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Lower Fox River/GreenBay

Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration

The links below will allow you to view the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports concerning the Lower Fox River and Green Bay Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration project. Bookmark this page to keep up to date with the latest information released.

If you have any questions concerning information found in any of these reports or any other comments related to the Fox River and Green Bay NRDA, contact us via email or telephone:

Colette Charbonneau, Restoration Coordinator, 920-866-1726
Frank J. Horvath, Chief, Damage Assessment and Response Branch, 612-713-5336
Larry Dean, Region 3 External Affairs Office, 612-713-5312

All reports are in PDF format and will require the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these documents. Some files are large so note the file size before downloading.

Link to Fox River Current, a periodic newsletter on the remediation and restoration of the Lower Fox River and Green Bay, Wisconsin, by U.S. EPA on behalf of the intergovernmental parties.

Natural Resource Restoration Information:

Link to Fox River/Green Bay restoration projects (leave this website).  This will take you to the December, 2006 supplement to the Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine which highlights numerous restoration projects enabled by settlement funds. 

Home page for Fox River/Green Bay NRDA Trustee Council

Indices of Documents Received or Produced and Publically Available in the Reading Room, FWS Ecological Services Office,

2661 Scott Tower Drive, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54229 (contact Colette Charbonneau 920-866-1726):

    (these are .pdf files to download)

    Documents prior to July 31, 2000 (3.5MB) Index is 819 pages for over 28,000 documents.

        These documents are available as paper copies only. Contact Green Bay Field Office for access.

    Documents from July 31, 2000 to September 14, 2001 (316KB) Scanned documents are available on CD.

    Documents from September 15, 2001 to June 16, 2003 (644KB) Scanned documents are available on CD.

    Update of 104e Request February 24, 2004 (204KB) Scanned documents are available on CD.

Restoration Reports (downloadable .pdf files):

Final Joint Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Lower Fox River and Green Bay Area     (June 3, 2003); and accompanying FONSI (Finding of No Significant Impact; June 3, 2003)

Federal Register Notice (September 19, 2002)  for Public Comment Period on DRAFT Restoration Plan (comment period was September 19 through October 21, 2002). 

Draft Joint Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Lower Fox River and Green Bay Area  (Released as Final Plan (see above) after revisions based on public comments)

Natural Resource Damage Assessment Reports (.pdf or html files)

Restoration and Compensation Determination Plan

    Full Plan 4.9 MB pdf format)

    No tables and appendices (1.3 MB pdf format)

Third Assessment Plan Addendum (12k html)

Recreational Fishing Damages From Fish Consumption Advisories
In The Waters of Green Bay (11.2 MB)

Fish Injury Report (2.3 MB)

Water and Sediment Injury Report (700k):

Pathways Report (1.4 MB)

Bird Injury Report w/App A (2.4 MB)    Appendices B & C (1.3 MB)

Walleye Injury Report (629k)

Fish Consumption Advisory Report (922k)

Fish Consumption Advisory Report Appendix D (14k html)

Initial Restoration and Compensation Determination Plan (iRCDP) (221k)

Assessment Plan (1MB)

Assessment Plan Addendum (27k)

Preassessment Screen and Determination (51k html)

Natural Resource Damage Assessment Settlement Information (web links):

Home page for Trustee Council  (follow links to Fact Sheet and Consent Decree):

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/wm/foxriver/nrda.html

Other links:

FWS Region 3 News Releases

FWS Region 3 Contaminants Program Homepage

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Washington Office Contaminants Homepage

U.S. EPA Fox River Homepage


 
Last updated: July 9, 2008