Environmental Assessment for the Construction of Power and Fiber Optic Transmission Lines for Facilities in the Yukon Training Area, Alaska

• Main Authors: Conn, Sarah, Koenen, Brent, Nolke, James, Slater, Tom, Smith, Jenny, Harvard, Bill, Bergey, Mike, Newman, Shelia, Bright, Larry, Gardner, Kevin
• Other Authors: ALASKA CALEDONIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ESTER
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Electric Power Production and Distribution; Logistics; Military Facilities and Supplies; Fiber Optics and Integrated Optics; Environmental Health and Safety; *AIR FORCE FACILITIES; *ELECTRIC POWER; *ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; *FIBER OPTICS; AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE; CONSTRUCTION; CULTURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHES; GEOLOGY; GROUND WATER; PERMAFROST; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSMISSION LINES; VEGETATION; WETLANDS; WILDLIFE; BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; FONPA(FINDING OF NO PRACTICABLE ALTERNATIVE); FONSI(FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT); RECREATIONAL RESOURCES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; Arctic; Eielson; Yukon; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA611514; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA611514

The 354th Fighter Wing (FW) operates, maintains, and trains combat forces in close air support and interdiction missions in support of the war plans in three operational theaters. The 354 FW s mission is to train and equip personnel for close air support of ground troops in an arctic environment. Th...