Project Title
New Project or Ongoing Project [choose one]
Project contact information [Name]
[Department Name]
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
[e-mail address for project contact]
[phone number for project contact]
Responsible party contact information [For graduate students, this is the student’s advisor. For others, this should just say “same.”
[Name]
[Department Name]
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
[e-mail address for project contact]
[phone number for project contact]
1. Abstract
Please provide a project abstract as well as:
· Exact locations of research/field trip
· Brief description of methods
· Timing of when and how long your project/field trip will occupy NFS lands
· Plan for removal of project from NFS lands, and
· Any other information that you feel is relevant to approving your occupation of NFS lands.
· Please note if this is a continuing research project that has been submitted under another Operating Plan
2. Map
[Please include a detailed map that identifies exact location(s) of research/field trip (for field trips, pinpoints in Google Maps are adequate).]
3. Project/Field Trip Questions
Please answer the following questions in layperson terms. Remember, your audience includes non-science professionals:
1. Why is it necessary for you to conduct this project/field trip on National Forest System (NFS) lands? Is it possible to conduct this project on state or private land?
[Answer]
2. Are you fully capable of implementing, operating, and removing this project/field trip from NFS lands? Explain.
[Answer]
3. How do you plan on accessing the proposed sites on NFS lands? Open or closed roads, trails, motorized or non-motorized, etc.
[Answer]
4. What equipment, supplies, facilities, etc., do you plan on leaving on NFS lands, where, and for how long? Why is it necessary for you to leave these items in place?
[Answer]
5. Do you have all the necessary authorizations from other federal and state agencies?
[Answer]
6. What sort of ground disturbance will the project/field trip cause (i.e., area, depth, individual holes)?
[Answer]
7. What sort of vegetation disturbance will the project/field trip cause?
[Answer]
8. Do you plan on removing any soil or rocks from NFS lands? If so, why is it necessary?
[Answer]
9. Do you plan on removing any vegetation from NFS lands? If so, why is it necessary?
[Answer]
10. What are the environmental impacts that your project/field trip will have on air quality, visual quality, surface and ground water quality, ground surface, vegetation, and soil quality?
[Answer]