Blacktail Meadows Kinds Pond Decision Notice

These species were introduced during a flooding event in the nearby Pigtail Slough and have decreased the quality of the trout fishery. The proposed action is to draw the pond down by pumping and remove these fish using rotenone. The pond would be actively or naturally detoxified within 7 days, and rainbow or cutthroat trout would be stocked multiple times the following spring and in subsequent years. FWP received no comments during a 30-day comment period ending on September 30, 2020. Based on the Environmental Assessment and need to improve this fishery, it is my decision to proceed with the removal of common carp, longnose sucker, and white sucker from the Blacktail Meadows Kids Fishing Pond. I find there to be no significant impacts on the human and physical environments associated with this project. Therefore, I conclude that the Environmental Assessment is the appropriate level of analysis, and that an Environmental Impact Statement is not required.

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Matt Jaeger Hydropower, Native Species & Beaverhead-Ruby Program Manager Fisheries Division Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Region 3 730 N. Montana Dillon, MT 59725 O: (406) 683-9310 | C: (406) 925-1343