04/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	07/2026 (Estimated)

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📍 Klamath Ranger District 🏷 Grazing management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/23/2025
Decision	04/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	07/2026 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Buffalo Meadow Warming Shelter Project

This project proposes to install a pre-engineered shelter on the edge of a large meadow, known locally as Buffalo Meadow.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/18/2022
Decision	08/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	11/2026 (Estimated)

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📍 Klamath Ranger District 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/18/2022
Decision	08/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	11/2026 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Chiloquin Sewer project

This project will connect the Chiloquin Ranger District to the town of Chiloquin's sewer line

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	03/20/2015
Decision	01/1970 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2015 (Estimated)

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📍 Chiloquin Ranger District 🏷 Facility management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	03/20/2015
Decision	01/1970 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2015 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Mt. McLoughlin Trailhead Relocation Project

There is a need to relocate the Mt. Mcloughlin Trailhead and parking area to avoid initial and long-term maintenance costs associated with constructing a new bridge across the Cascade Canal.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	11/2024 (Estimated)
Comment Period	02/2025 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	05/2025 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2026 (Estimated)

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📍 Klamath Ranger District 🏷 Recreation management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	11/2024 (Estimated)
Comment Period	02/2025 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	05/2025 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2026 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Paddock Butte Prescribed Fire

Working together, Federal, State and Private land managers have the opportunity to reintroduce fire on an interagency landscape in the Paddock Butte area.

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Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	10/30/2024
Decision	01/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2025 (Estimated)

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📍 Bly Ranger District 🏷 Fuels management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	10/30/2024
Decision	01/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2025 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Paradise Restoration Project

The primary purpose of the Paradise Restoration Project is ecosystem restoration. Action is needed to restore healthy forest ecosystems, improve wildlife habitats, and protect life, property, and infrastructure within and adjacent to the project area.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/27/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Bly Ranger District 🏷 Forest products · Fuels management · Land management planning · Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Wildlife, fish, rare plants Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/27/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Post-fire Competing Vegetation Management

The Forest Service is proposing to implement herbicide treatments for forest re-establishment and trail maintenance to reduce competing vegetation on approximately 43,000 acres of Forest System Lands that have been impacted by recent wildfires.

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Acres	426,500
Acres	91,710
Acres	62,160
Acres	51,380
Acres (approx.)	43,000
Acres	8,946

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/4/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Fremont-Winema National Forest 🏷 Fuels management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Acres	426,500
Acres	91,710
Acres	62,160
Acres	51,380
Acres (approx.)	43,000
Acres	8,946

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/4/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Mt. Hood National Forest

MTH Anvil Vegetation Management Project

This project seeks to improve forest health and diversity in plantations. In addition, this project seeks to reduce excessive fuel loading primarily along forest roads. Approximately 4,000 acres may be proposed for vegetation and fuels treatments.

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Acres (approx.)

4,000

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/3/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Clackamas River Ranger District 🏷 Forest products · Fuels management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Acres (approx.)

4,000

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/3/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Mt. Hood National Forest

MTH Clear Branch Dam Remediation

There is a need to remediate Clear Branch Dam to meet current dam safety and environmental compliance standards in order to continue to provide a clean dependable water supply for the Upper Hood River valley. More information at: clearbranchdam.com.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	6/18/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Mt. Hood National Forest 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	6/18/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Mt. Hood National Forest

MTH Lost Lake Late Successional Reserve Acre Swap

There is a need to amend the Forest Plan to remove the high use recreational area of Lost Lake Resort, Campground and Day Use Area from Late-successional Reserve (LSR), and reallocate more appropriate areas as LSR.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	8/20/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Mt. Hood National Forest 🏷 Land management planning Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	8/20/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Mt. Hood National Forest

MTH Timberline Chairlifts and Improvements

To improve connectivity between Summit Pass and Timberline Lodge, enhance skiing experience, and improve communications, the following is proposed: replacement of Summit Pass chairlift and new chairlift construction, ski terrain improvements, and fiber optic cable installation.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Mt. Hood National Forest 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—