Eastern North Dakota Alternate Water Supply (ENDAWS) Environmental Assessment and Appendices

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Eastern North Dakota Alternate Water Supply (ENDAWS) Environmental Assessment and Appendices

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 Audubon Wetland Management District 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. Appendices A and B are preliminary designs, appendix C is the best management practices for reclamation, and appendix D are the special use permit conditions.

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Audubon Wetland Management District
The Audubon Wetland Management District oversees approximately 155,000 acres of U.S. Fish and Wildlife land and interests. This includes 84 Waterfowl Production Areas, 12 National Wildlife Refuges, and numerous wetland and grassland easements in McLean and Sheridan Counties. These lands have...
National Wildlife Refuge
Coleharbor,ND
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National Wildlife Refuge
Coleharbor,ND
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Chase Lake Wetland Management District
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National Wildlife Refuge
Woodworth,ND
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Prairie
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Mountain-Prairie