Decision Memo Completed

Bat Habitat Improvement and Mine Closure

Shawnee National Forest Alexander; Union, Illinois Mississippi Bluffs Ranger District

Habitat improvement to maintain optimum habitat conditions for hibernating and roosting bats in two abandoned mines on the Forest.

Location

Mississippi Bluffs Ranger District, Union and Alexander Counties, Illinois

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/12/2006
2
Decision
06/2006 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2006 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Abandoned Mine Land Clean-Up
Bat Habitat Improvement and Mine ClosureDecision Signed Date: 06/08/2006
ForestsShawnee National Forest
DistrictsMississippi Bluffs Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT13S, R2W and T14S, R2W
Wildlife, fish, rare plants