Finding of No Significant Impact: Environmental Assessment Wildlife Management Plan and Environmental Assessment for Harvestable Species, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin
Van Stappen J. 2008. Finding of No Significant Impact: Environmental Assessment Wildlife Management Plan and Environmental Assessment for Harvestable Species, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing NEPA (40 CFR 1500-1508); and National Park Service (NPS) Director's Order-12 and Handbook (Conservation Planning and Environmental Impact Analysis and Decision-Making) direct the NPS to consider the environmental consequences of major proposed actions. The NPS has conducted an environmental assessment (EA) that provides an analysis of the environmental consequences of implementing a wildlife management plan for harvestable species at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. Apostle Islands NL's enabling legislation directs park management to permit hunting, fishing, and trapping in accordance with the appropriate laws of Wisconsin and the United States. This same legislation also gives the park flexibility to 'designate zones where, and establish periods when, no hunting, trapping, or fishing shall be permitted for reason of public safety, administration, fish or wildlife management, or public use and enjoyment." This plan provides guidance specific to management of harvestable wildlife within the park. It does not address management of fish or other aquatic resources.
- Type
- Administrative
- Authors
- Van Stappen, Julie
- Date of Issue
- 2008
- Units
- APIS
- Keywords
- hunting, Lake Superior, management, Plan