Decision Memo Completed

Psychoactive Climbing Staging Area Stabilization

Bighorn National Forest Washakie, Wyoming Powder River Ranger District

Stabilization work would be conducted on four user-created staging areas at the base of climbing walls, locally known as Psychoactive. Restoration work would include hardening specific sections of existing impacted areas utilizing local materials.

Location

Site is located up a user-created trail leading from the first switchback of Wyoming Highway 435, southeast of the Ten Sleep Fish Hatchery. It is located between 5,500- and 5,800-feet elevation.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/17/2023
2
Decision
06/2023 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2023 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (20), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(20)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityTrail Management
Psychoactive Climbing Staging Area StabilizationDecision Signed Date: 06/21/2023
ForestsBighorn National Forest
DistrictsPowder River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT48N R87W Section 34 NW1/4 SW1/4
Recreation management