Decision Memo Completed

Gold Creek Pond Habitat Assessment Special Use Permit

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Kittitas, Washington Snoqualmie Ranger District

Permit Kittitas Conservation Trust to experimentally increase the water surface elevation in Gold Creek Pond and measure upstream hydrological changes that could improve bull trout habitat

Location

North of Interstate 90, just east of Snoqualmie Pass (exit 54), accessed by Forest Service Road 9080

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/19/2014
2
Decision
08/2014 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2014 (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
Gold Creek Pond Special Use Permit ModificationDecision Signed Date: 08/12/2014
ForestsMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
DistrictsSnoqualmie Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT22N, R11E, Sec. 15
Special use management