Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/ Staff Assessment and Land Use Plan Amendment for the SES Solar One Project, San Bernardino County, CA June 8, 2009 - In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Organization, Functions, and Procedures; Correction April 28, 2009 - This document contains a correction to the final regulation which published in the Federal Register of June 19, 1997 (62 FR 33365). Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Lower Trinity Ranger District, Six Rivers National Forest, California, Trinity Summit High Country Grazing Analysis April 24, 2009 - The Six Rivers National Forest will prepare an Environmental mpact Statement to disclose the impacts associated with the following proposed action: Go to Federal Register Notice HTML The Bureau of Land Management has announced the schedule and locations for the regional tribal listening sessions that it will host this spring April 13, 2009 - Tribal listening sessions across the country will provide opportunities for tribes to talk with BLM officials in person on a range of public lands topics of interest to them. Information and recommendations obtained through the meetings will benefit the BLM’s initiatives and objectives as it continues to meet its tribal consultation and land management responsibilities. Go to library HTML BLM's Bakersfield Resource Management Plan Revision Socioeconomic Workshops Announced Mar 28, 2009 - The Bureau of Land Management's Bakersfield Field Office will host two public workshops in April for local community leaders who want to explore the issue of the changing local economy and its relationship to public lands. Go to library HTML Notice of Intent To Amend the San Juan/San Miguel Resource Management Plan and Prepare the Beaver Meadows-Sauls Creek Travel Management Plan Mar 25, 2009 - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) intends to amend the San Juan/San Miguel Resource Management Plan (RMP) to limit Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) use to designated roads and motorized trails on lands within the Beaver Meadows-Sauls Creek Travel Management Landscape. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML USAF-Environmental Assessment (EA) for Beddown of a Second Field Training Unit (FTU) and Relocation of an Existing FTU for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Mar 9, 2009 - Draft EA availavle for public comment. Go to Notice HTML Giant Sequoia National Monument Management Plan EIS Mar 18, 2009 - The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to establish management direction for the land and resources within the Giant Sequoia National Monument (GSNM) created by Presidential Proclamation on April 15, 2000. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Management of National Forest System Surface Resources With Privately Held Mineral Estates Mar 12, 2009 - In order to allow interested parties additional time to review and provide comments about issues of law and policy raised in this proposed rulemaking, the Forest Service is reopening the comment period for 30 days for the advance notice of proposed rulemaking for the ``Management of National Forest System Surface Resources with Privately Held Mineral Estates''. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Big Grizzly Fuels Reduction and Forest Health Project, Eldorado National Forest, Placer County, CA Mar 11, 2009 - The USDA, Forest Service, Eldorado National Forest will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposal to treat approximately 6,200 acres of National Forest System land for fuels reduction and forest health objectives. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Meeting of the California Desert District Advisory Council Mar 4, 2009 - Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463 and 94-579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council to the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, will participate in a field tour of BLM-administered public lands on Friday, March 20, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Plumas National Forest; Beckwourth Ranger District, California; Beckwourth Ranger District Tall Whitetop Project Mar 4, 2009 - On May 9, 2006, Federal Register (Volume 71, Number 89, [Page 26921-26923]), the USDA Forest Service, Plumas National Forest announced its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to eradicate populations of the noxious weed tall whitetop (Lepidium Iatifoliuin), along the Middle Fork of the Feather River. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Eldorado National Forest, CA; Kirkwood Meadows Power Line Reliability Project EIS/EIR Feb 27, 2009 - Notice is hereby given that the USDA Forest Service, Eldorado National Forest (Forest Service), together with the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District (KMPUD), Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Coso Hay Ranch - PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Feb 27, 2009 - There will be an open house at Stathan Hall in Lone Pine, California given by Coso Hay Ranch on March 5, 2009 from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN the Inyo County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Room, County Administrative Center, Independence. Go to Library HTML Klamath National Forest, California, Two Bit Vegetation Management Feb 20, 2009 - The Klamath National Forest will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to document and publicly disclose the environmental effects of implementing commercial thinning Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Klamath National Forest, CA, Big Pony Project Feb 20, 2009 - The Klamath National Forest (KNF) will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to document and publicly disclose the environmental effects of implementing a vegetation and fuels management project designed to reduce fire hazard to research plots and improve forest health. