Environmental Assessment Completed

Sink Mountain Recreation Improvement Environmental Assessment

Cherokee National Forest Johnson, Tennessee Watauga Ranger District

This project includes constructing a new facility that includes internal vehicular and pedestrian circulation, parking for single vehicles and vehicles with trailers, a boat launch with courtesy boat dock, fishing pier, and vault toilet.

Location

Sink Mountain Recreation Site - National Forest System Road (NFSR) 298

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/27/2021
2
Comment Period
04/29/2021
3
Objection Period Start
08/06/2021
4
Decision
09/2021 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
11/2021 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Developed Site Management; Trail Management; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction
Sink Mountain Recreation Improvement Environmental AssessmentDecision Signed Date: 09/28/2021
ForestsCherokee National Forest
DistrictsWatauga Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Recreation managementRoad management