Impaired waters/ Yellowstone

Helena Independent Reporter: State seeks comments on impaired waters report

Public Comment Submittal Application (available 1/4/2012)

Billings Gazette: Yellowstone winter use plan undergoes revisions

Winter Use Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming

Planning, Environment & Public Comment

“NPS had intended to issue a final EIS and final long-term regulation for Yellowstone winter use by December 2011. However, some of the more than 59,000 public comments received on the Draft EIS (DEIS) have raised additional questions as to long-term effects and options. In order to make a reasoned, sustainable long-term decision, NPS requires additional time to update its analyses and make that long-term decision. Selecting Alternative 8, the new Preferred Alternative, would provide the additional time needed to complete the analyses of long-term alternatives.”