Station Master Plan (Final) - EA - May 2024

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or USFWS) has decided to adopt the 2021 Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) Station Master Plan (SMP) in accordance with the Refuge’s Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP), adopted in 2010 (76 FR 29782) with this Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The Service released the Draft EA on December 8, 2023 for public review and comment. The Draft EA describes the SMP, the suite of projects to be implemented, their potential environmental impacts, and mitigation measures to reduce those impacts. USFWS sent the Draft EA to agencies and interested parties and notified other potentially affected parties about the availability of the Draft EA, as well as how to request a copy. For further information regarding the comment period and comments received, see the section titled “Public Comments Received on Draft EA and the Service’s Responses” in this document.
The Service has prepared this document as an abbreviated Final EA because there have been no substantial changes to the Proposed Action, alternatives, or environmental analysis presented in the Draft EA. This abbreviated Final EA provides changes made to the text of the Draft EA, as well as comments received on the Draft EA and the Service’s responses to those comments. This Final EA should be used as a companion document to the Draft EA, dated December 2023, which contains the full text describing the project, its potential environmental impacts, and mitigation measures to reduce impacts.