Draft Demonstration Project EA and Draft FONSI
Summary
SCH Number
1999074002
Lead Agency
United States Bureau of Reclamation
(USBR)
Document Title
Draft Demonstration Project EA and Draft FONSI
Document Type
EA - Environmental Assessment
Received
Document Description
The proposed action is to retire various percels from irrigated agriculture in two geographic areas with differing geologic and hydrologic characteristics and instituting a 5-year demonstration project consisting of statistical and empirical studies designed to determine the physical effects of retirement upon groundwater levels and quality, soil chemistry and impacts to biota. A number of habitat rehabilitation techniques such as direct seeding, transplanting, restoring topographic features to laser-leveled fields (micro-topography), and land imprinting will be tested to determine which methods work best under various site conditions. Four land treatments will be studied: revegetation, reestablishment of microtopography, revegation and microtopography, and control or no treatment. The project will monitor groundwater quality and shallow water table levels, soil chemistry and the potential risk of wildlife exposure to contaminants such as selenium, in the project area.
Contact Information
Name
Robert May
Agency Name
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Alpaugh, Mendota, Mendota
Counties
Fresno, Kings, Tulare
Other Location Info
Near Mendota & Alpaugh
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance
Development Types
Other (Wildlife Habitat)
Project Issues
Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Population/Housing, Recreation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife
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