STAFF REPORT

A plan that will guide use of the ice-covered lakes in Voyageurs National Park will be available for review and comment in June.

In addition, the plan is the focus of two in-person workshops in International Falls June 12, and Kabetogama June 13, and a virtual meeting June 10.

The National Park Service is providing early notification for the public scoping period for park’s Frozen Lake Use Plan, on which “the NPS requests your feedback on preliminary alternatives that will be further refined and analyzed in an Environmental Assessment,” park official said in a news statement.

The 30-day public scoping period for the Frozen Lake Use Plan starts May 28 and ends June 28. The 30-day public scoping period initiates the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, process.

All project related documents are available on the NPS’s Planning, Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) page, https://parkplanning.nps.gov/VOYA-frozen.

Meetings

All meetings are from 6-8 p.m. Park staff will give a brief presentation from 6-6:30 p.m. and will then be available to answer questions from the public via a workshop format until 8 p.m.

• Monday, June 10, Virtual Meeting: To attend use this link and join the meeting 5-10 minutes early to test your connection. Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85795779224; Or Telephone: If you would like to call in on listen only mode and not view the presentation, call US: +1 312 626 6799 Webinar ID: 857 9577 9224

• Wednesday, June 12, Rainy River campus of the Minnesota North College, Commons Area 1501 Hwy 71 International Falls, MN 56649

• Thursday, June 13, Kabetogama Town Hall, 9707 Gamma Road, Kabetogama, MN 56669

Submit written comments electronically at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/VOYA-frozen, or via U.S. Mail to: Frozen Lake Surface Use Plan, Voyageurs National Park, 360 Hwy 11 East, International Falls, MN 56649.

Comments on the newsletter must be received no later than June 28.