Decision Memo Completed

Medicine Bow NF & Thunder Basin NG: Special Use Permit for NRCS SNOTEL and Snow Course sites

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Albany; Carbon; Converse; Natrona, Wyoming Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest All Units

Authorize the Natural Resource Conservation Service to operate and maintain 17 SNOTEL sites, 10 Snow Course sites, and 3 access routes to private property under a special use permit issued for up to 30 years.

Location

Several locations on the Brush Creek/Hayden, Laramie, and Douglas Ranger Districts. See Decision Memo.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/01/2014
2
Decision
08/2014 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (15)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Master Special Use Permit to the NRCS for SNOTEL and Snow Course SitesDecision Signed Date: 08/25/2014
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsBrush Creek/Hayden Ranger District; Laramie Ranger District; Douglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Special use management