BILLINGS, Mont. -- Based upon the analysis of the environmental impacts described in the Programmatic Environmental Assessment, the Bureau of Reclamation has released a Finding of No Significant Impact and Decision Notice for the Rehabilitation and Improvement of the Crow Irrigation Project, located on the Crow Indian Reservation in Big Horn County, Montana.
Reclamation has selected the Proposed Action alternative for implementation. The Proposed Action includes the following five phases of work, listed by order of priority:
1. Rehabilitation/betterment of irrigation structures;
2. Rehabilitation/betterment of canals and laterals;
3. Alternative on-farm irrigation systems;
4. Purchase of fee lands;
5. Developing irrigation on future trust lands.
The EA and FONSI are available at http://www.usbr.gov/gp/nepa/cip/index.html.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
