This is a ten year project to install up to 100 beaver dam analogs on the Payette National Forest which mimic the hydrologic effects of natural beaver dam activity. Projects areas will be identified to meet the criteria set out in this analysis.
Location
The first project is planned on Lick Creek on the Council Ranger District consisting of approximately 10 beaver dam analogs. Additional streams reaches would be identified in outyear planning.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
06/23/2020
2
Decision
01/2021 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2021 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (7), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(7) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Species Habitat Improvements; Watershed Improvements |
| Forest-wide Programmatic Beaver Dam Analog Projects 2020 - 2029 | Decision Signed Date: 01/25/2021 |
| Forests | Payette National Forest |
| Districts | Payette National Forest All Units |
| Legal Land Description | T19N R2W, Sections 5 and 32, Boise Meridian, Adams County, Idaho for the first planned project on Lick Creek. |