Environmental Assessment Completed

Grant Creek Habitat Restoration

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie Will, Illinois Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie All Units

Restore habitat to native plant communities based upon underlying soil types. Removing drainage tiles and filling-in man-made ditches to restore landscape to a more natural hydrologic condition.

Location

Westside of Midewin along Grant Creek

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/29/2009
2
Comment Period
09/29/2009
3
Decision
10/2010 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
11/2010 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Watershed Improvements
Grant Creek Habitat Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 10/25/2010 Legal Notice Date: 10/26/2010
ForestsMidewin National Tallgrass Prairie
DistrictsMidewin National Tallgrass Prairie All Units
Legal Land DescriptionT33N, R9E, Sections 2 and 3; T34N, R9E Sections 26 and 35
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed management