Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Greater Sage-grouse Management Direction - Medicine Bow NF and Thunder Basin National Grassland

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Albany; Campbell; Carbon; Converse; Crook; Laramie; Natrona; Niobrara; Platte; Weston, Wyoming Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest All Units

The purpose of this project is to prepare an environmental impact statement to incorporate Greater Sage-grouse conservation measures into Bureau of Land Management Land Use Plans and Forest and Grassland Plans.

Location

Medicine Bow National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
12/09/2011
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
12/24/2013
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
05/29/2015
4
Decision
09/2015 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation219 (1982)
Project ActivityPlan Amendment
Greater Sage-grouse Record of Decision for Northwest Colorado and WyomingDecision Signed Date: 09/16/2015
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsBrush Creek/Hayden Ranger District; Laramie Ranger District; Douglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsLand management planning