The draft Environmental Impact Statement was formally issued on May 1, 2008. The Corps of Engineers has posted the draft EIS and some of the background technical reports on their http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/od-tl/eis/nisp-eis.html. You may get a "certificate error" as you navigate to their site, but it is safe. Have a look; it's HUGE!
The Corps of Engineers has also posted the NISP DEIS comments on their website, http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/od-tl/eis-nisp-deis-comments.htm. The documents are not organized very clearly – a lot of them are from the public hearings, and others are written testimony. The first document contains a numerical index. You may get a "certificate error" as you navigate to their site, but it is safe.
Save The Poudre Coalition Comments to the Corps of Engineers
The Save The Poudre Coalition sent reams of comments to the Corps of Engineers in time for their September 13 deadline. Many of the Coalition members sent their comments in under their own letterhead, but below we post those sent jointly by the Coalition.
• STP Comment Letter
• STP Healthy Rivers Alternative (Full Text)
• STP Healthy Rivers Alternative (Summary)
• STP Healthy Rivers Alternative PowerPoint Presentation
• STP River Restoration Proposal
• STP Agricultural Impacts Analysis
• STP Comments on Treatment of Nebraska Threatened and Endangered Species
• STP Comments on NISP DEIS Treatment of Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse
• STP Comments on NISP DEIS Treatment of Birds
• STP Comments on NISP DEIS Treatment of Fish
• STP Comments on NISP DEIS Treatment of Threatened Plant Species
NISP Review by the City of Fort Collins
The City of Fort Collins assembled an interdisciplinary team of staff and consultants to review the NISP draft EIS. We believe that you will be very interested in their list of concerns, running the gamut from economic, to water quality, to recreational impacts. Please see the following link for these important city documents:
• Fort Collins Review of Draft EIS
