The current EIS and Road Access approval process is being handled by the United States Forest Service in accordance with the provisions of the NEPA and the Final EIS decision is expected in the near future.

The Village utilized the summer months of 2005 to complete field surveys to a one foot contours, conduct all required geotechnical core drilling and to install initial wetlands monitoring wells.

In December 2005, the US Corps of Engineers approved the "certified" map of all wetlands areas on the 287.5 acre Village tract and the US Fish & Wildlife Service issued a Final Biological Opinion that the Village will not threaten the Canada Lynx, a listed endangered species, recently re-introduced to the area.

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