This project involves chemically treating Soda Butte Creek and tributary streams to remove exotic brook trout and restore a Yellowstone cutthroat trout fishery.
Location
This project would occur in Soda Butte Creek and all fishbearing headwater tributaries including Woody, Hayden, Republic, and Guitar Creeks. Project would end near a natural barrier in Yellowstone NP
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
03/01/2015
2
Decision
08/2015 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2015 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Species Population Enhancements |
| Soda Butte Yellwostone Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project | Decision Signed Date: 08/17/2015 |
| Forests | Shoshone National Forest |
| Districts | Clarks Fork Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T.58 N., R. 108 E., S 19-22. 27-30, 32-33, and T. 58 N., R. 109 W., S 23-25 |