Proposed Projects

AT&T has proposed the installation of 48 strand fiber optic cable (FOC) between Moose Pass and Cooper Landing. The installation will be a combination of aerial and buried line.

Exploration utilizing a five inch suction dredge on Alder Creek off the Hope Highway

Installation and maintenance of a weather station to monitor an avalanche zone at MP 21 Seward Highway.

Relocate and reconstruct the walkway along the frontage of Portage Lake. The new walkway will at a higher eleveation and tie into the INHT. A boardwalk on piles will also be constructed into the lake to provide a better viewing area.

Coalition of Christian Outreach Experiential Designs is proposing to bring college students to camp in Sheep Bay, Orca Inlet, Orca Bay, and Simpson Bay and hike and camp on the Sand Trail leading to the Scott Glacier.

Alaska Department of Fish & Game have proposed dam improvements on the Cannery Creek Dam. The current structure has safety issues for staff operating the dam as well as in protection of the hatchery in the event of a dam breach.

CEA has proposed a line rebuild between Portage and Whittier to provide shore power to the Whittier cruise ship terminals.

Stream restoration work on the lower 0.75 miles of Cooper Creek, from the mouth of the canyon to the confluence with the Kenai River.

Stream restoration work in conjunction with mineral materials extraction on about 2500 feet of Cooper Creek in an approximately 16 acre area.

Glacier City Snowmobile Tours, LLC has applied for authorized guided snowmobile tours on the FS portion of Crow Creek Road. The proposed tours will occur up to two times a day, apprx. 10 min. each way, during Nov. - April.

Five year mining plan of operations for placer exploration and access on Stetson and Cooper Creeks with placer exploration utilizing a 5 inch suction dredge and highbanker and ATV access on the existing Stetson Creek trail.

Maintain and repair trail within existing footprint.

The FAA is cleaning up spilled diesel, installing ground water monitoring wells, as well as digging up and removing contaminated materials from a buried dump site at Johnstone Point Communication Site in PWS, AK.

Construct a new bridge over Glacier Creek, along Winner Creek Trail, to replace the decommissioned Glacier Creek hand tram.

Granite Creek Campground, located in Turnagain Pass on the Kenai Peninsula, construction of 2 new public use cabins.

Construction of Iditarod National Historic Trail (trail and bridges) from No-Name Creek to Moose Pass.

The proposed site would consist of an ABA-compliant cabin and deck with a gravel trail leading to an outhouse. The entire cabin site footprint cabin, out buildings, and developed outdoor space, would encompass roughly half (0.5) an acre.

Trail reconstruction along with 15 bridge repairs and 2 bridge replacements and 2 small re-routes.

The Cordova Ranger District has received proposals for (3) separate marine debris clean up projects in Prince William Sound.

Nick Merlino or McCarthy River tours is proposing to raft clients down the Copper River and camp on National Forest system lands along the way.

NGOA Marine, LLC (Aurelia Charters)has submitted a proposal to provide guided hiking on the both Cordova and Glacier Ranger Districts. 90 service days is being requested.

The installation and maintenance of a SNOTEL site near Mt. Doran in Prince William Sound, Alaska.

Northern Sun, Inc. dba Anderson Island Lodge is proposing to provide outfitting/guiding services such as hiking and canoe/kayaking on the West Delta and canoe/kayaking and sports fishing in Port Gravina and Sheep Bay, Prince William Sound.

Replace and/or relocate eight outhouses at: Carter Lake Trailhead, INHT/Trail of Blue Ice (x2), Johnson Pass Trailhead, Turnagain Pass Dey Use Area--motorized side (x2)and the Copper River Hwy MP 18 (One Eyed Pond) Day Use Area (x2).

Request for a base camp for 4-6 researchers in Prince William Sound for the month of August 2021.

Replacing two bridges and one overflow culvert along Palmer Creek Road.

Prince William Sound Science Center is proposing to deploy a Motus Wildlife tracking station at the mouth of the Alaganik River. The station will track previously tagged shorebirds from 2021-2025. Equipment will be removed at the end of the project.

The Glacier Ranger District proposes to add Derickson Bay Trail as a .26 mile Trail Class 2 Hiker/Pedestrian trail. https://usfs-public.box.com/s/zzj5kdpemsfmd2b2mt7ssjjtj3pep6lq

The GRD Trails program would like to formally decommission Trail 113: Esther Island North Portage Trail which no longer exists. https://usfs-public.box.com/s/z2mezylqg11rmu1el1ve096i765s58qi

The Glacier Ranger District proposes to decommission Trail 127: Red Lake Portage Trail. This is a .2 mile trail is located in Esther Passage in Prince William Sound that no longer exists. https://usfs-public.box.com/s/l9qo4yxtanvw665o727m1nby1zqjt30q

The Glacier Ranger District proposes to add Seattle Ridge as a Trail Class 2 (snow) trail. This over snow trial would ascend roughly 1.5 miles to Seattle Ridge on Turnagain Pass. https://usfs-public.box.com/s/cvbcjcac8kt2g7r4j3fu6pd70h9nt6wu

The Glacier Ranger District proposes to add Sunburst Ski Trail as a Trail Class 2 (snow) trail. This over snow trail starts at the mile 67 turnoff on the Seward Highway and continues to the crest of Sunburst. https://usfs-public.box.com/s/ote9omeuspdylddcooa4orwjfbjkb7z9

This project would connect the two currently existing segments of the Trail of Blue Ice in Portage Valley through the Moose Flats Day Use Area. This project would also decommission one vault toilet and the Moose Flats Trail. https://usfs.app.box.com/folder/373153676432

Creation of new trailhead and associated facilities in Turnagain Pass near mile post 69.9 of the Seward Highway. https://usfs-public.app.box.com/s/6bhyjz1p3ky33bvc14xn9gfxzd4vdqfq

The USDA Forest Service is proposing to construct new day use recreation facilities on National Forest System Lands on the Glacier Ranger District of the Chugach National Forest. https://usfs-public.box.com/s/b6mrcughst0hw6rsedbmz68v3s8csaml

Issuance of new outfitting and guiding authorizations to approved applications, or modification to existing outfitter guide authorizations in areas that have no capacity or resource concerns.

Reissuance of existing outfitting and guiding authorizations with no change in location or scope of use.

Determine the appropriate level and variety of commercial recreation uses compatible with non-guided uses along the Resurrection Pass Trail system. Resolve the 1991 "freeze" on issuance of new special use permits for the trail system.

Connect Iditarod National Historic Trail sections from Primrose Road to Snow River Pedestrian Bridge and Bridge to Moose Pass Trail

This project has been cancelled because it was a duplicate of project #57638.

TelAlaska will be required to relocate some of their facilities in the Lakeview area of Moose Pass to accommodate the Alaska Department of Transportation Seward Hwy MP 17-22.5 project.

Construct a new public use cabin at Tincan, off of the Turnagain Pass Trail segment of the Iditarod National Historic Trail (INHT)

This project proposed to build a new public use cabin on Trinity Point near Whittier, AK. https://usfs-public.box.com/s/b6mrcughst0hw6rsedbmz68v3s8csaml

New trail construction from Victor Creek trail junction to No Name bridge site on the Iditarod National Historic Trail.