The USFS has issued a scoping letter on the “South Fork Project”, named for the South fork of the Little Red River. The project is located on the Ozark National Forest between the East Fork Wilderness and Gulf Mountain Wildlife Management Area, south of Chimes, Alread, and Marshall, AR.

According to an independent review, the breakdown of USFS activities on this project would include:

Total project area – 12,501 acres
Planned logging and thinning - 7455 acres
Planned chemical herbicide treatment – 4895 acres
Planned Prescribed burning – 12,501 acres multiple times