Decision Memo Completed

Lower Beaver Creek Aquatic Habitat Restoration

Klamath National Forest & Butte Valley National Grassland Siskiyou, California Happy Camp Ranger District

Construct two off-channel ponds on the high floodplains of lower Beaver Creek & an apex jam to divert some of the streamflow of the mainstem into an existing side-channel. Place and anchor large woody debris in the stream. Pending consultation RWB.

Location

Buckhorn Gulch-Beaver Creek 7th field; Dutch Creek-Beaver Creek 6th; Beaver Creek 5th field watersheds. Up Beaver Creek Road, off of State Highway 96 North of Klamath River, California.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/20/2019
2
Decision
04/2020 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2020 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (7), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(7)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Species Population Enhancements
Lower Beaver Creek Aquatic Habitat RestorationDecision Signed Date: 04/29/2020
ForestsKlamath National Forest
DistrictsHappy Camp Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 46 North, Range 8 West, Section 6 and Township 47 North, Range 8 West, Sections 30 and 31; Mt. Diablo Meridian.
Wildlife, fish, rare plants