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML PUBLIC MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS INYO NATIONAL FOREST/SEQUOIA NF ROUTE DESIGNATION AND TRAVEL MANAGEMENT Jan 27, 2009, The Inyo NF & the Sequoia NF has released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for its Motorized Travel Management Plan for a-60 day public review and comment. Go to FS-Travel Routes Management Portal Notice of Availability of Draft Carrizo Plain National Monument Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement, California Jan 23, 2009 - In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Sequoia National Forest; California; Piute Fire Restoration Jan 22, 2009 - The project area for this analysis is the approximately 32,890 acre portion of the Piute Fire on National Forest System lands; Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Shasta-Trinity National Forest, California; Moosehead Vegetation and Road Management Project Jan 21, 2009 - The Shasta-Trinity National Forest proposes to thin forest stands and reduce fuel loads on approximately 2,300 acres of National Forest System Lands. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML HAPPENING NOW! On Jan 12, 2009, the U.S. Senate passed the S. 22 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 designating over 2 millions of acres of public lands into wilderness in CA, the largest ever. On Jan 7, 2009, Senator Bingaman (D-NM) introduced Text of the S. 22 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 designating millions of acres of public lands into wilderness in CA. Go to NPLNEWS Letter HTML

Black Hills National Forest, Mystic Ranger District, SD, Mystic Range Project June 12, 2009 -The Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement on a proposal to evaluate grazing on eight (8) allotments on the Black Hills National Forest, Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Kootenai National Forest, Lincoln County, MT; Flower Creek Project June 3, 2009 -The Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to disclose the environmental effects of fuel and vegetation management through commercial timber harvest, Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Possible Resource Management Plan Amendments for the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project in Arizona and New Mexico May 29, 2009 -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), New Mexico State Office, announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Umpqua National Forest, Douglas and Jackson Counties, OR; Cow Creek Timber Sale and Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project May 29, 2009 - The USDA Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for reducing fire hazard, improving forest stand conditions and resilience to stand replacement fire for wildlife species, Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest; Evanston-Mountain View Ranger District; Utah; Blacks Fork Salvage Project May 28, 2009 - The Evanston-Mountain View Ranger District of the Uinta- Wasatch-Cache National Forest proposes to treat about 3,000 acres of a variety of vegetation types within the 39,800 acre Blacks Fork project area, located in Summit County, Utah approximately 20 miles southeast of Evanston, Wyoming. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Crescent Ranger District; Deschutes National Forest; Oregon; Rim- Paunina Project May 22, 2009 - The USDA, Forest Service, will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a project called Rim-Paunina in the Walker Mountain area on the southern end of the Crescent Ranger District. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Mona to Oquirrh Transmission Corridor Project and Draft Pony Express Resource Management Plan Amendment, Utah May 15, 2009 - In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska-- 2010-11 and 2011-12 Subsistence Taking of Wildlife Regulations May 15, 2009 - This proposed rule would establish regulations for hunting and trapping seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of wildlife for subsistence uses during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 regulatory years. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Cibola National Forest, Mount Taylor Ranger District, NM, La Jara Mesa Mine May 13, 2009 - Laramide Resources (USA) Inc. has submitted a Plan of Operations (the Plan) proposing to develop and conduct underground uranium mining operations on their mining claims on La Jara Mesa on the Mount Taylor Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Lincoln County Land Act Groundwater Development and Utility Right-of-Way Project, Nevada May 1, 2009 - In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Salmon River Ranger District; Idaho; Allison-Berg Allotment EIS May 1, 2009 - The EIS will document changed conditions on the Allison-Berg allotment relative to effects on bighorn sheep and their habitat sufficient to support a determination whether continued grazing by domestic sheep should be allowed or not, and if so, under what conditions. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Alpine, Black Mesa, Clifton, and Lakeside Ranger Districts of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Mogollon Rim and Red Rock Ranger Districts of the Coconino National Forest and Verde Ranger District of the Prescott National Forest; Show Low South Land Exchange April 28, 2009 - The Forest Service, USDA will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on a proposal to exchange approximately 1,028 acres of Federal lands for approximately 1,555 acres of non-Federal lands. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Intermountain Region, Boise, Payette, and Sawtooth National Forests; ID; April 22, 2009 - On December 8, 2008, the Forest Service corrected a notice of intent (NOI) to prepare one EIS to disclose the environmental effects of proposed nonsignificant amendments to the three Southwest Idaho Ecogroup (SWIE) 2003 Land and Resource Management Plans (Forest Plans). Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District; Deschutes National Forest; Oregon; Lava Rock OHV System April 10, 2009 - The USDA Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on a proposed action to designate a motorized off- highway vehicle (OHV) Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Bighorn National Forest; Wyoming; Livestock Grazing and Vegetation Management EIS; April 7, 2009 - The USDA, Forest Service, will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to implement vegetation management strategies on forty three (43) domestic livestock grazing allotments, Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Leasing and Underground Mining of the Greens Hollow Coal Lease Tract, Sanpete and Sevier Counties, UT April 6, 2009 - In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Notice of Availability of Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Betze Pit Expansion Project, Eureka and Elko Counties, NV Mar 27, 2009 - In accordance with National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. and 43 CFR 3809), Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Dixie National Forest; Tropic To Hatch 138kV Transmission Line Project, Correction to Include Notice of Intent To Amend the Bureau of Land Management, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan Mar 27, 2009 - Pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) subparts 1500- 1508, and 43 CFR subpart 1610.5-5 (Planning Regulations), Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Notice of Intent To Prepare Ring of Fire Resource Management Plan Amendment and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, Alaska Mar 26, 2009 - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Anchorage Field Office, Anchorage, Alaska, intends to prepare a Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment with an associated Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Notice of Intent To Prepare a Management Framework Plan Amendment and Associated Environmental Impact Statement for the Shoshone Field Office, Idaho Mar 25, 2009 - A parcel of public land totaling 2480 acres in Blaine County, Idaho, is being considered for disposal out of Federal ownership, either through sale at no less than the appraised fair market value or through a land exchange proposal, Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Washington; Motorized Travel Management Mar 24, 2009 - The Forest Supervisor of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest (OWNF) gives notice of the intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a Proposed Action to implement 36 CFR Parts 212, 251, 261, and 295; Travel Management: Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Fremont Winema National Forests; Oregon; Proposed Forest Plan Amendments for the Ruby Pipeline L.L.C. Project Mar 19, 2009 - The USDA Forest Service (Forest Service), Fremont Winema National Forests, is proposing to prepare an amendment to the Fremont National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) for the proposed Ruby Pipeline Project (Project). Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Galena Project, Malheur National Forest, Grant County, OR Mar 12, 2009 -The USDA Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to disclose environmental effects on a proposed action to improve forest health and reduce the fire hazard within the Vinegar Creek and Little Boulder/Deerhorn Creek subwatersheds. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Umatilla National Forest, Pomeroy Ranger District, Pomeroy, WA; South George Vegetation and Fuels Management Project Mar 9, 2009 -The USDA Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to disclose environmental effects on proposed resource management actions in South George project planning area. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Withdrawal for Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Rio Grande National Forest; Colorado; Wolf Creek Access Project Mar 6, 2009 -On September 23, 2008, a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Wolf Creek Access Project was published in the 73 FR 54786. This NOI is hereby rescinded because the project has been cancelled. