Decision Memo Completed

2024 Special Use Permit Project - 11/15 permits

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Ashland; Bayfield; Florence; Oconto; Sawyer; Vilas, Wisconsin Chequamegon / Nicolet National Forest All Units

To authorize fourteen special use permit requests. Requests are for access to private inholdings, a dam easement to Oconto County and a permit reissuance for seismic monitoring station.

Location

Scattered across the Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/07/2025
2
Decision
08/2025 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2025 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
2024 Special Use Permit Project - 11/15 permitsDecision Signed Date: 08/21/2025
ForestsChequamegon / Nicolet National Forest
DistrictsMedford-Park Falls Ranger District; Great Divide Ranger District; Eagle River-Florence Ranger District; Lakewood-Laona Ranger District; Washburn Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT40N R5W Sec 16; T42N R2W Sec 13; T40N R4E Sec 32; T40N R4E Sec 8; T45N R7W Sec 28; T38N, R16E, Sec 31: T45N R4W Sec 24: T47N R8W Sec 24; T32N, R17E, Sec. 15 & T42N, R11E, Sec. 21.
Special use management