English Meadow Floodplain Enhancement and Restoration Project
5 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2021050237
Lead Agency
Nevada Irrigation District
Document Title
English Meadow Floodplain Enhancement and Restoration Project
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
5/16/2022
Document Description
This Project will restore approximately 380 acres of meadow and mixed conifer forest habitat in English Meadow to improve watershed/floodplain function, resilience, and the surrounding forest. The Project will restore hydrologic function and floodplain connectivity by installing a series of woody debris jams and riffles to capture sediment in the channel, halt head-cutting tributaries, raise the water table, and improve the hydrologic connection between channel flows and the meadow floodplain. The goal of the Project is to achieve the following benefits: • Reduce the transport of bedload and fine sediment from the upper watershed into Jackson Meadows Reservoir (maintain reservoir water storage capacity). • Increase seasonal retention and release of precipitation in the meadow floodplain aquifer. • Enhance habitat for meadow-dependent species. • Improve forest health to reduce wildfire risk through fuels reduction. • Increase snowpack and surface flow through mechanical thinning of the forest community on surrounding slopes. • Reduce conifer encroachment into the meadow.
Contact Information
Name
Caitlyn Oswalt
Agency Name
Department of Fish and Wildlife
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Nevada
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
The project is located at the Middle Yuba River in Sierra and Nevada Counties, State of California; Approximately 1 mile upstream from Jackson Meadows Reservoir.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Nevada
Final Environmental Document Available at
the office location listed above for the Lead Agency. CDFW’s record of execution of the above Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement as Responsible Agency is available at CDFW’s regional office.
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
No
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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