Decision Memo Completed

East Fork Encampment Weir Removal

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Carbon, Wyoming Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District

Remove hydrology weir constructed by the USFS in 1960s that is preventing fish movement upstream and restore approximately 800' of stream channel. Removal of weir will provide access to eight miles of stream.

Location

East Fork Encampment River, Sierra Madre portion of the Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/01/2010
2
Decision
05/2011 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2011 (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 Habitat Improvements; Species Population Enhancements
East Fork Encampment River Weir Removal ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/13/2011
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsBrush Creek/Hayden Ranger District
Wildlife, fish, rare plants