Decision Memo Completed

Yakutat Salmon Partners: Stream Restoration

Tongass National Forest Yakutat, Alaska Yakutat Ranger District

Proposal to restore and improve fish habitat and hydrologic function at two sites on the Yakutat Ranger District by removing abandoned culverts, adding large wood to ditched stream channels, and removing fill from the floodplain.

Location

The project area is located west of Cannon Beach Road (NFS 9963) within the footprint of sites abandoned by the military in the 1940s.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/28/2022
2
Decision
07/2022 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
06/2023 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (18), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(18)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityWatershed Improvements
Salmon Salmon Partners Stream RestorationDecision Signed Date: 07/27/2022
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsYakutat Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management