Environmental Assessment Completed

Margaret Wildlife Observation Enhancements

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

Improve bear viewing opportunities at the observation site

Location

Margaret Wildlife Observation site, Margaret Creek upstream of Marguerite Bay, Traitors Cove, approximately 23 miles north of Ketchikan

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/21/2014
2
Comment Period
11/25/2014
3
Objection Period Start
02/03/2015
4
Decision
03/2015 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityDispersed Recreation Mgmt.
Margaret Creek Wildlife Observation Site Enhancement ProjectDecision Signed Date: 03/31/2015
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsKetchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT. 73 S., R. 91 E., section 1
Recreation management