Environmental Assessment Completed

Trabuco District Dam Removal Project

Cleveland National Forest Orange, California Trabuco Ranger District

The existing dams on Silverado, Holy Jim, Trabuco, and San Juan Creeks impede stream flow and interfere with the movements of fish and other aquatic species. Demolition of the dams is proposed to remove these obstacles to fish passage.

Location

Silverado, Holy Jim, Trabuco, and San Juan Creeks on the Trabuco Ranger District, including a small portion of the Trabuco Inventoried Roadless Area

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/22/2013
2
Comment Period
09/24/2013
3
Objection Period Start
02/13/2014
4
Decision
05/2014 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements
Trabuco District Dam Removal ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/22/2014
ForestsCleveland National Forest
DistrictsTrabuco Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSec. 1-3, T7S R6W/Sec. 36, T6S, R6W/Sec. 33, T5S, R6W/Sec. 11-12, T5S, R7W
Wildlife, fish, rare plants