McClure Dairy Barn and Resource Enhancement

McClure Dairy Barn and Resource Enhancement

This Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared to assist National Park Service (NPS) with planning and decision making and to determine whether an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is required for the proposed freestall (loafing) barn and resource enhancement project at the I-Ranch (McClure Dairy), Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS). The objectives of the project are: 1.) Reduce the risk of water quality impairments (sediment and nutrients from animal waste) in Abbotts Lagoon and wetland areas adjacent to Pierce Point Road by containing 100% of animal waste. 2.) Enhance and restore upland and wetland areas that have been degraded by cow access. 3.) Improve dairy cow health and dairy profitability by constructing a freestall barn to house cows during the winter and at other times throughout the year.

Marin

California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Office of Historic Preservation, Other Agency(ies), Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)

California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)

Commercial (Sq. Ft. 895,000, Employees 1)

Site Plan

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Hydrology/Water Quality, Noise, Recreation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife