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	—

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)

Uncategorized

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Forest Wide Thinning & Potential Control Line Treatments

The proposed action would include 2 primary elements: plantation thinning of previously regenerated stands under 80 years of age, and small diameter hand thinning within 500 feet of roadsides identified by fire management staff as PCLs for use in future wildfire management.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Gifford Pinchot National Forest Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Little White Salmon Forest Resiliency and Fire Risk Mitigation Project

Increase forest resiliency to climate-related stressors and mitigate fire risk to highly valued resources in the Little White Salmon Watershed. Proposed actions will include commercial timber harvest, fuels treatments and other restoration projects.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Mt. Adams Ranger District 🏷 Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Mount Adams South Climb / Cold Springs Trailhead Improvements

Trailhead improvements necessary to ensure quality visitor experiences, improved sanitation and safety, and resource protection and restoration in the vicinity of the Mt. Adams South Climb (#183) and Cold Springs (#72) trailheads.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Mt. Adams Ranger District 🏷 Recreation management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Mount Margaret Backcountry Toilet Replacement

Project proposes to replace aging toilet facilities at 8 backcountry campsites in the Mount Margaret Backcountry Area within Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/25/2025
Finding/Decision Date	5/26/2026

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📍 Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument 🏷 Recreation management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/25/2025
Finding/Decision Date	5/26/2026

Significant Effect

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Review of Wind River Consent to Geothermal Lease Request

The Gifford Pinchot National Forest is responding to two requests provided by Bureau of Land Management to evaluate consent to lease two nominated parcels of Forest Service lands for geothermal exploration and development.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Gifford Pinchot National Forest 🏷 Minerals and geology Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Spirit Lake Outflow Safety Improvement Project

The Project proposes to evaluate options to improve safety of the outflow at Spirit Lake located within the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. A draft Record of Decision and corresponding documents will be published on July 7, 2026 opening up Objections for the Project.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/30/2024
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Gifford Pinchot National Forest 🏷 Regulations, directives, orders Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/30/2024
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Inyo National Forest

Crystal Crag Water Storage Tank Replacement

The removal of two existing water storage tanks & constructing a new one. The new steel water storage tank will be 20,000-gallons, 16-foot diameter and 16 ft high. Including new inlet, outlet, drain, overflow, water supply, and distribution pipelines

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	09/2024 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2024 (Estimated)

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📍 Inyo National Forest All Units 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	09/2024 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2024 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Inyo National Forest

E. Clampus Vitus Bodie Chapter No. 64 Tamarack Lodge Plaque

Bodie Chapter No. 64 of E. Clampus Vitus is to construct a historical marker w/ bronze plaque northeast of the Tamarack Lodge entrance commemorating the history of the Lodge & its contribution to the history of Mono County and the Mammoth Lakes Basin

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	07/23/2024
Decision	08/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2024 (Estimated)

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📍 Mammoth Ranger District 🏷 Heritage resource management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	07/23/2024
Decision	08/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2024 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Inyo National Forest

LADWP Long Valley Pole Removal and Pole Replacement Project

LADWP Utility Maintenance Project:1)removal of poles & replacement of poles in one line and 2)removal of poles & rehab in second line, 3)relinquish poles

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2024 (Estimated)
Decision	07/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	10/2024 (Estimated)

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📍 Inyo National Forest All Units 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2024 (Estimated)
Decision	07/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	10/2024 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Inyo National Forest

Long Valley Exploration Drilling

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.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/3/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Inyo National Forest 🏷 Minerals and geology Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/3/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Inyo National Forest

Mammoth Mountain Main Lodge Redevelopment

Mammoth Mountain proposes redeveloping its Main Lodge area on private land, with related development on adjacent National Forest lands. Joint CEQA/NEPA analysis. Proposed construction/reconstruction of parking lots,buildings,chairlifts and ski runs.

Milestone	Date
NOI in Federal Register	11/14/2022
DEIS NOA in Federal Register	08/2025 (Estimated)
FEIS NOA in Federal Register	04/2025 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	01/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	04/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2027 (Estimated)

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📍 Inyo National Forest All Units 🏷 Recreation management · Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress

Milestone	Date
NOI in Federal Register	11/14/2022
DEIS NOA in Federal Register	08/2025 (Estimated)
FEIS NOA in Federal Register	04/2025 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	01/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	04/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2027 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Inyo National Forest

Permit Reissuances - Ongoing, various permit types

Ongoing and continuous reissuance of various special use authorizations. Examples of these are resorts, research activities, utilities and events. For further information on any specific permit or permitted activities, contact Erin Noesser.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	12/10/2018
Decision	06/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2026 (Estimated)

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📍 Inyo National Forest All Units 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	12/10/2018
Decision	06/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2026 (Estimated)

Restorative Impact

Inyo National Forest

Reds Meadow Valley Recreation Site Renovations

Renovations & ecological restoration at 7 recreation sites / campgrounds in Reds Meadow Valley designed to enhance overall visitor experience, ensure recreation assets support current & future visitation & protect/restore ecologically sensitive areas

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	05/08/2024
Decision	12/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2025 (Estimated)

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📍 Mammoth Ranger District 🏷 Recreation management · Watershed management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	05/08/2024
Decision	12/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2025 (Estimated)

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.

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Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	09/01/2024
Decision	03/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2025 (Estimated)

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📍 Inyo National Forest All Units 🏷 Fuels management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	09/01/2024
Decision	03/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2025 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Inyo National Forest

Sherwin Area Recreation Plan 3 (SHARP)

Development of designated trails for protection of natural and cultural resources. This proposed action includes decommissioning of user created trails, reconstruction of user created trails, and new trail construction.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2025 (Estimated)
Decision	06/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	07/2025 (Estimated)

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

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2025 (Estimated)
Decision	06/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	07/2025 (Estimated)