Forest Service wants public input on Fishing Access Project on Fort Pierre National Grassland

The US Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has drafted an Environmental Assessment regarding the anticipated impacts of the Fishing Access Project on the Fort Pierre National Grassland in central South Dakota.

The Fishing Access Project would authorize:

1. installing boat ramps and earthen fishing piers,

2. rerouting existing roads for better access and resource protection,

3. shortening two existing Forest Service Roads and opening one new road,

4. clarifying existing road end points, and

5. installing new fences and changing existing fences.

For more information, or to provide input during the project’s 30-day comment period:

• write to: Fort Pierre Ranger District, 1020 N. Deadwood St., Ft. Pierre, SD 57532;

• email: kelly.waage@usda.gov;

• call: (605) 224-5517 (office) or (605) 280-1025 (cell).

The Environmental Assessment and additional project information can be found online at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=62145.