Three years ago, the Koi Nation — a small and at the time little-known band of Pomo Indians with ancestral roots in the Clear Lake area — purchased 68 acres of vineyard land in the Shiloh area just outside Windsor with bold plans to build a resort and casino.
Now the Koi are just one step away from federal approval.
Friday, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a branch of the U.S. Department of the Interior, posted its Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Koi project — a 321-page document with hundreds of pages of appendixes. That disclosure opens another 30-day window for public review.
After Dec. 23, the Bureau will approve or reject the resort-casino.
