The Grassland proposes to amend prairie dog management direction in the Land and Resource Management Plan, including changes to management area boundaries and changes to grassland-wide, geographic area, and management area plan components.
Location
This plan amendment will focus on prairie dog management and could change management across the Thunder Basin National Grassland.
Project timeline
1
NOI in Federal Register
04/18/2019
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
04/18/2019
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
05/15/2020
4
Objection Period Start
05/15/2020
5
Decision
11/2020 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
01/2021 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 219 (2012) |
| Project Activity | Species Habitat Improvements; Plan Amendment; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements |
| Thunder Basin National Grassland 2020 Plan Amendment | Decision Signed Date: 11/06/2020 (In Appeal Period) Legal Notice Date: 12/02/2020 |
| Forests | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest |
| Districts | Douglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |