Environmental Assessment Completed

Rock Creek Restoration and Recreation-Wildlife Enhancement

Caribou-Targhee National Forest Oneida, Idaho Westside Ranger District

This project is associated with the Hwy 37 improvement project, which consists of improving approx. 3 miles of roadway and 5 stream crossings situated within Rock Creek Canyon. Restoration work will address up to 4 miles of eroding stream channel.

Location

Project is located within the Curlew National Grassland, and is located 30 miles east of Malad, Idaho in Oneida County. Oneida has an easement on Hwy 37.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/01/2010
2
Comment Period
01/27/2017
3
Objection Period Start
04/16/2017
4
Decision
06/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other; Nepa Document Prepared By Another Federal Agency
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityDispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Species Habitat Improvements; Road Improvements/Construction; Grazing Structural Improvements; Watershed Improvements
Rock Creek Restoration and Recreation-Wildlife EnhancementDecision Signed Date: 06/08/2017
ForestsCaribou-Targhee National Forest
DistrictsWestside Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT13S R32E Sections 30-32; T14S R32E Sections 4,5,9.
Watershed managementWildlife, fish, rare plants