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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument (Monument) proposes to construct a new visitor education and research/museum facility near the farmhouse which currently serves as the Monument's interim visitor center.
Visitor services within the Monument are currently situated in a 1924 farmhouse. The Monument's museum collection of 6,000 objects and archives are stored in the basement of a 1965 A-frame cabin (Jones Residence). Some objects from the fossil collection are displayed in the farmhouse visitor center. The new visitor education and research/museum facility would replace the existing A-frame cabin and the 1924 farmhouse, and all visitor services and curatorial storage would be relocated to the new
building.
This Environmental Assessment evaluates two alternatives; a no-action alternative and an action alternative. The no-action alternative describes the current conditions if no visitor education and research/museum building were constructed, while the action alternative addresses the removal of two existing buildings and construction of the new visitor education and research/museum building in roughly the same area as the farmhouse/interim visitor center. The action alternative also addresses the use of a temporary visitor center building during construction of the new building, as well as other connected actions such as building demolition, relocating and/or installing utilities (electric, water, sewer, etc.), landscaping and disturbed site restoration, and site work.
No major effects are anticipated as a result of this project. Public scoping was conducted to assist with the development of this document and comments were received, mostly in support of the proposed project.
If you wish to comment on the environmental assessment, you may mail comments to the name and address below or post comments online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/. This environmental assessment will be on public review for 30 days. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment including your personal identifying information may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
P.O. Box 185
Florissant, Colorado 80816
flfo_superintendent@nps.gov
Visitor services within the Monument are currently situated in a 1924 farmhouse. The Monument's museum collection of 6,000 objects and archives are stored in the basement of a 1965 A-frame cabin (Jones Residence). Some objects from the fossil collection are displayed in the farmhouse visitor center. The new visitor education and research/museum facility would replace the existing A-frame cabin and the 1924 farmhouse, and all visitor services and curatorial storage would be relocated to the new
building.
This Environmental Assessment evaluates two alternatives; a no-action alternative and an action alternative. The no-action alternative describes the current conditions if no visitor education and research/museum building were constructed, while the action alternative addresses the removal of two existing buildings and construction of the new visitor education and research/museum building in roughly the same area as the farmhouse/interim visitor center. The action alternative also addresses the use of a temporary visitor center building during construction of the new building, as well as other connected actions such as building demolition, relocating and/or installing utilities (electric, water, sewer, etc.), landscaping and disturbed site restoration, and site work.
No major effects are anticipated as a result of this project. Public scoping was conducted to assist with the development of this document and comments were received, mostly in support of the proposed project.
If you wish to comment on the environmental assessment, you may mail comments to the name and address below or post comments online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/. This environmental assessment will be on public review for 30 days. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment including your personal identifying information may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Contact Information
Keith Payne, SuperintendentFlorissant Fossil Beds National Monument
P.O. Box 185
Florissant, Colorado 80816
flfo_superintendent@nps.gov