Decision Memo Completed

Bucks Fen, Upper Right Hand Salt Rock Creek Rehabilitation Project

Plumas National Forest Plumas, California Mt. Hough Ranger District

This project proposes to construct in-stream structures, made with small diameter woody material places as veins, jams, and weirs. Headcuts would be treated using small wood and live stakes to prevent further progression in to the adjacent wet meadow

Location

The Bucks Fen, Upper Right Hand Salt Rock Creek Rehabilitation Project is located in Plumas County, California, within the Mt. Pleasant Research Natural Area and Bucks Lake Wilderness.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/25/2012
2
Comment Period
04/25/2012
3
Decision
07/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (7), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(7)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityGrazing Allotment Management; Watershed Improvements; Wilderness Management
Bucks Fen, Upper Right Hand Salt Rock Creek Rehabilitation ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/10/2012
ForestsPlumas National Forest
DistrictsMt. Hough Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT24N, R7E, Section 14
Special area managementWatershed management