Decision Memo Completed

Coon Creek and Upper East Fork Encampment River Weir Removal

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

This project will remove two weirs and associated infrastructure from Coon Creek and the Upper East Fork Encampment River. The access road will be decommissioned, and a culvert will be removed from Forest road 416.1C to allow aquatic organism passage

Location

T12N, R83W, Sections 7 and 8, within the Encampment River addition Inventoried Roadless Area.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/04/2014
2
Decision
02/2015 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
06/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (18), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(18)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityWatershed Improvements
Coon Creek and Upper East Fork Encampment River Weir RemovalDecision Signed Date: 02/27/2015
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsBrush Creek/Hayden Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management