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Public meeting scheduled in Sheridan, WY to discuss proposed ecosystem restoration plan

Published March 10, 2017

OMAHA, NE – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in cooperation with the city of Sheridan, Wyoming, will hold a public meeting on Thursday, March 23, 2017, at the Best Western, 612 N. Main Street, to gather input on the proposed plan for restoring degraded aquatic habitat in the vicinity of the existing flood control project that exists along Little Goose Creek, Big Goose Creek, and Goose Creek in Sheridan

The public meeting will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. with a brief presentation at 6:00 p.m. describing the plan followed by an open house. “During the open house, the public will have an opportunity to provide input on the ecosystem restoration plan that includes numerous in-stream and riparian habitat solutions,” said Jeff Greenwald, project manager with the Corps of Engineers. “The preferred plan consists of in-stream habitat structures in over three miles of the creeks which will improve fishery habitat in a similar fashion to previously constructed projects throughout the city. It also includes realigning a portion of the Goose Creek channel to bring back natural features while maintaining the current levels of protection provided by the flood control project.” 

Input may be submitted at the public meeting, emailed to cenwo-planning@usace.army.mil or mailed to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, CENWO-PM-AA, ATTN: Sheridan Section 1135 Study Project Manager, 1616 Capitol Avenue, Omaha, NE 68102-4901. For more information, visit www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/Planning/PlanningProjects/SheridanWY.aspx

BACKGROUND: In 1963, construction of the Sheridan flood control project was completed under the authority of the Flood Control Act of 1950. The project, designed to protect the city from Goose Creek and Little Goose Creek flood discharges, consists of levees, drainage structures, concrete chutes and drop structures, and channel alterations. Although the flood control project is operating as intended, the ecosystem in the vicinity of the project has become severely degraded. In September 2014, the Sheridan City Council approved an agreement to partner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on a feasibility study to evaluate possible ecosystem restoration solutions along the creeks. A public meeting to gather input on the study scope was held in Sheridan in April 2015. 

The feasibility study is being conducted under Section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which allows the Corps to modify existing Corps projects for improvement of the environment.


Contact
Omaha District Public Affairs
402-995-2417
or
Jeff Greenwald
jeffrey.r.greenwald@usace.army.mil

Release no. 17-026