Environmental Assessment

The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate effects of the proposed site stabilization to mitigate continued erosion of the bluff adjacent to the Texas State Memorial and Railroad Redoubt earthworks within Vicksburg National Military Park. The purpose of the project is to prevent further erosion while protecting the memorial and fortification. For your review, enclosed is the Stabilization of the Railroad Redoubt Earthworks and Texas Memorial EA.

Vicksburg National Military Park was established on February 21, 1899, to protect areas associated with the siege and defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Texas State Memorial is one of the park's 22 state memorials and is located above an eroding bluff adjacent to the Kansas City Southern rail line. The Railroad Redoubt was a Confederate earthen fortification built to protect the Southern Railroad of Mississippi, a vital entrance to the city. During the Union assault on May 22, 1863, the Railroad Redoubt saw some of the fiercest combat of the siege, resulting in heavy casualties. The fortification and the memorial are threatened by chronic erosion of the bluff. The entire battlefield area is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

The proposed project area consists of the eroding slope north of the memorial and fortification. The slope section proposed for stabilization is approximately 316 feet long and ranges from between 15 and 24 feet tall. The project would include damage prevention measures to protect the historic resources from future erosion.

We are seeking agency and public comments on this EA from July 31, 2017 through August 30, 2017. The document is available through the NPS website www.parkplanning.gov/vick. You may submit comments electronically at the National Park Service's Planning, Environment, and Public Comment website (http://parkplanning.nps.gov/vick) or submit written comments to:

Superintendent
Vicksburg National Military Park
Attn: Stabilization EA
3201 Clay Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183

Document Content:

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