Environmental Assessment Completed

Rain Tank Allotment Grazing Reauthorization

Kaibab National Forest Coconino, Arizona Kaibab National Forest All Units

Analyze the effects of reauthorizing grazing on the allotment, including changes to number of animal unit months, additional water catchments and repair and extension of a water pipeline.

Location

West of Tusayan, Arizona, bordering the Grand Canyon National Park and Havasupai Indian Reservation, within the Baaj Nwaavjo I'Tah Kukveni Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/18/2024
2
Comment Period
05/16/2025
3
Objection Period Start
09/09/2025
4
Decision
11/2025 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
01/2026 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityGrazing Allotment Management; Grazing Authorizations; Grazing Structural Improvements
Final DN and FONSI Rain Tank Allotment Grazing ReauthorizationDecision Signed Date: 11/20/2025
ForestsKaibab National Forest
DistrictsTusayan Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Grazing management