Yellow Creek Watershed Restoration Project
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2021060277
Lead Agency
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Redding Region 5
(RWQCB)
Document Title
Yellow Creek Watershed Restoration Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
General Forest
Document Description
The primary goals of the Restoration Project are to improve the hydrologic function of the headwater meadows, springs, fens and other riparian habitats which contribute to downstream hydrologic flows, and to reduce sedimentation to the downstream watersheds. The need for this project comes as a result of the 2000 Storrie Fire effects to the Yellow Creek subwatersheds. The fire led to an increase in erosion and sedimentation to the larger North Fork Feather River watershed, including the Yellow Creek subwatersheds and tributaries. Riffles and plugs would be constructed to reconnect the oversized channels with the floodplain, raise ground water levels, reduce erosion, and reactivate the historic floodplain. Debris jams would be constructed where the gully size has increased to a width beyond practicality for filling, or where gully access for fill material is not practical. In addition, proposed activities include road maintenance and decommissioning of unauthorized non-system roads.
Contact Information
Name
Lynn Coster, Senior Environmental Scientist
Agency Name
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Chester
Counties
Plumas
Cross Streets
Forest Service Road 27N04
Zip
96020
Total Acres
450
Waterways
Yellow Creek
Township
27 N
Range
6E
Section
27, 34
Base
MDBM
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 2 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water
Development Types
Other (Not applicable)
Local Actions
Not applicable
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Wetland/Riparian, Archeological/Historical, Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading, Traffic/Circulation, Water Supply/Groundwater
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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