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Note: Not all proposed projects may appear on the map. See the list below for a more complete list.
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Shawnee National Forest
The Forest Service follows NEPA regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Under this rule, Forest Service officials determine which proposed projects are shared for public input.
The agency no longer issues a schedule of proposed actions (SOPA) report. Below is the current list of proposed projects available for review—your opportunity to learn more, share feedback, and stay engaged in decisions that shape the future of our public lands.
Ameren-Illinois is proposing to replace and upgrade 2 miles of electrical power transmission lines over U.S. Forest Service managed federal lands in Jackson County, Illinois.
Upgrade 1.9 miles of FSR 494 Street Road (Glen Street Road, Glen Street Falls Road or Jackson Falls Road)also Jackson Falls trailhead parking area would be improved, expanded, and hardened with oil and chip pavement.
A proposed project to actively manage, with pesticides, invasive species on Forest Service land operated under special permit by the University of Illinois and the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center.
Proposed project is a combined effort between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as the lead agency, and the Forest Service, as the cooperating agency to restore the natural ecosystem functions of the Oakwood Bottoms Greentree reservoir system.
The Shawnee National Forest (SNF or the Forest) proposes to restore and maintain fire-adapted
ecosystems and reduce wildfire risk by applying prescribed fire at a landscape level throughout the entire
Forest.
This proposal includes the removal of trees so that more sunlight will reach the forest floor, a step necessary to ensure that oak and hickory trees can successfully reproduce and grow.
