Decision Memo Completed

US Air Force Helicopter Training

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

Permit reissuance to authorize specific helicopter landing zones on the Laramie Peak, Snowy Range, and Pole Mountain units for training use by the US Air Force.

Location

4 locations in the Laramie Peak area, 13 in the Pole Mountain area, 7 in the Snowy Range

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/01/2015
2
Decision
03/2016 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
04/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Department of the Air ForceDecision Signed Date: 03/01/2016
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