Decision Memo Completed

South Fork Sixteenmile Creek Westslope Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project

Custer Gallatin National Forest Gallatin, Montana Bozeman Ranger District

GNF/MT FWP jointly propose restore native westslope cutthroat trout to headwaters of the S FK. Sixteenmile Cr. drainage. Project is three phases:1) construction of an upstream migration barrier to isolate area streams from the future invasion of non-

Location

The proposed barrier would be located along the main stem of the South Fork Sixteenmile Creek approx. 23 air miles noth of Bozeman, MT; just east of Flathead Pass

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/15/2013
2
Decision
06/2014 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (7), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(7)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecies Population Enhancements
South Fork Sixteenmile Creek Fish Barrier Decision MemoDecision Signed Date: 06/05/2014
ForestsCuster Gallatin National Forest
DistrictsBozeman Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT3N, R6E, Section 21
Wildlife, fish, rare plants