Environmental Assessment Completed

Buffalo Creek Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (YCT) Conservation Project

Custer Gallatin National Forest Park, Montana Gardiner Ranger District

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MFWP), Custer Gallatin National Forest (CGNF) are jointly proposing to restore native Yellowstone cutthroat trout to the Buffalo Creek drainage in the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness

Location

Buffalo Creek is a tributary to Slough Creek approximately 20 miles East of Gardiner, Montana.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/22/2021
2
Comment Period
03/23/2021
3
Objection Period Start
06/12/2022
4
Decision
08/2023 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
08/2023 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivitySpecies Population Enhancements
Buffalo Creek Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (YCT) Conservation ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/03/2023
ForestsCuster Gallatin National Forest
DistrictsGardiner Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT 8S, R 12E (sections 4, 5, 7-10, 16-20, 28-30, 31-33); T 9S, R 12E (sections 4-9, 16-18, PB38, PB-40, PB-42); T 8S, R 11E (sections 13, 24, 25, 36); T 9S, R 11E (sections 1, 12, 13, 14, PB45, PB47).
Wildlife, fish, rare plants