Decision Memo Completed

Soda Butte Creek Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project

Shoshone National Forest Park, Wyoming Clarks Fork Ranger District

Forest Service is proposing to issue a special use authorization that would allow Wyoming Game and Fish to apply rotenone in Soda Butte Creek and tributaries to remove exotic brook trout and restore the fishery with Yellowstone cutthroat trout.

Location

Soda Butte Creek watershed. Tributary streams on the Shoshone National Forest that may be chemically treated include Soda Butte Creek, Woody, Hayden, Republic, Guitar, Creeks.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/03/2015
2
Decision
08/2015 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2015 (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 ActivitySpecies Population Enhancements
Soda Butte Creek YCT Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/17/2015
ForestsShoshone National Forest
DistrictsClarks Fork Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT. 58 N., R. 109 E., S. 23-25 and T. 58N., R. 108 W., S. 19-22, and S. 27-32
Wildlife, fish, rare plants