Wadsworth Pond Dock Project - Community Pond Decision Notice
Apr 29, 2025 10:07 AM
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) is proposing to fund improvements on Wadsworth Pond, in Great Falls. Wadsworth Pond is a 42.7-acre pond in the Great Falls area. It is frequented by residents of Great Falls and surrounding areas for fishing and is the site of an annual Kids’ Fishing Day event. This site is the project of several restoration goals, including a 2022 Community Pond Grant to improve the control structure and increase capacity of the pond and a 2024 grant to improve degraded banks and improve access. This project would purchase and install an EZ dock system to create a safe, accessible fishing and recreation area, given changing water levels at Wadsworth Pond. If successful, the FWP action would be funding the project through the Community Pond Program. The project sponsor is the Peoples Park and Recreation Foundation. The project is planned to begin in 2025.
The Draft EA was made available for public review and comment from March 31, 2025 to April 15, 2025. The Draft EA was posted on FWP’s Public Notice webpage: https://fwp.mt.gov/news/public-notices. The Draft EA was also made available for public review on the Environmental Quality Council or EQC website: https://leg.mt.gov/mepa/search/, by individual request, and through notice to identified interested parties. No comments were received during the advertised period.
Based on the environmental review provided in the Draft EA, and in accordance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and policies, FWP determined the proposed action (Alternative 2), will not have significant adverse impacts on the human environment associated with the proposed action and constitutes a reasonable and appropriate strategy to achieve identified objectives. Therefore, preparation of an EIS is unnecessary. FWP hereby adopts the Draft EA as final and approves the Alternative 2, the proposed action. With this DN, FWP hereby adopts the Draft EA, without modification, and approves the proposed action.
[FWP-DN-FSH-R8-2025-006]
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