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Rainy Lake Visitor Center Bike Trail EA


Voyageurs National Park proposes to construct a bicycle path linking the community of International Falls, MN to the park's northern entrance by extending an existing bike path that parallels Highway 11 to the park's Rainy Lake Visitor Center. Additionally, the park proposes to pursue legislative change that would facilitate a land exchange between the National Park Service and the State of Minnesota in order to consolidate land ownership along the park's northern entrance road to the Rainy Lake Visitor Center in order to avoid conflicting land uses adjacent to the proposed bike path. This environmental assessment (EA) was written to assist the park decision maker by assessing three different alternative approaches to meeting the goal stated above, and to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act.

Please click on the link to review the Rainy Lake Visitor Center Bike Trail EA. It is available as a single, large file and also as separate chapters with reduced file sizes. Paper copies are also available at the public library in International Falls, MN and at the park's Rainy Lake Visitor Center and headquarters building.

You may request a printed or digital copy by contacting the park. The complete document is 89 pages in length. Digital copies are available via email or on a CD.
 
Comment Period: Closed        Feb 1, 2007 - Mar 2, 2007
Document Content:
Chapter 2: Alternatives   (681.3 KB, PDF file)
Appendix 1: Biological Assessment   (1.0 MB, PDF file)
Appendix 2: Rare Plant Survey   (378.1 KB, PDF file)
Appendix 3: Wetland Delineation   (59.8 KB, PDF file)
Appendix 4: Archeology Survey Summary   (42.4 KB, PDF file)
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