Decision Memo Completed

Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Salmon Acclimation Ponds Permit Reissuance

Olympic National Forest Clallam, Washington Hood Canal Ranger District / Quilcene

Reissue a 20-year term special use permit authorizing Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to install and use two seasonal Chinook salmon acclimation sites on the Dungeness and Gray Wolf Rivers.

Location

Sites located at river mile (RM) 17.3, upstream of the Dungeness River bridge on NFS road 2880 and RM 1.2 downstream of Gray Wolf River bridge on NFS road 2870.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/02/2017
2
Decision
11/2017 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
12/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (15)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Special Use Authorizations
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Salmon Acclimation Ponds Permit ReissuanceDecision Signed Date: 11/22/2017
ForestsOlympic National Forest
DistrictsHood Canal Ranger District / Quilcene
Legal Land DescriptionT29N, R3W, Sec 30 and 31, Willamette Meridian.
Wildlife, fish, rare plants