Decision Memo Completed

Ward Lake Trail Accessibility

Tongass National Forest Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska Ketchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District

Reconstruct Ward Lake Trail to meet Americans with Disability Act (ADA) accessibility standards. This requires widening, hardening, and grade-leveling, and possible construction of an accessible fishing platform near the lake outlet.

Location

Ward Lake Trail from the Day Use Area parking lot to Signal Creek Campground is included.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/08/2011
2
Comment Period
06/28/2012
3
Decision
09/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (1), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(1)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityTrail Management
Ward Lake Trail ReconstructionDecision Signed Date: 09/27/2012 Legal Notice Date: 10/13/2012
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsKetchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT74S R90E section 35 CRM
Recreation management