Decision Memo Completed

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Geotechnical Investigations at Carlson Auxiliary Ditch

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

WG&F to drill 6 to 10 bore holes 4" diam. and 10' to 25' deep using truck-mounted drill. Location is alongside Carlson Auxiliary Ditch, also dependent on access granted by Forest Service. Holes to be drilled within a 35-ft radius of ditchline.

Location

Carlson Auxiliary Ditch crosses under National Forest System Road (NFSR) 111 through a culvert flowing westward. The short ditch segment west of NFSR 111 is where the soil boring will occur.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/13/2019
2
Decision
10/2019 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
10/2019 (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
Wyoming Game & Fish Department Geotechnical Investigations at Carlson Auxiliary DitchDecision Signed Date: 10/02/2019
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsBrush Creek/Hayden Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSection 20, T. 18 N., R. 79 W., 6th P.M., Carbon County, WY.
Special use management