ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Wells Field Office working with Trout Unlimited, the Nevada Department of Wildlife, and private landowners is proposing a stream habitat restoration project for approximately 1,400 feet of Dry Creek, a tributary to Salmon Falls Creek in northeastern Elko County, Nevada.
This project is site specific, rather than programmatic in scope, with no anticipated significant environmental impacts and will be analyzed in an environmental assessment as required by the National Environmental Policy Act and BLM policy. Upon completion, the EA for this project will be posted to the project website for review.
At this time the WFO is initiating a 15-day public scoping period and welcomes the submission of any comments, data or information related potential issues, impacts, and alternatives that should be addressed in the EA. The deadline for comments related to this proposed action is Dec. 18, 2017.
Dry Creek historically supported spawning habitat for redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss spp.) until barite mining activity and road building in the 1960s and 1970s impaired the channel conditions and impeded fish passage to spawning habitat.
More information can be found on the project website: https://go.usa.gov/xn9Dy.
Comments and input should be submitted to the BLM as described below by Dec. 18, 2017. Written comments on the Dry Creek Restoration Project should be mailed to the BLM Wells Office, Attn: Aili Gordon, 3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801, emailed to WellsFO_NEPA@blm.gov; or faxed to (775) 753-0347.
Before including your address, phone number or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment - including your personal identifying information - may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
If you have questions, please contact Aili Gordon at agordon@blm.gov or call (775) 753- 0356.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
