Decision Memo Completed

Catawba Falls Parking and Trailhead

National Forests in North Carolina McDowell, North Carolina Grandfather Ranger District

The proposed action is to develop a public parking area and trail head, and improve the existing trail to the lower falls, and eventually a new trail between the lower and upper falls, construct a viewing platform, and remove a dam and old building

Location

Grandfather Ranger District - Catawba Falls

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/15/2010
2
Decision
05/2011 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
12/2011 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (1), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(1)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityDispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Trail Management
Catawba Falls Parking AreaDecision Signed Date: 05/27/2011
ForestsNational Forests In North Carolina
DistrictsGrandfather Ranger District
Recreation management