Katmai National Park & Preserve, King Salmon, AK - Katmai has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze the relocation of the Brooks Campground Trail within the Brooks Camp area of Katmai National Park and Preserve. The project includes the following objectives:
* Relocate the Brooks Campground Trail by constructing approximately 1,300 linear feet of new trail within Brooks Camp;
* Abandon in place the current Campground Trail, ceasing maintenance activities, and allowing approximately 850 linear feet of existing trail to slowly return to a natural condition;
* Improve safety conditions along the realigned trail by moving the trail away from an area in the park that sees high bear concentration;
* Improve the trail surface to be compliant with the accessibility standards set forth by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA), and;
* Involve youth by utilizing a trail crew from the Student Conservation Association (SCA) to complete the trail work.
Project information can be viewed and written comments submitted using the Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) system, retrieve “Brooks Campground Trail Relocation (70169)" to provide comments electronically, hand-delivered, or mailed to the address listed below. Comments will not be accepted by fax, email, or in any other way than those specified above. Comments must be received by 9:59 pm Alaska Time, Oct. 31, 2018.
Hand deliver comments during business hours to:
King Salmon Visitor Center
Attention: Brooks Campground Trail Relocation Project
King Salmon Airport, Building 1
King Salmon, AK 99613
Mail comments to:
Brian Smith, Environmental Protection Specialist
Katmai National Park and Preserve
240 West 5th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
Public Comment Considerations
* Bulk comments in any format (hard copy or electronic) submitted on behalf of others will not be accepted.
* Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable information, be aware that your entire comment - including your personally identifiable information - may be made public at any time. You may ask us to withhold your personally identifiable information from public review, but we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
* The proposed project is an undertaking as outlined under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (36 CRF § 800). As such, we welcome comments about historic properties or other cultural resources that fall within the project area.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
