Bighorn National Forest

USDA Forest Service
Bighorn National Forest
2013 Eastside 2nd Street
Sheridan, WY 82801
307-674-2600

Telephone for the
Hearing Impaired
307-674-2604

Date

Action

Comments

November 1999

Notice of Intent

The notice of intent to revise the Bighorn National Forest Plan initiates the Revision process. The NOI was published in the Federal Register on November 10, 1999.

October 2000 -January 2001

Public Meetings

A series of public meetings were held in six locations: Buffalo, Sheridan, Gillette, Lovell, Worland and Greybull. Public input helps define the revision issues.

July & August 2001

Field Trips

Two public field trips to Meadowlark Lake on the south end of the mountains and Burgess Junction on the north end.

January 2003

Public Meetings

Meetings planned to discuss potential alternatives.

2003 - Early 2004

Analysis of Alternatives

The ID team analyzes the effects implementing each Alternative would have on resources in the forest.

July 2004

Draft Plan/DEIS

The analysis of the effects of implementing each Alternative is published in a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The DEIS is accompanied by the release of the Draft Revised Forest Plan (DRFP), which identifies the BNF preferred alternative. A 90 day public comment period follows the release of the DEIS and the DRFP.

July, August, September 2004

Public Meetings

The Bighorn NF hosts public meetings and solicits comments on the DEIS and DRFP.

September 2005

Final EIS/Final Revised Plan

The Record of Decision was signed on September 30, 2005. The Final EIS and the Final Revised Forest Plan are currently being published. The FEIS is similar to DEIS but incorporates additional information based on the review of the DEIS.