Bear River and WPIC Levee Improvements Project

Bear River and WPIC Levee Improvements Project

The California Department of Fish and Game is executing a Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement number R2-2005-0226 pursuant to Section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code to the project operator, Mr. Charles K. McClain (County Administrator), Marysville, CA: This agreement pertains only to those activities specifically described in Streambed Alteration Notification No. R2-2005-0226 pertaining to Stage 1 of the Feather-Bear-WPIC Levee Project (Project) which includes six primary components designed to meet the Project's objectives, which are summarized as follows: (1) construct tie-ins for new Bear Feather river setback levee, requiring the removal of willow scrub and the placement of earthen fill into the agricultural canal near Pump Station No. 2; (2) removal of vegetation and bank material along Clark Slough to construct inlet and outlet channels to proposed detention basins; (3) addition of riprap and other levee material on the water-side slope of the Bear River north levee for flood control reconstruction and levee improvements; (4) relocation of Pump Station No. 6 located on the land-side of the Bear River north levee's Algodon Canal, approximately 150 feet upstream within the canal, and filling the canal between the new location and the levee; (5) the partial removal of an existing walnut orchard located within the Bear River floodplain and the restoration of the newly exposed area to native cover types; and (6) the addition of material to the water-side of the WPIC levee during levee widening to accommodate additional levee height (needed for freeboard). Alteration Agreement No. R2-2005-0226 pertains only to Stage 1 components of the proposed project, and an additional Alteration Agreement will be necessary for any work needed to complete Stage 2 components of the proposed project.

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