Whiskey Creek Ranger Station Communications Link Environmental Assessment

The National Park Service welcomes your comments on the enclosed environmental assessment (EA) to enhance the communications infrastructure at the Whiskey Creek Ranger Station. This station, located at 13651 Whiskey Creek Road is one of two ranger offices within Whiskeytown, and services the east side of the park. The building has basic telephone service, but due to the remote location of the property, there are no data services available. In order for Park Rangers to utilize secure intranet and internet services, as well as the park's Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) phone system, this facility must be linked to a communication system capable of providing the bandwidth to handle these services. This EA was drafted to assess the potential environmental impacts to park resources by the proposed action of installing a microwave communications link between Park Headquarters and the Whiskey Creek Ranger Station.

The EA contains an analysis of the impacts of both the proposed action and the no-action alternative. This proposed action consists of the construction of one microwave tower at Park Headquarters and another at the Whiskey Creek Ranger Station. The microwave link would meet the objective of providing high speed data capabilities to support park ranger operations. This method was determined to be the most practical after consulting with communication equipment and service providers, as well as National Park Service Information Technology specialists.

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