Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge

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Here in the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge library you will find: 

  • Draft Environmental Assessment for North Burnt Fork Creek Culvert Removal and Restoration

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Final Lee Metcalf Barrier Removal EA with Appendices.pdf

This final Environmental Assessment presents a proposal to improve fish passage and riparian habitat on North Burnt Fork Creek as it passes through Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge.

This water control structure, blocking fish passage between the Bitterroot River and North Burnt Fork Creek, would be replaced with a bridge as part of the proposed action at Lee Metcalf NWR.

Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge, in partnership with Trout Unlimited and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, has released a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) proposing to remove a barrier culvert and open approximately 2.5 miles of stream habitat on North Burnt Fok Creek as it passes...