Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Draft Environmental Assessment Beaver Dam Notching

This Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared by the United States Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6, and the Mountain-Prairie Region Division of Refuge Planning to evaluate the effects associated with the proposed action. The Draft EA complies with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in accordance with Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] 1500– 1508) and U.S. Department of the Interior (43 CFR 46; 516 DM 8) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (550 FW 3) regulations and policies. NEPA requires an examination of the effects of proposed actions on the natural and human environment. Appendix A identifies laws and executive orders not otherwise evaluated within this EA.