How to Read this EA 



(Environmental Assessment) 



To read this EA more effectively, carefully 

 study this page. Following State regulations, 

 we have designed and written this EA (1) to 

 provide the Project Decision Maker with 

 sufficient information to make an informed, 

 reasoned decision concerning the proposed 

 Fish Creek Salvage and (2) to inform 

 members of the affected and interested 

 public of this project so that they may 

 express their opinions to the Project 

 Decision Maker. 



This EA follows the organization and 



content established by the MEPA Rules 



(ARM 36.2.521-36.2.543). The EA consists 



of the following chapters. 



1.0 Purpose and Need for Action 



2.0 Alternatives, bicluding the Proposed 



Action 

 3.0 Affected Environment 

 4.0 Environmental Consequences 

 5.0 List of Preparers 

 6.0 List of Agencies and Persons 



Consulted 

 7.0 References 

 8.0 Appendix 



Chapters 1 and 2 together serve as an 

 Executive Summary. We have written these 

 two chapters so that non-technical readers 

 can understand the potential environmental, 

 technical, economic, and social 

 consequences of taking and of not taking 

 action. 



• Chapter 1 introduces the Fish Creek 

 Salvage. It provides a very brief 

 description of the proposed Fish Creek 

 Salvage and then explains three key 

 things about the project: (1) the relevant 

 environmental issues. 



(2) the decisions that the Project 

 Decision Maker must make 

 concerning this project, and (3) the 

 relevant laws, regulations, and 

 consultations with which the DNRC 

 must comply. 



Chapter 2 serves as the heart of 

 this EA. It provides detailed 

 descriptions of Alternative A: No 

 Entry (No Action) and Alternative 

 B: Harvest. Most important, it 

 includes a summary comparison of 

 the predicted effects of these two 

 alternatives on the human 

 environment, providing a clear basis 

 for choice between the two 

 alternatives for the Project Decision 

 Maker and the Public. 



Chapter 3 briefly describes the 

 past and current conditions of the 

 relevant resources (issues) in the 

 project area that would be 

 meaningfully affected, establishing 

 a part of the baseline used for the 

 comparison of the predicted effects 

 of the alternatives. 



Chapter 4 presents the detailed, 

 analytic predictions of the 

 consequences of implementing 

 Alternative A: No Harvest (No 

 Action) and Alternative B: Harvest. 

 These predictions include the direct, 

 indirect, short term, long term, 

 irreversible, irretrievable, and 

 cumulative effects of implementing 

 the alternatives. 



Fish Creek Salvage Environmental Assessment 



