Environmental Assessment Completed

Big Muddy River Bottoms Habitat Improvement

Shawnee National Forest Jackson, Illinois Mississippi Bluffs Ranger District

Regeneration of bottomland oak forest and expansion of flooded compartments at Oakwood Bottoms Greentree Reservoir

Location

Along the Big Muddy River in Jackson County

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/23/2003
2
Comment Period
11/21/2005
3
Decision
06/2007 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2007 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements
Big Muddy River Bottoms Habitat ImprovementDecision Signed Date: 06/27/2007 Legal Notice Date: 07/01/2007
ForestsShawnee National Forest
DistrictsMississippi Bluffs Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT10S, T11S, R4E, R3W
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)