Helicopter Landing Tours on the Juneau Icefields, Tongass National Forest, Chatham Area, Juneau Ranger District, Juneau, AK

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The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to disclose the environmental impacts of authorizing helicopter landing tours on icefields adjacent to the city of Juneau, Alaska. The proposed action is to issue five year special use permits (1995-1999) authorizing Coastal Helicopter, Inc., ERA Helicopters, Inc. and Temsco Helicopter, Inc. to land on the Juneau icefields at specified locations and conduct tours. The majority of use would occur between May and September of each year. Tours would originate at private heliports and helicopter flightpaths would transit a variety of private and municipal lands prior to entering the National Forest. The proposed action would increase authorized helicopter landings tours on the Juneau icefields from 11,000 in 1994 to a maximum of 22,000 in 1999. The Forest Service is seeking information and comments from Federal, State and local agencies as well as individuals and organizations who may be interested in, or affected by, the proposed action.