Environmental Assessment Completed

2013 Marx Creek Habitat Enhancement

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

Improve existing spawning and rearing conditions for chum/coho salmon in upper Marx Creek. Activities include raising water temperature, creating shallow water habitat, and ultimately increasing the number of chum/coho salmon produced by Marx Creek.

Location

Marx Creek, near Hyder, Alaska. The project is located in Scenic Viewshed LUD.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/17/2013
2
Comment Period
04/18/2013
3
Decision
08/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
05/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements
Decision Notice and FONSI for the Marx Creek Habitat EnhancementDecision Signed Date: 08/18/2013 Legal Notice Date: 11/26/2013
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsKetchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 68 South, Range 99 East, Section 14, Copper River Meridian.
Wildlife, fish, rare plants