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 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 Creek YCT Restoration Project | Decision Signed Date: 08/17/2015 |
| Forests | Shoshone National Forest |
| Districts | Clarks Fork Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T. 58 N., R. 109 E., S. 23-25 and T. 58N., R. 108 W., S. 19-22, and S. 27-32 |