Environmental Assessment Completed

Muddy Creek and Lake Creek Watershed Restoration Project

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Albany, Wyoming Laramie Ranger District

The final environmental assessment and draft decision will be available soon! This project would improve wetlands, stream and watershed conditions, and habitat for fish and wildlife in the Muddy Creek and Lake Creek watersheds (NFSRs 553 and 588).

Location

Muddy Creek road (553) and Lake Creek Road (588) and associated watersheds in the Snowy Range.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/01/2014
2
Comment Period
07/27/2014
3
Objection Period Start
07/26/2019
4
Decision
10/2019 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2020 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityDispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Species Habitat Improvements; Travel Management; Watershed Improvements
Muddy Creek and Lake Creek Watershed Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 10/30/2019
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsLaramie Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Watershed managementRoad managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsRecreation managementVegetation management (other than forest products)