August 2012
Initial Notice of Intent/Notice of Preparation

August 16, 2012
Scoping Meeting

August – October 2012
Scoping Comment Period

January 2013
Revised Notice of Preparation (for a Visitor Education Center, which since has been withdrawn from the Project)

January – March 2013
Second Scoping Comment Period (for the now withdrawn Visitor Education Center)

Spring 2013 – Winter 2015
Prepare Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Report (DEIS/EIR)

Spring 2015 – Mid-2017
Internal Agency Review & Revision of Administrative Draft EIS/EIR

Mid-2017
Release Draft EIS/EIR for Public Review

After DEIR/EIS Release
Public Comment Period, including Public Comment Meeting on the Draft EIS/EIR (specific date TBD)

Calfornia Department of Fish and Wildlife Update (10-3-2016)