State Road Use Permit To Access Damfino Section 16, Medicine Bow- Routt National Forests, Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District, Carbon County, WY

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess and disclose the environmental effects of issuing a Road Use Permit to the State of Wyoming to access its lands in Section 16, T. 12 N., R. 83 W., 6th P.M.; across National Forest System lands. The State of Wyoming has completed application for a Forest Road Special Use Permit to exercise its right under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of December 2, 1980. The permit would allow the State of Wyoming to transport logs from a commercial timber sale on its land across National Forest System lands over existing Forest Development Roads. The analysis area is southeast of Encampment, Wyoming. All roads across National Forest System lands needed to access the State of Wyoming lands in School Section 16 already exist as Forest Development Roads, which are in suitable condition and capable of supporting the proposed use. No new road construction or reconstruction on National Forest System lands would be needed for the state to access its lands. This Notice of Intent is being issued unde