Carson National Forest

Projects & Plans

Schedule of Proposed Actions

This Schedule of Proposed Actions for the Carson National Forest, provides you a list of all Forest Service proposals undergoing NEPA analysis at this time or in the near future that may impact the Carson National Forest, so you can be involved if you choose. Check the types of proposals that interest you. If you would like to be involved in the planning of a proposed project or projects, we encourage you to participate early in the process. To receive specific information about any of the proposals, please contact the individual listed at the office handling the analysis.

Please note: If project implementation is under way or if a proposal has been dropped from consideration, it will be kept on the schedule one more time before being removed.

• Camino Real Range District SOPA (14 kb)
• Canjilon Ranger District SOPA (13 kb)
• El Rito Ranger District SOPA (13 kb)
• Jicarilla Ranger District SOPA (74 kb)
• Questa Ranger District SOPA (19 kb)
• Supervisors Office SOPA (9 kb)
• Tres Piedras Ranger District SOPA (15 kb)

Forest-Wide Road Analysis Report

• Road Analysis Report ( PDF, 3,530 kb)

Forest Monitoring

• 1998 Carson Monitoring Report (84 kb)
• 1999 Carson Monitoring Report (133 kb)
• 2000 Carson Monitoring Report (461 kb)
• 2001-2002 Carson Monitoring Report (475 kb)

Management Indicator Species

Management Indicator Species Assessment

The following species profiles are assessments of various categoures of species. These include Management Indicator Species (MIS), Threatened & Endangered Species (TES) and Forest Sensitive species. The rationale for preparing species profiles for each of these categories is explained here. Management Indicator Species Assessment

Management Indicator Species Monitoring

• 2003 Initiation of Abert's Squirrel Monitoring on the Carson NF (265 kb)
• 2003 Initiation of Red Squirrel Monitoring on the Carson NF (1,027 kb)
• 2003 Baseline Inventory of Small Mammal Communities on the Carson NF (1,361 kb)
• 2003 Monitoring the Birds of the Carson NF (17 kb)

NEPA Documents

Agua/Caballos

• April 13, 2004 Record of Decision for the Agua/Caballos Projects
• Final Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Agua/Caballos Proposed Projects
• Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Agua/Caballos Proposed Projects

Carson & Santa Fe National Forest Invasive Plant Control

• Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Invasive Plant Control Project

Ensenada Ecosystem Health Project

The proposed Ensenada ecosystem health project is available for comment. The comment period is for 30-days from July 22, 2004 -- the date the Notice of Availability was published in The Taos News.

• Ensenada Ecosystem Health Proposed Action

Jicarilla Wild Horses

• Environmental Assessment for Management of the Jicarilla Wild Horse Territory

Ojo Caliente Proposed Transmission Line

• Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Ojo Caliente Proposed Transmission Line

Other Documents

• Jicarilla Oil and Gas Development, 9/30/04
• Jicarilla RD Watershed Analysis
• Jicarilla RD Road Analysis Plan

We are currently in the process of revising our analysis for the Jicarilla Oil & Gas Development EIS. Based upon previous comments we are revising our Purpose & Need and Proposed Action. Eventually we will place a new notice in the Federal Register to officially start another public scoping period. At that time we will place our new Purpose & Need and Proposed Action on this website. Please consider this website and the EIS currently under construction. Thank you.

Eastern Valle Vidal

Oil and Gas Resource Development Potential Eastern Valle Vidal Unit

USDA Forest Service - Carson National Forest
Last Modified: Wednesday, 06 October 2004 at 09:14:36 EDT