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Divide Ranger District, Rio Grande National Forest; Colorado; Big Moose Vegetation Management Project Mar 2, 2009 -The Rio Grande National Forest proposes to harvest and regenerate timber stands killed by or infested with spruce beetle on the Divide Ranger District of the Rio Grande National Forest, and treat portions of the analysis area to promote aspen regeneration and healthy stands of young aspen. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Allegheny National Forest, PA; Reserved and Outstanding Oil and Gas Design Criteria Feb 27, 2009 -The Allegheny National Forest proposes to apply design criteria included in the Allegheny National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan), Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin; Honey Creek-Padus Project Feb 25, 2009 -The Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to document the analysis and disclose the environmental impacts of proposed land management activities and corresponding alternatives within the Honey Creek-Padus Project. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Ochoco National Forest, Lookout Mountain Ranger District; Oregon; Canyon Fuels and Vegetation Management Project EIS Feb 18, 2009 -The Ochoco National Forest is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) to analyze the effects of managing fuels and vegetation within the 31,500-acre Canyon project area, which is approximately 20 miles east of Prineville, Oregon. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Ochoco National Forest, Lookout Mountain Ranger District; Oregon; Big Summit Allotment Management Plan EIS Feb 18, 2009 - The Ochoco National Forest is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) to analyze the effects of changing grazing management in five grazing allotments on the Lookout Mountain Ranger District. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, WI; Twin Ghost Project Jan 26, 2009 - The Great Divide Ranger District intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to disclose the environmental consequences of managing vegetation and the transportation system within the Twin Ghost Project area. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Notice of Availability of the West Antelope II Coal Lease by Application Final Environmental Impact Statement, Wyoming. Jan 23, 2009 - In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Red Cliff Coal Mine and Associated Surface Facilities Jan 16, 2009 - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado State Office, Lakewood, Colorado, hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held to receive comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), Maximum Economic Recovery (MER) and Fair Market Value (FMV) of Federal Go to Federal Register Notice HTML White River National Forest, Eagle/Holy Cross Ranger District, Eagle County, CO; Edwards Inholding Easement Proposal Jan 16, 2009 - The USDA Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to disclose the anticipated environmental effects of a proposal to approve a permanent easement across National Forest System (NFS) lands for access to a 680-acre private inholding. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement Jan 09, 2009 - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) and Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument located in the Lewistown Field Office, Montana. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Notice of Availability of the Records of Decision of the Resource Management Plans of the Western Oregon Bureau Jan 08, 2009 - In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) policies, the BLM announces the availability of the Records of Decision (RODs) for the Approved Resource Management Plans of the Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, Coos Bay, and Medford Districts, and the Klamath Falls Resource Area of the Lakeview District in western Oregon. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Pinedale Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement Jan 08, 2009 - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD)/Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Pinedale Field Office Planning Area located in Sublette and Lincoln Counties, Wyoming. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Final Supplement to the Montana Statewide Oil and Gas Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Amendment of the Powder River and Billings Resource Management Plans Jan 07, 2009 - By Order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, dated April 5, 2005, and pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Bend/Ft. Rock Ranger District; Deschutes National Forest; Oregon; Kapka Butte Sno-Park Construction Jan 02, 2009 - The USDA, Forest Service, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposed action to construct a sno-park, designate motorized and non-motorized over-snow trails to link the parking facility to existing snowmobile and nordic trail systems, and designate new over-snow dog-friendly snowshoe and skier trails to enhance recreational opportunities from the new facility. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML Notice of Availability of the Ely Energy Center Draft Environmental Impact Statement, White Pine County, NV Jan 02, 2009 - In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) for rights-of-way applications for the Ely Energy Center (EEC), a coal- fired electricity generating power plant and associated facilities north of Ely, Nevada, in White Pine County. Go to Federal Register Notice HTML