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Devils Tower National Monument, Crook County Wyoming, has developed a Prairie Dog Management Plan with management strategies that are consistent with the latest resource objectives and policies of the National Park Service.
The purpose of this Plan is to develop an approach to manage prairie dogs in the Monument in a way that poses the least possible risk to people, Monument resources, and the environment. The desired goals of the plan are to maintain a healthy prairie dog population, protect Monument resources and infrastructure, and ensure human health and safety.
The resulting management under this plan should promote a healthy mixed-grass prairie ecosystem within the Monument and ultimately help to prevent loss of the prairie dog colony through disease. This plan represents a continued commitment to protect Monument staff and visitors while preserving valuable Monument resources. These resources include the prairie dog itself and the numerous interdependent species that rely on the prairie dog and the habitat alterations that prairie dogs make.
An Environmental Assessment was prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to provide the decision-making framework that 1) explores a reasonable range of alternatives to meet project objectives, 2) evaluates potential issues and impacts to park resources and values, and 3) identifies mitigation measures to lessen the degree or extent of these impacts.
The National Park Service encourages public participation throughout the NEPA process. The public had opportunities to formally comment on the project during initial project scoping and again during a public comment period following release of the Environmental Assessment. The comment period closed on August 30, 2013. The Finding of No Significant Impact was signed on February 14, 2014.
Chief of Resource Management
Rene_Ohms@nps.gov
307-467-5283 x 212
The purpose of this Plan is to develop an approach to manage prairie dogs in the Monument in a way that poses the least possible risk to people, Monument resources, and the environment. The desired goals of the plan are to maintain a healthy prairie dog population, protect Monument resources and infrastructure, and ensure human health and safety.
The resulting management under this plan should promote a healthy mixed-grass prairie ecosystem within the Monument and ultimately help to prevent loss of the prairie dog colony through disease. This plan represents a continued commitment to protect Monument staff and visitors while preserving valuable Monument resources. These resources include the prairie dog itself and the numerous interdependent species that rely on the prairie dog and the habitat alterations that prairie dogs make.
An Environmental Assessment was prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to provide the decision-making framework that 1) explores a reasonable range of alternatives to meet project objectives, 2) evaluates potential issues and impacts to park resources and values, and 3) identifies mitigation measures to lessen the degree or extent of these impacts.
The National Park Service encourages public participation throughout the NEPA process. The public had opportunities to formally comment on the project during initial project scoping and again during a public comment period following release of the Environmental Assessment. The comment period closed on August 30, 2013. The Finding of No Significant Impact was signed on February 14, 2014.
Contact Information
Rene OhmsChief of Resource Management
Rene_Ohms@nps.gov
307-467-5283 x 212