Decision Memo Completed

Big Sable Streambank Stabilization

Huron-Manistee National Forests Mason, Michigan Cadillac/Manistee Ranger District

This proposal would anchor logs parallel to the bank and in the river to reduce the erosive force of streamflow, along with the planting of native plants along the bank to reduce erosion on the slope and to provide shade to cool the stream.

Location

Big Sable River downstream of the bridge at Schoenherr Road in Freesoil Township, Mason County, Michigan

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/08/2013
2
Comment Period
02/13/2013
3
Decision
06/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (7), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(7)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Watershed Improvements
Big Sable Streambank StabilizationDecision Signed Date: 06/07/2013
ForestsHuron-Manistee National Forest
DistrictsCadillac/Manistee Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT20N, R16W, Section 13
Watershed managementWildlife, fish, rare plants