Big Meadows Restoration Project Phase 2
Summary
SCH Number
2024070990
Public Agency
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 1
(RWQCB)
Document Title
Big Meadows Restoration Project Phase 2
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/25/2024
Document Description
This Project will restore wet meadow habitat for the Endangered Franklin’s bumble bee, improve water quality and flows for the threatened Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast (SONCC) coho salmon, and restore declining aspen forest stands. Wildlife-friendly cattle exclusion fencing will be installed around approximately 25 acres of Big Meadow and the adjacent aspen groves to address the impacts of drift from grazing on nearby public lands. Additionally, low tech process-based techniques, including strategical placement of slash and on-site materials like sod and stones into degraded gullies, and construction of beaver dam analogs and post-assisted log structures in the stream channels within Big Meadow, will be employed to arrest legacy hydrological degradation and encourage channel aggradation to allow increased ground water storage and improved downstream water quality.
Contact Information
Name
Jake Shannon
Agency Name
NCRWQCB
Job Title
Sr. Environmental (Scientist)
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 33; California Code of Regulations, Title 14, section 15333
Reasons for Exemption
The goals of the Project are to restore wet meadow habitat, improve water quality and flows for coho salmon, and to restore and conserve rare and declining aspen forest habitat. Additionally, this Project meets the eligibility requirements of section 15333.
County Clerk
Siskiyou
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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