Decision Memo Completed

Shutts Flats Mitigation Project

Bighorn National Forest Sheridan, Wyoming Tongue Ranger District

Return the Shutts Flats wetland to a functioning wetland ecosystem to offset wetland impacts covered in the WYDOT's Burgess Junction South project. Wetland plan and design are complete and NEPA analysis was for the Burgess South project.

Location

Access to the site is off of National Forest Service Road 193 and National Forest Service Trail #430 on the South Tongue River.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/01/2016
2
Decision
03/2016 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (18), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(18)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityWatershed Improvements
Shutts Flats Mitigation ProjectDecision Signed Date: 03/10/2016
ForestsBighorn National Forest
DistrictsTongue Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT 55N R 88W Sec 9
Watershed management