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Frequently Asked Questions
| What is an EIS? | | An Environmental Impact Statement, or EIS, is the
result of a process outlined in the National Environmental Policy Act.
An EIS helps agencies take a serious look at what a specific transportation
project might do to the natural and cultural environment. The EIS is a
document that identifies and evaluates the benefits and consequences of
a transportation improvement project and its related developments.
The EIS is made available to the public at the draft and final stages. |
| | What is the No Build Option? | | It was not a given that a road
would be built as a result of the study. One of the alternatives that was
under consideration was the No Build Option. This option assumed that the
proposed project did not take place, but that other planned or
anticipated improvements were implemented. In this case, the No
Build Option took into consideration the likely population growth
patterns and identified what improvements the county or city might consider
necessary. |
| | Are wetlands irreplaceable? | | Wetlands are an important and unique
natural resource. But as the Baker Wetland's own history demonstrates,
wetlands can successfully be created. In the early twentieth century,
the Haskell Institute used much of what is now the Baker Wetlands for
agriculture. Efforts to reclaim and restore these wetlands began in
earnest as late as the mid-1960s. What you see today in the wetlands
is, in fact, the result of people's active management of the wetland
environment. Controlled burns, special plantings and introduction of
various species are all processes that preserve and renew the wetlands. |
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