Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Shoreline II Outfitter/Guide (formerly Shoreline II Outfitter and Guide Management Plan)

Tongass National Forest Juneau; Sitka; Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon; Wrangell-Petersburg, Alaska Sitka Ranger District

Decision allocates up to 80,305 service days for saltwater-based outfitter/guide use on the Admiralty NM, Hoonah, Juneau, and Sitka RDs. For info on implementation: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/tongass/landmanagement/projects/?cid=fseprd596970

Location

Shoreline and other areas accessed from saltwater on the Admiralty National Monument and Hoonah, Juneau, and Sitka Ranger Districts

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
06/16/2014
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
01/30/2016
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
03/01/2017
4
Objection Period Start
03/10/2017
5
Decision
08/2017 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
09/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityDeveloped Site Management; Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Special Use Authorizations; Trail Management; Wilderness Management
Shoreline II Oufitter/Guide Final Record of DecisionDecision Signed Date: 08/31/2017
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsSitka Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Recreation managementSpecial use management